Torah scroll
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A Torah scroll is a handwritten copy of the Torah, meaning the five books of Moses. The Torah scroll is mainly used in the ritual of Torah reading during Jewish prayers. At other times, it is stored i
A Sephardic Torah scroll rolled to the first paragraph of the Shema
An Ashkenazi Torah scroll rolled to the Decalogue
Torah cases at Knesset Eliyahoo Synagogue, Mumbai, India
A 200-year-old Yemenite Torah scroll, on gevil, from the Rambam Synagogue in Nahalat Ahim, Jerusalem. The sofer (scribe) was from the Sharabi family.
Chumash (Judaism)
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Chumash is a copy of the Torah, printed and bound in the form of a book for convenience when studying. In comparison, a Torah scroll is handwritten, with rigorous production standards, on a special ty
Torah scroll
…Jerusalem, the direction Jews face when praying. The text of the Torah is also commonly printed and bound in book form for non-ritual functions, called a Chumash (plural Chumashim; "five-part", for the five books of Moses), and is often accompanied by commentaries or translations. Findings from Qumran, Masada…
Chumash from Basel, 1943, in the Jewish Museum of Switzerland’s collection.
The Artscroll Chumash