This article is about the divisions of the Torah into weekly readings. For this week s Torahportion, see Portal Judaism WeeklyTorahportion box Torahportion File YanovTorah.JPG thumb right A Torah scroll and silver pointer yad used in reading. The weeklyTorahportion lang he Parashat ... of the Torah Hebrew Bible read in Jewish services . In Judaism , the Torah is Torah reading read publicly over the course of a year, with one major portion read each week in the Shabbat morning service. Each weeklyTorahportion adopts its name from one of the incipit first unique words in the Hebrew ... Torah reading Weekly Maqam Portal Judaism References Reflist External links http www.myjewishportal.com torah 10 line TorahPortion Summary http www.hebcal.com sedrot Links to the Hebrew text for weekly ... Torah portions for Israel http www.patheos.com Resources Additional Resources Topic Page Jewish WeeklyTorah Portion.html Patheos WeeklyTorahportion summaries with cartoons from G dcast.com http eteacherbiblical.com bible study torahportionWeeklyTorahportion videos WeeklyTorah Portions Torah reading DEFAULTSORT WeeklyTorahPortion Category WeeklyTorah readings Category Jewish services ... March 2008 public Torah reading mostly followed an annual cycle beginning and ending on the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah , with the Torah divided into 54 weekly portions to correspond to the lunisolar .... Division into weekly parashot The division of parashot found in the modern day Torah scrolls of all ... the Aleppo Codex article for more information. ref Table of weekly readings In the table, a portion ... public basic Google Calendar of weeklyTorah portions for Diaspora http www.google.com calendar ... parashah, V Zot HaBerachah , is always read on Simchat Torah. Therefore, there are in practice ... readings are combined to achieve the needed number of weekly readings. ref There was also an ancient ... have implemented an alternative triennial cycle in which only one third of each weekly parashah is read ... more details
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, pg 515. ref In rabbinic literature , the word Torah denotes both the written text, Torah Shebichtav , Torah that is written , as well as an Oral Torah oral tradition , Torah Shebe al Peh , Torah that is oral . The oral portion consists of the traditional interpretations and amplifications ...File K ln Tora und Innenansicht Synagoge Glockengasse 040.JPG thumb Sefer Torah at old Glockengasse Synagogue reconstruction , Cologne The name Torah Hebrew , Instruction IPA en t r , also known ..., vessel, book , ref The ancient Greek translation of the Tanakh Tanak translated the word Torah as name .... p. 16 http books.google.com books?id pAkE0GkHCoEC&pg PA16&lpg PA16&dq 22The word Torah means 22&source .... See Torah Meaning and names and see also Philip Birnbaum , Encyclopedia of Jewish Concepts , Hebrew ... M. Wagner, Onkelos on the Torah Understanding the Bible Text , Gefen Publishing House Ltd, 2009, p.92 http books.google.com.au books?id YKPTP5UFUhIC&dq Torah letters Nun&source gbs navlinks s Scribal ... book, thereby dividing the Torah into seven and not five books as was, and is known in the use ... text s. ref http www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org jsource Judaism The Written Law.html Torah at the Jewish ... Company , 1964, page 630. ref A Sefer Torah , book of Torah or Torah scroll is a copy of the Torah written on parchment in a formal, traditional manner by a specially trained sofer scribe under strict requirements. The Torah Hebrew Bible is the first of three parts of the Tanakh , the founding ... Deuteronomy , are derived from the Incipit wording of their initial verses . The Torah contains ... of various types of law. According to rabbinic tradition, the Torah contains the 613 mitzvot ... , Hebrew Publishing Company, 1964, page 630 ref According to Jewish tradition the Torah was revealed ... name Kurzweil11 cite book title The Torah For Dummies last Kurzweil first Arthur authorlink Arthur ... text in Jewish mysticism , states that the Torah was created prior to the creation of the world ... more details
