Torah

Torah means "teaching" and refers to the 5 books of Moses-

• Genesis
• Exodus
• Leviticus
• Numbers
• Deuteronmy

- A Torah scroll is made from sheets of parchment, which is made from the skin of a Kosher animal.
- It is written by hand in Hebrew by a professional scribe, called a Sofer. Hebrew is read right to left.


 Torah scroll

 - the sofer takes at least one year to write out the Torah
- he is not allowed to write from memory. He must copy from a book of the Torah, and keep cheaking for mistakes. Letters musrt not be smudged or touch another letter.
- If the sofer makes a mistake, he scrapes off the letters using a glass tool
- the sacred word he write is: God, he can't correct this- he must start the whole parchment again. the incorrect sheet is buried in a Jewish cemetery.
- when all the sheets of parchment are finished, they are sewn together and wound around wooden rollers.
- the Torah is regarded as holy, and is decorated ad beauifully as possible.

Torah I created