Congregation Kol Ami brings in a leading sofer to tend to the exacting art of mending God’s words — “Only when you touch a Torah,” he says, “will Torah touch you.” ...
GREENSBORO — Eight-year-old Elijah Mbuvi remembers when the centuries-old Torah ripped as adults unrolled it in his classroom in September. The religious scroll, sometimes referred to as the Book of ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When the pandemic hit, Rabbi Asher Knight used one of Temple Beth El’s sacred Torahs during the high holidays — chosen because it ...
A Reform congregation in Northridge and an Orthodox sofer (scribe) have joined forces to restore a rescued 360-year-old Czech Torah scroll, which has been with the synagogue since the 1970s. About 150 ...
It's hard to find a more venerable, yet flexible local institution than Northbrook's Temple Beth-El. One of Illinois' oldest synagogues started with a small gathering of 15 Austrian-Hungarian Jews who ...
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