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Wikify date April 2010 Orphan date September 2008 The term dominant portion is used in measurement of spaces for valuation or appraisal purposes. Dominant Portion is defined as The largest solid or glass area making up the inside finished surface, along a single plane, of the total permanent outer building wall. ref http www.tbs sct.gc.ca rpm gbi lexicon lexique term terme.asp?Language EN&id 763 Dominant Portion Bot generated title ref That portion of the inside finished surface of the permanent outer building wall which is 50 or more of the vertical floor to ceiling dimension measured at the dominant portions. If there is no dominant portion, or if the dominant portion is not vertical, the measurement for area shall be to the inside finished surface of the permanent outer building wall where it intersects the finished floor. ref http www.bethesda office space.com bethesdaofficespace3.html bethesda office space measurement rules Bot generated title ref The second definition particularly applies to measurement of office spaces based on the Building Owners and Managers Association measurement. References Reflist DEFAULTSORT Dominant Portion Category Real estate Measurement stub ... more details
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study of The weeklyTorahportion with its Rabbinic literature Meforshim Rabbinic commentators Talmud ... works in addition to the WeeklyTorahportionportion for that week the relevant passages are often ... Eastern origin, in which each weeklyTorahportion is studied together with sections from Neviim ... on topics relating to a section parashah of the Torah typically the weeklyTorahportion . In respect ... of the traditional areas and modes of Torah study. They study the weeklyTorahportion Parsha , the Talmud ... Kollel Mechina Midrasha Yeshiva TorahTorah reading WeeklyTorahportion and links to articles ... http www.shiur.com WeeklyTorahPortion Recommended Reading http www.torahandisrael.com recommended ...Traditional view of Torah study In rabbinic literature, the highest ideal of all Jews is Torah study ... the text of the Tanakh to the entire Oral Torah . According to many historians, this carried over into the general .... Some examples of traditional teachings The study of Torah is considered to outweigh a number of mitzvot ... consider Torah study as being greater than the rescue of human life, than the building of the Temple ... studies Torah for its own sake Torah Lishma the the creation of entire world is worthwhile ... himself with the Torah each hour Yerushalmi, Berakhot ch. 9 . Torah study is of more value than the offering of daily sacrifice Eruvin 63b . A single day devoted to the Torah outweighs 1,000 Korban ... 61b . Whoever learns Torah at night is granted grace during the day and whoever neglects it will be fed ... one who might have occupied himself with Torah study but neglected to do so Tractate Hagigah 5b . The study must be unselfish one should study the Torah with self denial, even at the sacrifice of one ... . All, even lepers and the ritually unclean, are required to study the Torah Tractate Berakhot 22a . It is the duty of everyone to read the entire weeklyportion twice the law of shnayim mikra ve echad targum , Tractate Berakhot 8a . According to R. Meir, a Gentile who studies the Torah for the purpose ... more details
a Torah scroll. On Shabbat Saturday mornings, a weekly section known as a Sedra or WeeklyTorahportion ... of each weeklyWeeklyTorahportion parashah from the Torah is read during the morning Jewish services ... combined so that the entire Pentateuch is read over the course of a year. Weeklyportion See also WeeklyTorahportion On Shabbat mornings, the weeklyTorahportion parashah is read. It is divided into seven ... of the day s Torahportion. There are always at least three olim people called to read the Torah ... of the Torah nobold , the order of weekly readings is completed, and the day is celebrated with various ... service on Sunday. See also Aliyah Synagogue Aliyah Synagogue Aliyah Aron kodesh WeeklyTorahportion Cantillation Haftarah Jewish services Torah readings of Yom Tov Minyan Torah scroll Yad Partnership ... http bible.ort.org books divreid2.asp?action displaypage&book 1&portion 1 Summary of Reading by Weekly ...Distinguish Torah study haftarah Jews and Judaism sidebar Torah reading Hebrew Name 1 K riat HaTorah Reading of the Torah is a Judaism Jewish religion religious ritual that involves the public reading of a set of passages from a Sefer TorahTorah scroll . The term often refers to the entire ceremony of removing the Torah scroll or scrolls from the ark synagogue ark , chanting the appropriate ... of the Torah was introduced by Ezra the Scribe after the return of the Jewish people from the Babylonian ... Torah reading according to a set procedure they believe has remained unchanged in the two thousand ... Judaism and Conservative Judaism have made adaptations to the practice of Torah reading, but the basic pattern of Torah reading has usually remained the same As a part of the morning or afternoon ... of parashot found in the modern day Torah scrolls of all Jewish communities Ashkenazic, Sephardic, and Yemenite is based upon the systematic list provided by Maimonides in Mishneh Torah , Laws of Tefillin, Mezuzah and Torah Scrolls , chapter 8. Maimonides based his division of the parashot ... more details
