Sentences with phrase «torah scrolls»

The same picture — or at least the same image, in a slightly different size — was sold for $ 3,700 at Christie's Amsterdam on June 19, 1991, where it was attributed to Stanislaus Bender and called Saving the Torah Scrolls.

In Hyman Bloom's ecstatic paintings, old, bearded men with knobby fingers, in wide - brimmed fur hats, clutch Torah scrolls.

Jewish museum of Prague takes care of many buildings in the Prague and you will find there very interesting things as old Torah scrolls, old prints, Judaica etc..

We feel duty - bound to remind folks that Hosking's did The Greasy Strangler, a gag - reflex test of a movie that's suggests the filmmaker has studied early John Waters flicks like Torah scrolls.

They all have a «holy of holies»: in the synagogue it is the sacred ark with the Torah scrolls; in the church it is the altar and in the later Roman church the tabernacle; in the mosque it is the prayer niche facing Mecca.

Every single proscription in the Torah scrolls were appropriated from ancient Ner East culture.

There are processions around the synagogue carrying Torah scrolls and plenty of high - spirited singing and dancing in the synagogue with the Torahs.

Significance: A follow - up to Sukkot; the completion of the annual cycle of Torah readings Length: 2 days (Some: 1 day) Customs: Limited «dwelling» in the sukkah; dancing and rejoicing with Torah scrolls

Atlanta (CNN)- Bishop Eddie Long has apologized to the Anti-Defamation League over an incident in which he was wrapped in a Torah scroll and crowned «king.»

It offers the standard Hebrew text, a parallel English translation (edited by Chaim Potok, best known as the author of «The Chosen»), a page - by - page exegesis, periodic commentaries on Jewish practice and, at the end, 41 essays by prominent rabbis and scholars on topics ranging from the Torah scroll and dietary laws to ecology and eschatology.

In the Torah scroll, though, the word is found and it is pronounced Adonai, which means «my master.»

They may not qualify to be part of a minyan elsewhere, but here they have prestigious roles, reading from the Torah scroll, parading it around to be kissed, chanting scripture in Hebrew, blessing children, leading music, preaching.

That Torah scroll is what Christians revere as the «Old Testament» of their Bible.

But last week the European Space Agency's engineering arm in Noordwijk, the Netherlands, confirmed that it has been commissioned to test the space hardiness of the capsule that will contain the Sefer Torah scroll.

A priest lifts a Samaritan Torah scroll during sunrise prayers on Mount Gerizim in the West Bank.

Pictured: Medallion decorated with a menorah, shofar, and an enigmatic symbol — myrtle branches or a Torah scroll Gold, diam.

About Blog The Extra Yad is a play on English and Hebrew («Yad» means hand and is also the name of the pointer used while reading from the Torah scroll) words reflecting the several realities of my involvement with Jewish family history Frequency about 4 posts per month.

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, but often follow the procession around the synagogue, sometimes carrying small toy Torahs (stuffed plush toys or paper scrolls).

The dead sea scrolls verified info in the old testament (Hence the reference to the Torah), and although there were some differences, the vast majority of the info was consistent.

start with the dead sea scrolls and the torah) Every language evolves.

They did the same with the Dead Sea Scrolls and verified the accuracy of Bibles / Torahs today.

The Torah on the Moon project, based in Tel Aviv, Israel, has been courting private firms to deliver a handwritten Jewish scroll, the Sefer Torah, to the lunar surface.

To Bookstein, it resembles a «scroll, a partially unwrapped Torah.»

My client called me «beloved» I'm a freelance Torah scribe, and part of my work is visiting communities whose scrolls I'm working on, to drum up enthusiasm.