Pludwinski also considers contemporary takes on Hebrew calligraphy, with the fourth ... The acronym STaM, which stands for Sefer Torah, Tefillin, and Mezuzot, refers to three Jewish religious ...

The Sefer Torah he writes is put in an ark and is only ... The rise of a whole new profession of calligraphy artists, often with little or no connection with tradition, has meant a new approach ...

Motzkin had been doing Hebrew calligraphy as an art form for over ... “A woman can’t write a kosher sefer Torah,” said Rabbi Menachem Genack, CEO of the kosher division of the Orthodox ...

On the eve of Simchat Torah, it is worth revisiting the question of whether women are allowed to touch a Sefer Torah – as some communities allow women to dance with a Sefer Torah, while others ...

The Ilyayev family completed the writing of a new Torah in memory of their father at the FREE Shul in Crown Heights on Sunday ...

He completed a handwritten Torah in Hebrew that a certified scribe in Israel started about a year ago, the first Sefer Torah to be acquired by the roughly 10-year-old Chabad Jewish Center in Venice.

That is fitting, says Jean-Marc Orlando, who is donating the Sefer Torah, because turning darkness into light is a familiar Jewish story. YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE: Family says heirloom Torah ...

A Sefer Torah, or Torah scroll, is the holiest object in Judaism. It comprises the five books of Moses and must be written by a specially trained pious scribe called a Sofer Setam. Image caption ...

Just one year ago, tragedy struck the Shul in Pomona, NY. In a devastating fire, three sacred Sifrei Torah were lost. This Sunday, Erev Shavuos, a new Torah will be welcomed with great celebration.

A Tucson congregation’s 250-year-old Torah scroll was visited by a Jewish scribe this week for restoration. The congregation received Sefer Torah #531 from the Memorial Scrolls Trust of London ...

On Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan, my school had a very special event: a combined Rosh Chodesh Chagiga and Hachnasat Sefer Torah for a new Torah that a family dedicated at our school. There were many ...