Infobox Holiday image Torah and jad.jpg caption Torah scroll holiday name Simchat Torah official name Hebrew language Hebrew nickname Translation Rejoicing with of the Torah observedby Judaism ... the Torah scrolls are carried around in seven circuits hakafot . significance The culmination of Sukkot and Shemini Atzeret. Final Parsha from Deuteronomy is read in synagogue. Everyone called to the Torah reading. Conclusion of the annual Torah reading cycle. Rejoicing with the Torah. relatedto Culmination of Sukkot Tabernacles Simchat Torah or Sim ath Torah also Simkhes Toreh , Hebrew language Hebrew , lit., Rejoicing with of the Torah, is a celebration marking the conclusion of the annual cycle of public Torah reading s, and the beginning of a new cycle. Simchat Torah is a component ... calendar . The main celebration of Simchat Torah takes place in the synagogue during ... congregations, this is the only time of year on which the Sefer TorahTorah scrolls are taken out ... is opened, all the worshippers leave their seats to dance and sing with all the Torah scrolls in a joyous ... members of the congregation for an Torah reading Aliyot aliyah , as well as a special aliyah for all ..., Shemini Atzeret is a two day holiday and the Simchat Torah festivities are observed on the second day. The first day is referred to as Shemini Atzeret and the second day as Simchat Torah, although .... In Israel , Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah are celebrated on the same day. Reform Judaism Reform congregations, even not in Israel, may do likewise. Evening festivities The Simchat Torah festivities begin with the evening service. All the synagogue s Torah scrolls are removed from the Ark synagogue ... hakafa need only encompass one circuit around the synagogue, the dancing and singing with the Torah ... biblical and liturgical verses and songs about the Torah, the goodness of God, Jewish Messianiasm ... together. In some congregations, the Torah scrolls are carried out into the streets and the dancing ... more details
Ezras Torah lang he may refer to The Ezras Torah Fund , a Jewish American charitable organization Ezrat Torah , a neighborhood in Jerusalem Ezrat Torah St., the neighborhood s main street disambig ... more details
a journal formerly weekly, now biweekly ref http www.haoros.com Haoros U bi urim ref Oholei Torah , containing ...Chabad Oholei Torah Tents of Torah is the common name of the Chabad Lubavitch schools Educational Institute Oholei Menachem and Talmudical Seminary Oholei Torah . The main branches of the school, and its administrative offices, are located in Brooklyn , New York City . Educational Institute Oholei Torah ... part of the curriculum, Oholei Torah s unique educational standards are among the highest to be found and have led to phenomenal growth. Founded in 1957 with four students, Oholei Torah ... Oholei Torah was founded in early 1957 by Rabbi Michoel Teitelbaum, following a statement by Rabbi Schneerson the Lubavitcher Rebbe that there should be a school focusing on Torah study . The school ... expanded and a kindergarten for young boys was introduced. In 1964, Oholei Torah added a junior high school division. Several years later came the founding of Oholei Torah Mesivta High School. Finally, Beth Midrash Beis HaMedrash , Talmudic Seminary Oholei Torah was founded in 1970, for post high school ... Menachem Mendel Schneerson, though the old name persists in general usage. Today Oholei Torah enrolls approximately 1600 students in its various divisions. Divisions Oholei Torah has four main divisions Kindergarten Enrollment Empty section date May 2008 Location Oholei Torah s kindergarten .... Elementary Enrollment Educational Institute Oholei Menachem Oholei Torah consists of a preschool grade ... Torah Nigleh Rabbi Elchonon Lesches Mashgiach ruschani for Hasidic Judaism Chasidut Rabbis Shmaryahu ... Levi Matosuf Oral Torah Nigleh Rabbi Yisroel Friedman, Rabbi Shlomo Segal, Rabbi Avrohom Gerlitsky ... Willhelm Enrollment approx. 170 students. Location Oholei Torah Mesivta is located at 417 Troy Avenue ... Seminary Oholei Torah, and colloquially as Oholei Torah Zal Yiddish zal , study hall , is the largest ... is located at the Eastern Parkway campus. Shlichus Like many Lubavitch yeshivas, Oholei Torah ... more details
