The Torah commanded every Jew to write a Torah scroll for himself. From the time that it was permitted to write the Oral ...

Sefaria is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the cultivation of Jewish learning. It has assembled a far-reaching library of Jewish texts and their interconnections, in Hebrew and in translation, ...

Members of the Jacksonville Jewish community gathered Sunday afternoon to honor Rabbi Yaakov Fisch with one of Judaism’s most ...

Much like a muscle, faith weakens faster when it isn’t used – a concept that extends to the physical scripture itself, members of Chisuk Emuna were told Sunday. The Jewish congregation, located in ...

When Gavriel Kedem became a bar mitzvah, he was focused on the usual things: chanting the parsha, giving his dvar, the people watching. He wasn’t thinking about it as a historic moment. But it was — ...

Neil Yerman bends close to the parchment with a quill pen in his roughened hands, chanting softly in the natural light streaming through the windows of Temple Emanuel. Yerman repairs letters on a ...

If your Torah scroll has cracked or faded letters, who you gonna call? A sofer. This Jewish craftsperson is trained in the art of copying holy texts. Thus, Rabbi Samuel Spector of Congregation Kol Ami ...

Several hundred people celebrated the completion of the writing of a Torah scroll at Downtown Jewish Center Chabad in Fort Lauderdale. The Grand Torah Celebration featured a procession and dancing ...

STOCKTON. THE JEWISH COMMUNITY OF FOLSOM IN EL DORADO HILLS CELEBRATED THE COMPLETION OF A TORAH SCROLL TONIGHT. IT’S THE MOST SACRED OBJECT FOR THE JEWISH FAITH. KCRA 3’S ANDRES VALLE WAS AT TODAY’S ...

The arrival this month of a new Torah scroll in Hudson was greeted with festivities and special letter-writing opportunities. The arrival this month of a new Torah scroll in Hudson was greeted with ...