I had the pleasure of acquiring a truly exceptional piece from this rich literary tradition – an Italian manuscript from 1715 that brings together, between two modest covers, some of ...

Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman honored a volunteer firefighter Wednesday, June 25, for rescuing a sacred Torah scroll ...

Three people have been arrested following a break-in at a synagogue in north London that left prayer items, including sacred ...

Last night I drove two and a half hours to Kingston for our biweekly Torah class. We usually meet on Tuesdays, but this week we decided to push it to Thursday night. It’s a small, modest group ...

First, they stand completely alone in the Torah scroll—positioned between two inverted Hebrew nuns, letters that appear nowhere else in the Torah. The 12th-century commentator Rashi tells us that ...

Because the work is so tedious and precise, it takes a year for a Torah to be completed at a cost of $70,000. A Rabbi can only read from a scroll that has been handwritten, said Steinmetz.

The Jewish congregation, located in uptown Harrisburg, kicked off a fundraising and community-building initiative on Sunday that includes the inscribing of a new Torah scroll.

By Jacopo Prisco, CNN Many of the Dead Sea Scrolls, ... “Castor oil is a modern invention, and it was used in the 1950s by the original scholars to make the text more legible.

By Jacopo Prisco, CNN Many of the Dead Sea Scrolls, some of the most widely known archaeological finds of all time, may be older than once thought, according to a new study. The fresh analysis ...

By Jacopo Prisco, CNN Many of the Dead Sea Scrolls, some of the most widely known archaeological finds of all time, may be older than once thought, according to a new study. The fresh analysis ...

Jerusalem Post / Judaism / Torah Portion Parshat Naso: Rich people’s problems When you live a life filled with meaning, spiritual fulfillment ...

Michael Farca emerged unscathed after entering Chabad of Greenvale to rescue the congregation's Torah scroll during a fire as congregants prayed outside. Israel National News Jun 5, 2025, 7:49 PM ...