usually, a designated reader recites a blessing over the Torah, between each verse. Each reads a section of the day s Torahportion. There are always at least three olim people called to read the Torah ... , Sukkot , Shemini Atzeret , Simchat Torah align center 6 Yom Kippur morning align center 7 ... the Torah aloud. Rather, he stands near it while a practiced expert, called a ba al k ri ah one in charge of reading sometimes ba al ko re , reads the Torah, with cantillation , for the congregation ... Jews Yemenite communities, the oleh reads the portion himself, while another person, usually a young ... castes. Each oleh , after being called to the Torah, approaches it, recites a List of Jewish prayers and blessings benediction , a portion is read, and the oleh concludes with another benediction ... to the Torah. After that, men are called with Ya amod Let him arise , Hebrew Name ben son of Father ... . These aliyot are followed by half kaddish . When the Torah is read in the afternoon, kaddish is not recited at this point, but rather after the Torah has been returned to the Ark. Simchat Torah On Simchat Torah , the tradition is that all members of the congregation are called for an aliyah during ... age are called for a joint aliyah. Torah reading Category Torah reading ... more details
Talmud Torah schools were created in the Jewish world, both Ashkenazic and Sephardic , as a form of public ... education at a high school level. The Talmud Torah was modelled after the Cheder , a traditional ... Girls were invariably excluded from the Talmud Torah, for whom religious education was not traditionally ... teaches his daughter the Torah is as one who teaches her frivolity So ah 21b . Maimonides , on the other ..., Talmud Torah, i. 13 . In any case, the result was that, traditionally, girls were mostly taught privately, and received a fair education. The teaching in the Talmud Torah consumed the whole day, and in the winter ... s parent or guardian Shul an Aruk, Yoreh De ah, 245 . The Talmud Torah did little for what was then considered ... faith were included. In almost every community an organization called Hevra Talmud Torah was formed ... of the Talmud Torah for the purpose of meeting the annual tax collected by the local governor ... hand, money from the general charity fund was at times employed to support the Talmud Torah, and donations ... Torah organization in Rome included eight societies in 1554, and was reconstituted August 13, 1617 ... Talmud Torah, as in the case of one at Fes, Morocco in 1603 Ankava, Kerem emed, ii. 78, Leghorn ... 1505 89 ruled that in case of a legacy left by will to a Talmud Torah and guaranteed by the testator ... and Talmud Torah in a certain town, if accompanied by a provision that it may be managed as the son ... Torah s income were in existence in the time of R. Moses Isserles . R. Yoel Sirkis , rabbi ... cent. decided that it requires the unanimous consent of the eight trustees of a Talmud Torah to engage ... record pin es of Cracow in 1551 it appears that the Talmud Torah society controlled ... shall have general supervision over the teachers and shall visit the Talmud Torah every week to see ... of the pupil desires to make a change. 5 The members of the ebra Talmud Torah shall hire a competent ... conducted their Talmud Torah schools more methodically than the Ashkenazim , particularly in Europe ... more details
See United Torah Judaism and Degel HaTorah for the Haredi Judaism Haredi List of political parties in Israel Israeli political parties . unreferenced date November 2007 Torah Judaism is an English language English term, applied a number of Orthodox Judaism Orthodox Jewish groups, to describe Judaism as being based on an adherence to the laws of the Torah s mitzvot as expounded in Orthodox Halakha . These include both the Biblical and rabbinic mitzvot. Followers of Torah Judaism also follow the Daat Torah , i.e., the guidelines of rabbi s or hakhamim based on the Talmud . In the recent generations these may include the followers rebbe s Hasidic Judaism Hasidic rabbis , Rosh yeshiva rosh yeshivas deans of yeshiva s Talmud ical schools , or of a posek , often identified as an expert in the Shulkhan Arukh , the Code of Jewish Law . This identity is often limited to Haredi communities, as opposed to Modern Orthodox Jews, although the latter are also