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Why do Jews want to touch the Torah?
In my synagogue, when the Torah scroll is carried aroudn the sanctuary, it is only touched with the edge of a Tallit or with a Siddur. It is so holy that it is not supposed to be touched with the bare hands. When you have touched your Tallit to the Torah, you then pull it back and kiss it. This is so that the holiness of the Torah scroll can be with you for the rest of the week.
Why is the Torah in a sroll?
the point is that that is what they had back then not books or paper so they used a scroll
How do they keep the Torah scroll safe?
Jews keep the Torah in a separate room and when they need it the Jews can't touch it so they use a pointer when they read from it. I hope that helps
How much does scroll of SProtect cost in Flyff?
its diffrent for all clusters so please say what one u play
What does the Jewish law requiring use of a yad tell you about the value placed on the Torah by the Hebrews?
The yad (a small pointer, usually of silver) is used in order to read the Torah accurately without needing to touch it. This is because of the high honor in which we hold the Torah scroll. See also:Facts about Torah scrolls
What is a Torah reader in judaism?
The Torah reader is anyone, usually the Cantor or Chazan, who chants the passages which are read from the Torah scroll with a customary melody (cantillation; trope).
What do Jews use to decorate the Torah?
Answer 1A pointer stick called a 'yad' which means 'hand'.Answer 2Jews regard the Torah scrolls (which contain the first five books of the Holy Bible) as sacred and they show the Torah great respect. Touching the covered Torah-scroll is permitted; but touching the parchment itself is not allowed (Talmud, Megillah 32a). For this reason, when reading from the Torah scroll, the readers use a pointer (yad). When the Torah scrolls are carried around the synagogue so that the congregation can see it, worshipers tend to touch it with their prayer books (siddurim), rather than with their bare hands. In some ultra-Orthodox congregations, people will kiss the Torah instead of touching it with the prayer books.
What does a Torah scroll cost?
A Torah Scroll can cost from $20,000 to $60,000 and up depending on the quality of the work. Why? * A typical Torah scroll consists of 245 columns. Each column has 42 lines for a total of 10,290 lines. Each lines takes at least 5 minutes to write; so a Torah Scroll takes over 850 hours to write. * It is hand-written with a quill on hand-manufactured parchment (4 columns to a sheet, except for the first and last sheets) and must be copied letter by letter from a reliable text. * The 62 sheets of parchment then need to be sewn together with sinews and then typically glued with 2 band-aid-like patches. * It then needs to be proofread 2 times manually (and nowadays also OCR checked for textual errors) after which it usually requires delicate editing. In addition there are the costs of the Etz Chaim (poles to which the parchment is attached and rolled around), Mantel-cover and ornaments which can add from a few hundred to a few thousand dollars to the price.
What was a scribe who guided the writing of the Torah?
The scribes were and are called soferim. The didn't "guide" the writing of the Torah, but they did and do provide additional copies of the Torah as needed.The Torah-scroll must be written by a specially trained pious and knowledgeable scribe called a sofer.The scroll is written on parchment by hand, in Hebrew calligraphy with precise shapes for the letters. This takes about six months to a year.The ink is prepared in a traditional manner; and inexactly-written letters must be rewritten before the scroll may be read from.The scroll is kept wrapped in an embroidered cloth cover in a special ark in the synagogue.When God gave the Ten Commandments (Exodus ch.19-20), He gave them in writing, inscribed on stone tablets (Exodus 31:18), while He taught the rest of the Torah to Moses orally, on Mount Sinai (Exodus 24:12), without writing it. At God's command and precise dictation (Deuteronomy 1:3), Moses penned the entire Torah (Deuteronomy 31:24) immediately before his death, so that it included events that had happened in the preceding months (such as Numbers ch.20).No Hebrew copy of the Torah has ever been found to differ with the others, worldwide. The Torah we possess today contains the exact wording written by Moses.
How do Jews show that their holy book is precious?
It depends on how you read the question:How do Jews show reverence to their Holy Book?The Torah is studied, preferably as much as possible.Observant Jews abide by the Torah laws.The Torah scroll is housed in a special cabinet in which no other items are placed.The scroll is written by hand with precise materials and method, and the utmost care is taken that the wording be exact, down to every letter of each of the 79,847 words.When the Torah is taken out of its special cabinet (ark), everyone stands.The scroll is decorated with an embroidered cover and a silver crown.How do Jews show that their Holy Book is unique?Jews claim that their holy book is as a result of communal revelation. An entire nation received the law directly from God at one moment as opposed to a prophet going away, receiving revelation, and coming back with that information.
What are three details about the Torah?
It was given by God (Exodus 24:12) Because it wasn't authored by human hand, it doesn't hesitate to spotlight any faults of its protagonists (such as Exodus ch.32) It has 304,805 letters, in 5845 verses; and copies of the Torah scrolls the world over have the exact same wording The Torah scroll contains no vowels or written punctuation The Torah is read in a musical chant (cantillation; trope) Torah scrolls are written by hand on parchment; it takes over six months to do so, and each scroll is worth tens of thousands of dollars
What is the link with God to the Torah?
The Torah is the holy Jewish text, and appears in scroll form in every Synagogue. Traditional Jewish belief is that the Torah is the direct word of G-d. He gave it to the Jews at Mt Sinai, when a huge gathering of over a million Jews all heard G-d speak. Judaism is the only faith that began with such a 'national revelation'. The Torah is not just a text that can be taken literally, or even understood at face value. Rather, it can be understood on a number of different levels and Kabbalah (Jewish mysticism) involves a particular way of approaching and analysing the Torah. Every letter is significant. It is said that 'everything' is in the Torah, if one only knows how to look. So as we believe that the Torah is literally G-d speaking to us, of course it is something that is cherished. When scribes are copying out a new Torah scroll, if they get even ONE letter wrong, the entire scroll must be discarded. In this way, it has been ensured that the Torah has remained unchanged over thousands of years. We are not allowed to add to it by even a letter. It is considered a great mitzvah for any Jew to copy out their own Torah scroll. Orthodox Jews approach the Torah very literally - less religious Jews will be more relaxed in their interpretation. http://www.ajewwithaview.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
