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The Torah is not "read backward". The Hebrew alphabet goes from right to left as opposed to the Latin alphabet (that English uses) that goes from left to right. The Hebrew is read properly (right to left), which would make it appear to an English-speaker that the Torah is being read backwards when it is actually being read forwards.
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∙ 8y ago
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∙ 8y agoAll Hebrew writings, including the Torah, are from right to left. See also:
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∙ 11y agoNo. Hebrew is read and written from right to left, and English is left to right. Each of these is the "correct" direction for those who read and write that language.
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∙ 8y agoYes. The Hebrew alphabet used in the Torah goes from right to left as opposed to the Latin alphabet (that English uses) that goes from left to right.
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∙ 12y agoNo.
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How is the Torah Read in the Synagogue?
from right to left, in a traditional chant ("trope").
Do Arabic people read from right to left or left to right?
Arabic people read from right to left. The Arabic script is written horizontally from right to left.
Which word can be read from left to right and from right to left?
The word that can be read the same way from left to right and from right to left is "radar."
Is Hmong read from left to right?
The Hmong Pahawh is written from left to right and is also read from left to right.
Is Greek read from left to right or right to left?
Left to right.
Why do you read top to bottom left to right?
You read from left to right in English;)
What is the name for a word that is the same when read from left to right as when read from right to left?
Palindrome.
Is Russian read from right to left?
left to right
Why does traditional manga read from right to left and why does modern manga reads from left to right?
The only manga that read from left to right are "manga" originally published in a language that's read from left to right (i.e., English,) and Japanese manga that are "flipped" by a publisher for publication in a language that's read from left to right. Even "modern" Japanese manga are read from right to left.
Is sanskrit read right to left left to right or up and down?
Sanskrit is typically read from left to right, just like English. Each line of text is read horizontally, starting from the left. There is no tradition of reading Sanskrit vertically or from right to left.
How do you read danish?
Danish is read from the upper left corner to the bottom right (left to right).
Do you read Arabic back to front?
No, Arabic is read from right to left, opposite to the English language which reads from left to right. Each word is formed from right to left, and sentences are also written and read in that direction.