Torah observant to a lesser stringency. The phrase Torah Judaism implies a belief and practice of Judaism that is based on the inclusion of the entire Torah , Tanakh , Talmud , and all the rabbinic authorities that followed as sources of conducting oneself in life, and on the premise that the Torah emanates directly from God as revealed at Mount Sinai . The concept of a Sinaitic covenant is further expressed through such Hebrew language Hebrew phrases as Torah min ha Shamayim Torah from Heaven sky Torat Hashem Torah of God Torah mi Sinai Torah from Sinai Kedushat HaTorah Holiness of Torah Torat Hashem temimah Torah of God is pure complete Matan Torah giving the Torah Kabbalat HaTorah receiving acceptance of Torah Na aseh ve nishmah we shall do and we shall hear The term Torah Judaism is a reaction to the perceived inappropriateness in the meaning of Orthodox from Greek, correct opinion , as well as a conscious intent to label non Orthodox Jewish movements as being divorced from the Torah. A separate article exists on Relationships ... more details
Orphan date March 2009 File YanovTorah.JPG thumb The Yanov Torah displayed to seminary students at InterSem 2009 in Malibu, California The Yanov Torah is a Sefer Torah , or a specially hand written copy of the Torah or Pentateuch , which is the holiest book within Judaism and venerated by Jews . It was assembled from the collected individual Torah manuscript sheaves which had been smuggled into the Yanov Nazi work camp during World War II. The reassembled Torah was then smuggled out of the then Soviet Union, and brought to Los Angeles. It has been donated to the rabbinical programs at Hebrew Union College, ref http www.ourjerusalem.com history story torah E2 80 99s tale is kept alive.html Torah s tale is kept alive, Duke Helfand, November 20, 2008 accessed on 5 3 2009 ref where it is taken on tour to various synagogues and assemblies, so that the story of its history can be told. History Empty section date July 2010 The Book The published book entitled the Yanov Torah is written by Rabbi Erwin Herman, then director of the Pacific Southwest Council of the UAHC now URJ . Herman describes how the Yanov Torah was brought to him by Dr. Emanuel Orlove a pseudonym , who smuggled the Torah out of the Soviet Union when he emigrated to America in the 1980. Dr. Orlove also tells the history ... back into a whole Torah scroll. See also Sefer Torah References reflist External links http articles.latimes.com 2008 nov 07 local me torah7 Torah s tale is kept alive article from Los Angeles ... sd5 9yanov torah.htm Saga of Yanov Torah recounted at Yom Hashaoh rites San Diego Jewish Press Heritage , May 9, 1997 http www.amazon.com Yanov Torah Erwin Herman dp 0930494458 The Yanov Torah , by Erwin ... faith L.A. Jews Celebrate Yanov Torah s Survival , By Duke Helfand Los Angeles Times, date unknown , accessed 5 3 2009 photo of the Yanov Torah and Agnes Herman, in this story br Jewish life Jews and Judaism ... Category Torah Sefer Torah ... more details
File Ezrath Thora.jpg thumb 250px A Cheder in Ezrath Torah, Jerusalem Ezrat Torah lang he , in Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation Ezras Torah is a Hareidi neighborhood in northern Jerusalem . It is bordered by Kiryat Sanz, Jerusalem Kiryat Sanz on the west, Golda Meir Blvd. on the north and east, and Tel Arza on the south. Ezrat Torah is named for the Ezras Torah Fund , ref http www.jerusalem.muni.il jer sys pro rehovot rehovot.asp?STREET KOD 390 Jerusalem Municipality street name information Hebrew ref a Jewish American charitable organization. References reflist Commons cat Ezrath Torah Neighborhoods of Jerusalem Israel geo stub coord 31 47 50 N 35 12 49 E display title Category Neighbourhoods of Jerusalem ... more details
For tractate Sefer Torah Minor tractates Image K ln Tora und Innenansicht Synagoge Glockengasse 040.JPG thumb Sefer Torah at old Glockengasse Synagoge, Cologne. A Sefer Torah lang he plural , Sifrei Torah Book s of Torah or Torah Scroll parchment scroll s is a handwritten copy of the Torah .... The Torah scroll is mainly used in the ritual of Torah reading during Jewish services . At other ... of the Torah is also commonly printed and bookbinding bound in codex book form for non ritual ... Torah rolled to the Song of the sea . Torah reading from a sefer Torah is traditionally reserved for Monday ... is required for the reading of the Torah to be held in public during the course of the worship services. As Cantillation the Torah is sung , following the often dense text is aided by a yad