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Individuals are free, and are encouraged, to study the contents of the Torah as often
as their schedule will permit, either in private or in 'ad hoc' study groups.
But as a formal component of the public synagogue service, the Torah is read only on
these occasions:
-- Monday and Thursday mornings
-- Sabbath (Saturday) morning and afternoon
-- Morning service, each day of each holiday mentioned in the Torah
-- Afternoon service of public fast days
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∙ 13y ago
Wiki User
∙ 8y agoIf you are asking in a liturgical sense, probably 10 million Jews read the Torah at least once in their lifetime. (The remaining 4 million or so are so secular that they have probably never read it at all.) If you are asking in an academic sense, billions of people, especially pious Christians have read the text of the Torah since it is one of the foundational books of world literature and believed to be font of knowledge and wisdom.
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∙ 8y ago15 million
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How is a Torah used in a synagogue?
Portions of it are read, several times each week.
How many times a day do jews read the holy book?
The Torah is read in the synagogue several times per week.
How do Jews today remember exodus?
1) By celebrating Passover. 2) By learning the Torah (we read the whole Torah each year). The Torah recounts the entire narrative of the Exodus. 3) The Exodus is mentioned many times in our prayers. 4) A number of Torah-commands, including Shabbat, are described as commemorating the Exodus.
Why are there synagogue readings in passover?
The Torah is read in synagogue more than two hundred times each year, not just on Passover.
How many times does the Torah open?
It varies, depending on which service is being held. In a Friday night service, the holy ark is opened once, but the Torah is not removed or read.
What do the Torah readings mean?
The entire Torah is read over the course of each year, in consecutive portions every week. These are the Torah readings.
How often is the Torah used?
The Torah-scroll is read in the synagogue four times weekly, minimum; sometimes more.
When would a Jew use a Torah?
The Torah is the Hebrew Bible. Like the Christian Bible, the Torah can be read and studied at anytime. In synagogues, it is most commonly used during Shabbat morning prayer services in which a section of the Torah is read every week.
Where would a Jewish person go to hear the Torah scroll read out loud?
Torah-scrolls are kept in synagogues (Jewish houses of prayer), in the Holy Ark, which is a special cabinet in the front of the synagogue. The scrolls are taken out when they are to be read from in public, which is done several times each week.
When were the Torah scrolls used?
Torah scrolls are read from several times every week. (minimum: Monday, Thursday and Sabbath mornings).
Where is the Torah read?
The Torah is read in synagogues across the world
Why do you have the Torah?
There was a time when the Jews were subjected to a persecution which included a decree that they not read from the Torah. In order that the weekly Torah readings not fall into disuse, the Sages instituted a custom to read a portion from the prophets that was a similar subject to each week's Torah reading.
