We keep the Torah because God commanded us to do so (Deuteronomy 26:17-19). Its narratives contain important details of our history, and attitudes and beliefs for us, in addition to its laws.
United Talmud Torahs of Montreal was created in 1896.
Yes.
Possibly
Simchat Torah uses 2 Torahs because you're reading the last chapter of Deuteronomy and the first chapter of Genesis.
Torahs take a long time to be replaced. It takes i think a year to make a new one because everything in the Torah is written by hand.
Torahs have been burned for centuries.
Yes - or they could be borrowed from other synagogues.
They're rejoicing over the Torah.
torahs snow board looks a little like this...
People pick up Torahs with their hands.
In English it is called the "Holy Ark". In Hebrew it is called the "Aron Kodesh" (אָרוֹן קׄדֶש).
The etz chaim is the wooden pole that the parchment is wrapped around. Torahs usually have two of them.