hand , a metal ... with the parchment. Dedicating a Torah Scroll Unreferenced section date September 2009 Introduction of a new Sefer Torah into a synagogue is often accompanied by celebratory dancing, singing, and prayer ... writing of a Sefer Torah, and a significant honor to have a Sefer Torah written in one s honor or memory. Production Image SilverTorahCase.jpg thumb right A Sterling Silver Torah Case. In some traditions the Torah is housed in an ornamental wooden case Image TorahBreastPlate.jpg thumb right A Sterling Silver Torah Breast Plate or Hoshen often decorate Torah Scrolls. Image TorahCrown1.jpg thumb right ... law, a sefer Torah plural Sifrei Torah is a copy of the formal Hebrew text of the Five Books ... writing utensil dipped in ink. Producing a sefer Torah fulfills one of the 613 mitzvot Judaism s commandments . The k laf parchment on which the Torah scroll is written, the hair or sinew with which ... must come from ritually clean that is, kosher animals. ref Essential Torah A Complete Guide to the Five ... in Hebrew language Hebrew , a sefer Torah contains 304,805 letters, all of which must be duplicated ... one and a half years. An error during transcription may render the sefer Torah pasul invalid . According ... more details
Shiur lang he , pronounced shee ur , pl. shiurim , is a lesson on any Torah study Torah topic, such as Gemara , Mishnah , halakha , etc. History The shiur has been a primary method of teaching since Mishna ic times. In a famous Talmud ic passage, Rabbi Judah haNasi averred that he gained his sharp mind from watching Rabbi Meir deliver the shiur. However, since the lecture hall was so crowded, his seat was behind the lectern, so he only saw Rabbi Meir from the back. Had I seen him from the front, how much greater would I have become he declared. ref Eruvin 13b, cited in cite book url http books.google.com books?id MY4xtbRlxWIC&pg PA167&dq eruvin 13b meir rabbeinu hakadosh&hl en&ei PNdbTcf4MoWw8QP3qtSVAg&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum 1&ved 0CCwQ6AEwAA v onepage&q eruvin 2013b 20meir 20rabbeinu 20hakadosh&f false title Modesty An adornment for life page 167 last Falk first Rabbi Pesach Eliyahu year 1998 publisher Feldheim Publishers isbn 0 87306 874 2 ref Yeshiva learning Traditionally, a shiur refers to the type of learning that takes place in yeshiva s and kollel im, where students hear an in depth lecture on the sugya Gemara topic the yeshiva is studying at the time. Typically, yeshiva students attend a daily shiur yomi daily lecture given by a maggid shiur literally, sayer of the shiur and a weekly shiur klali comprehensive lecture, which sums up the week s learning given by the rosh yeshiva . ref cite web url http www.haretzion.org prospective students 38 frequently asked questions title Frequently Asked Questions publisher Yeshivat Har Etzion year 2010 accessdate 15 February 2011 ref Before the shiur, a bibliography and a series of textual references are posted so that students may prepare for the lesson in advance. Students typically spend several ... extended to include any kind of Torah lesson &mdash including lectures to children, women, and baalebatim ... Judaism Category Torah Category Orthodox yeshivas Category Hebrew words and phrases de Schi ur ... more details
Main Purim Purim Torah is a term used to describe humorous and satire satirical writings customarily read on the Judaism Jewish holiday of Purim . Purim Torah can be simple or elaborate, and require no qualifications to write, other than a good sense of humor. Purim Torah authors, often displaying an amazing grasp of Jewish knowledge, playfully use some of the far fetched methods of Talmudic logic and Biblical exegesis in order to reach absurd conclusions. ref http www.websters online dictionary.org definitions Purim Torah?cx partner pub 0939450753529744 3Av0qd01 tdlq&cof FORID 3A9&ie UTF 8&q Purim Torah&sa Search 922 Websters Online Purim Torah ref Parodies of Jewish life and the world have been found as early as the 12th century. ref name es cite web url http www.ucalgary.ca elsegal Shokel 880219 Purim Parody.html title Purim, Pardoy, and Pipul accessdate 2009 06 02 last Segal first Eliezer ref Ashkenazi Jews Ashkenazi culture has a variation of the Purim Torah that is acted out, often with elaborate costumes and is referred to as a Purim Shpiel , from the Yiddish language Yiddish for Play theatre play . ref name es Talmudic sources Eliezer Segal points to a passage in the Talmud as the first Purim Torah. In a passage on Hulin 139b, a sage offers up a series