EditorialFinalization of the Torarolle at the inauguration of military rebates at the House of the Central Jewish Council in Berlin, Germany - 04 Jul 2024
EditorialLinen sash embroidered in silk thread with allegorical motifs of the Torah and the chuppah (wedding canopy). The Hebrew inscription refers to the name of the donor, Abraham ben El-Hayyim Shelit (b. 1737). Sephardic Museum. Toledo. Castile-La Mancha. Sp...
EditorialRabbi Sharon Kleinbaum and Cantor Sam Rosen dance during a celebration at Congregation Beit Simchat Torah in Manhattan on Oct. 17, 2022. (James Estrin/The New York Times)
EditorialA 19th-century ivory memorandum book and a fragment of a parchment Torah, right, part of the “Building the Book from the Ancient World to the Present Day” exhibition at the Grolier Club in New York, on Nov. 30, 2022. (Jeenah Moon/The New York Times)
Editorialrimmonium, pomos para los rollos de la Torah, siglo XIV, proceden de la sinagoga siciliana de Cammerata, museo capitular, Catedral de Mallorca , siglo XIII, Monumento Hist?rico-art?stico, Palma, mallorca, islas baleares, espa?a, europa.
EditorialAt a protest on Friday, May 2, 2022, against restrictions on women praying at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, a woman holds a Torah scroll that was smuggled in. (Avishag Shaar-Yashuv/The New York Times)
EditorialCongregants of Bais Yosef Meir, an Orthodox Jewish congregation in Monsey, N.Y., walk home after celebrating Simcha Torah, SEPT. 30, 2021. (Sara Naomi Lewkowicz/The New York Times)
EditorialCylindrical Torah scroll case.Tripoli, Libya,1935. Silversmith: Raphael ?Aton. Wood overlaid with silver sheet, repousse_. Inscribed in Hebrew with biblical citations, the name of the donor, Bercusa, in memory of her husband, Solomon Raccah, and the ye...
EditorialWimpel or Torah binder. The swaddling cloths used during circumcision were then cut and sewn together to form a long strip which could be painted or embroidered. From Trinidad, Colorado, USA. " For Gilbert Sanders, July 8,1889" Undyed linen w...
EditorialShiviti, a decorative plaque used in synagogues It contains verses concerning the Law and Torah. From Poland, mid-19th. Paper cutout and watercolour, 55 x 41,5 cm.