What is the Torah written on?

Answer 1

The Torah, found in every synagogue that can afford to procure its own, is hand-written on several panels of parchment, which are then sewn together to form a long scroll. The parchment panels are made from the cured hides of a kosher animal, such as cow or sheep.

Originally, as with all parchment in the near east, goat skin was used, specially tanned so that it could be written on. Papyrus was not just used in Egypt; it was also used throughout the eastern mediterranean and near east, and, the substance should not be confused with paper because there IS a difference. You can't for example use a number 2 pencil, or a modern day pen on papyrus; the surface is much too coarse, however it lets itself well to brush strokes. Ancient near eastern scribes, including the temple priests of old, usually made a rough draft of papyrus, several actually, and a final draft on animal skin, usually specially tanned goat skin. The early Tanakhs were all scrolls made out of goat skin.

Also, when originally given to Moses, the Torah was not "written," it was handed down by memory.

Answer 2

The Torah comprises the first five books of the Hebrew Tanakh, available

in translation under the title "The Old Testament". The Torah has remained

unchanged since it was given. Scribes never compose anything; they merely

copy an older scroll into a new one, with the utmost care and precision.

Answer 3

The scrolls used during the synagogue service, whether containing the Torah,

books of the various Prophets, or the Megillot (Ruth, Esther, Song of Songs, etc.),

are hand written, by scribes educated and trained for the purpose, on parchment

of the skin of a kosher animal, most commonly cowhide.

The text in the scroll includes no vowels, punctuation, chapter or verse divisions, or

page numbers, and the text is never illuminated/decorated. There is nothing on the

scrolls but the Hebrew consonant letters of the text itself.

The Torah scroll contains 245 columns of text, from the first letter of Genesis to

the last letter of Deuteronomy. In order to locate the text in the scroll that is to

be read, you need a person familiar enough with the entire Hebrew text of the

Torah to be able to 'scroll' through it, glance at a spot now and then, recognize

where in the scroll that point is, and zero in on the desired selection. There are

no signposts along the way to guide him.

The discovery of so much as one missing, deformed, or damaged letter renders

that entire scroll unusable for public reading, until the defect is repaired.

Scrolls damaged beyond repair ... such as, for one example, those reclaimed from

synagogues burned during the Holocaust ... are buried in a grave in a Jewish cemetery,

along with printed copies of the Torah in worn out books, old prayer books, and any

other documents that included the printed name of gcd.

Answer 4

The Torah isn't written on paper, it's written on parchment.

Answer 5

Every Torah scroll has the same letters and words. Each scroll is

hand-written, with a quill pen, in black ink on leather parchment.

Answer 6

Scrolls gold and red