of ridiculous puns in order to find allusions to characters from the Purim story in the Torah . ref name es Others such as Israel Davidson claim that while there is humor present in the Talmud, calling any part of it a parody is an overstatement. ref name parody cite book last Davidson first Israel title Parody in Jewish Literature year 1907 location New York url http books.google.com books?id YbnZlHrsA wC ref Example of Purim Torah The Purim Rabbi asks the question Why is it said in the Talmud that the generation of Jews who were with Moses in the desert do not have a share in the world to come ? Because those Jews quarreled with Moses and with God about water , and never asked for a bit of wine . Such bad taste ... more details
Save a Torah is a charitable foundation dedicated to rescuing and restoring Torah scrolls hidden, lost or stolen during the Holocaust and other world upheavals and placing them in Jewish congregations. ref http www.saveatorah.org index.php ref ref A Mission To Salvage Holy Message Wheaton Rabbi Scours World for Torahs Buried, Hidden During Holocaust, Katherine Shaver Washington Post , September 24, 2004 Page B01 http www.washingtonpost.com wp dyn articles A45620 2004Sep23.html ref It was founded by Rabbi Menachem Youlus, co owner of the Jewish Bookstore of Greater Washington, located in suburban Wheaton, Maryland. ref name Rescue Rabbi to the Rescue Menachem Youlus is called the Indiana Jones of Torah recovery and restoration. But there are doubts about his thrilling tales, Martha Wexler and Jeff Lunden, Washington Post, Sunday, January 31, 2010 W12 http www.washingtonpost.com wp dyn content article 2010 01 22 AR2010012203257 pf.html http www.washingtonpost.com wp dyn content article 2010 01 22 AR2010012203257.html ref ref The Indiana Jones of rabbis For scribe Rabbi Menachem Youlus, Torah restoration can be a dangerous cloak and dagger business, Christian Science Monitor, May 16, 2007, Cathryn J. Prince http www.csmonitor.com 2007 0516 p20s01 ussc.html ref In January, 2010 the Washington Post reported that many Torahs purportedly rescued from Holocaust sites in Eastern Europe appeared to be old Torah scrolls mostly acquired when American congregations closed, and resold at high prices because of Rabbi Youlis s unsubstantiated assertion that they were rescued form Holocaust related sites. ref name Rescue Similar questions were reported in a April 14, 2010 New York Times article concerning a Torah at New York s Central Synagogue . ref James Barron, http www.nytimes.com 2010 04 14 nyregion 14torah.html?hpw Two Torahs, Two Holocaust Stories and One Big Question , New York Times , April 14, 2010. ref Congregations that have acquired Torah Scrolls form Save a Torah include ... more details
Da as Torah or Da at Torah , Da as Toyreh lang he , literally Knowledge of Torah , is a concept ... of Jewish law but on all important life matters, on the grounds that knowledge of the Torah ... Hareidi organization Agudath Israel of America , explains the concept as follows blockquote Da at Torah ... Da at Torah means, simply put, is that those most imbued with Torah knowledge and who have internalized a large degree of the perfection of values and refinement of character that the Torah idealizes ... fallible, to be sure to offer medical advice. ref name Shafran Avi Shafran, What Da at Torah really ... of hours of Torah study and with elderly Talmid Chacham Talmidei Chachamim even hundreds of thousands ... Da as Torah an opinion born out of Torah thought. Their thought process has not been affected by secular ... , or gedolei Torah or gedolei Yisrael not just on matters of Jewish law or matters of religion , but in every ... as Torah than when defining a halachic opinion. While a halachic opinion requires legal justification from recognized sources, simple Da as Torah is regarded as being of a more subtle nature and requires ... are considered to be an expression of Da as Torah . Theories about its background Some observers ... a backlash in the Haredi world, intensifying the Da as Torah concept to imply near infallibility for gedolim . Avi Shafran disagrees that the concept is a new one. He writes blockquote The phrase Da at Torah ... invention by unmodern Jews is absurd. Emunat chachamim, or trust in the judgment of the Torah ... be based on authentic Torah values. ref name Shafran R. Nahum Rabinovich , in a recently translated .... http www.hakirah.org Vol 205 20Rabinovitch.pdf ref Political impact The Da as Torah concept is the principle ... together as United Torah Judaism , and the Sephardi Shas party guided mainly by Rabbi Ovadia ..., and the template below. nowiki reflist Feitman, Rabbi Yaakov . Daas Torah Tapping the Source of Eternal Wisdom . In Torah Lives , ed. Nisson Wolpin. Brooklyn, NY Mesorah Publications, 1995. Pg ix ... more details
