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Torah: Quick Facts

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First global Noahide congress brings non-Jewish Torah followers to Jerusalem • Nov. 5, 2026, 12:39 AM ET (Jerusalem Post)
Norwegian auction house withdraws sale of SS-looted Torah fragment following Israeli outcry • Oct. 22, 2026, 2:58 PM ET (Jerusalem Post)
Religious Zionist movement marks three decades of Torah emissaries worldwide • Oct. 17, 2026, 1:39 PM ET (Jerusalem Post)
Saved from Nazi-occupied Prague, thousands of Torah scrolls find new life through a Satmar scribe • Oct. 16, 2026, 12:12 PM ET (Jerusalem Post)

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early 10th-century Torah
Torah breastplate
Torah ark
Chased silver Torah case, 1764; in the Jewish Museum, New York City
reading from the Torah
sofer
Hebrew alphabet
Yad, European, 19th century
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