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Torah Scroll (5 Books of Moses)
Medium - Approximately 12" tall
In a Gift Box.
The Torah scroll is written in Hebrew on paper and held on wooden rollers with handles. The velvet Torah cover has the 10 Commandments embroidered on it in silver and gold. The Hebrew words state, The Torah is Perfect.
The Torah
The Torah is the most holy of the sacred writings sacred in Judaism. It is the first of three sections in the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible), the founding religious document of Judaism, and is divided into five books, whose names in English are Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy, in reference to their themes (Their Hebrew names, Bereshit, ??????, Shemot ????, Vayikra ?????, Bamidbar ?????, and Devarim ?????, are derived from the wording of their initial verses). The Torah contains a variety of literary genres, including allegories, historical narrative, poetry, genealogy, and the exposition of various types of law. According to rabbinic tradition, the Torah contains the 613 mitzvot (?????, "commandments"), which are divided into 365 negative restrictions and 248 positive commands. In rabbinic literature, the word "Torah" denotes both the written text, "Torah Shebichtav" (???? ?????, "Torah that is written"), as well as an oral tradition, "Torah Shebe'al Peh" (???? ???? ??, "Torah that is oral"). The oral portion consists of the "traditional interpretations and amplifications handed down by word of mouth from generation to generation," now embodied in the Talmud and Midrash.
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