Refimprove date June 2010 The Torah Temimah is the magnum opus of Rabbi Baruch Epstein . Published in 1902, it is a commentary on the Torah , quoting statements from Chazal Talmud and Medrash , and then offering an original novel explanation on the statement. Feldheim Publishers advertises the book as follows An essential work containing the Five Books of Chumash and the Five Megillos along with commentary and the insights of our Sages. Weaves together related halachos and Aggadah from Talmud Yerushalmi, Sifra, Sifre, Tosefta and Mechilta among others, together with concise explanations of the text. The clear and lucid style of this work makes learning enjoyable and accessible to all. ref name Feldheim Cite web url http www.feldheim.com cgi bin category.cgi?item TTS title Feldheim Publishers Torah Temimah publisher Feldheim Publishers ref References reflist Category Books about Jews and Judaism ... more details
Torah Umadda Hebrew language Hebrew , Torah and secular knowledge is a philosophy of Modern ... is referred to as Centrist Orthodoxy . Philosophy Torah Umadda , as formulated today, is to a large ... at Yeshiva University . The Rav articulated a paradigm which allowed for a synthesis between Torah .... Torah Umadda remains closely associated with Yeshiva University. Torah and secular knowledge In the view of Torah Umadda , Jewishness and Jewish faith ... and the universal concerns and preoccupations ... . Jewish knowledge and secular knowledge, Torah and Madda , do not, therefore, require substantive reconciliation Norman Lamm, Torah Umadda pp. 142 43 in fact, the study of Torah with other knowledge ... quoted paragraph Torah, faith, religious learning on one side and Madda, science, worldly knowledge ... present the possibility of a larger truth. ibid , p. 236 Synthesis Although Torah UMadda regards ... Belkin , inaugural address, 1943 Given this conception, the realization of Torah UMadda may find different ..., in his book, Rabbi Lamm explores six separate Model abstract models of Torah Umadda , including .... http www.ohrtorahstone.org.il features q&a29.htm Centrality of Torah Despite its simultaneous acceptance of both Torah and secular knowledge and culture, Torah Umadda , as a philosophy , prioritises a Torah outlook and knowledge, and in its practice, requires strict adherence to Halakha Jewish law . Thus, as far as a secular knowledge, Torah Umadda demands unquestioned allegiance to the primacy of Torah, and that the apprehension of all other intellectual disciplines must be rooted and viewed through the prism of Torah. http yuweb.addr.com v67i7 culture toyou.html In the words of Rabbi Lamm, Torah Umadda does not imply ... coequality. Torah remains the unchallenged and preeminent center. Further, it is noted that Torah Umadda can only be viable if it imposes strict limits on freedom of thought ... principles of faith , we are loyal to the same Torah , we strive for the same Torah study study ... more details
Notability date June 2008 Primarysources date June 2008 Torah magic is the Jew ish equivalent to Gospel magic . It is stage magic in the service of teaching the articles of the Jewish faith to youngsters. ref name pbs http www.pbs.org wnet religionandethics week421 feature.html ref Both the Tanakh and the Talmud consider conjuring as sinful. However, sleight of hand for entertainment purposes is perfectly acceptable as long as the performer doesn t make preternatural claims. Fact date September 2008 Torah magicians Arthur Kurzweil is perhaps the best known Torah magician in America. He is a member of the International Brotherhood of Magicians and the Society of American Magicians . ref http www.arthurkurzweil.com lectures.html Magic Lectures Bot generated title ref Howard Jay Rubin is a Torah magician Jewish educator who performs in California . ref http www.jewishmagic.org MMM.html Howard Jay Rubin Jewish Magic in Los Angeles Bot generated title ref Rabbi Akiva Glickman , an Orthodox Judaism Orthodox rabbi in Queens , New York City , New York , often utilizes magic when instructing his congregation. ref name pbs References reflist Magic and Illusion Category Jewish education Category Jewish culture Category Magic illusion Judaism stub magic stub ... more details
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