Question: When the aron kodesh was opened for Krias HaTorah this past Shabbos, we realized that the Shekalim Sefer Torah had not been rolled; it was still at the Rosh Chodesh kriah in parshas Pinchos.

On Sunday, Hei Adar (February 22), a new Sefer Torah written in memory of Etty Lipszyc, a”h -daughter of Rabbi Shalom and ...

Just a few short weeks ago, on Shabbat, we read about Moshe: "He gazed, and there was a bush all aflame, yet the bush was not consumed.” (Parshat Shmot, Exodus, 3:2:) Moshe ponders how this is ...

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Members of the Jacksonville Jewish community gathered Sunday afternoon to honor Rabbi Yaakov Fisch with one of Judaism’s most sacred gifts: a newly written Sefer Torah. Hundreds ...

David is new to shul and offered hagba (the raising of the Torah). It’s painful to watch. He can barely lift the Sefer Torah, almost drops it, and sits down very quickly. Feeling very embarrassed ...

An 800-year-old Jewish sage is coming to Westwood this week. One of the oldest biblical scrolls in the world, will be the center of a reception at Sephardic Temple Tifereth Israel’s Levy Family ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Firefighter Michael Farca holding a Torah scroll salvaged from a fire. The Long Island firefighter who saved a sacred Sefer Torah ...

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