Ancient scroll a star attraction.Byline: By Crystal Deane SOLIHULL witnessed a dance with a difference when a specially commissioned pounds 30,000 Sefer Torah Sefer Torah (Hebrew; “Book of the Law”) In Judaism, the Pentateuch (see Torah), when written in Hebrew by a qualified calligrapher on vellum or parchment and enshrined in the Ark of the Law in a synagogue. scroll To continuously move forward, backward or sideways through the text and images on screen or within a window. Scrolling implies continuous and smooth movement, a line, character or pixel at a time, as if the data were on a paper scroll being rolled behind the screen. See auto scroll. was waltzed down Monastery monastery Local community or residence of a religious order, particularly an order of monks. Christian monasteries originally developed in Egypt, where the monks first lived as isolated hermits and then began to coalesce in communal groups. Drive. The road was closed for Sunday's event as the scroll, covered under a chupah - the traditional cover for a Jewish marriage ceremony - was taken to the Solihull Hebrew Congregation's synagogue synagogue (sĭn`əgŏg) [Gr.,=assembly], in Judaism, a place of assembly for worship, education, and communal affairs. The origins of the institution are unclear. One tradition dates it to the Babylonian exile of the 6th cent. B.C. . Prior to its journey, the last letters were written to complete the scroll at the home of Rabbi Yehuda Pink, who was with his youngest son Chanoch, and in the presence of some of the congregation's members who donated towards the cost. CAPTION(S): AGE-OLD TRADITION... Rabbi Yehuda Pink sets off to the synagogue with his youngest son, Chanoch, accompanying the new scroll Picture: Iain Findlay Photo ref.: IF060708Hebr-01 |
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