Torah scroll

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Jewish religious object religious manuscript ritual object sacred text

A Torah scroll is a handwritten parchment manuscript containing the Five Books of Moses, used as the central sacred text in Jewish liturgy and ritual.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Sefer Torah	3
Ark of the Torah	1
Torah scrolls	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Jewish religious object ⓘ religious manuscript ⓘ ritual object ⓘ sacred text ⓘ
adornedWith	breastplate ⓘ crown ⓘ rimmonim ⓘ
contains	Book of Deuteronomy NERFINISHED ⓘ Book of Exodus NERFINISHED ⓘ Book of Genesis NERFINISHED ⓘ Book of Leviticus NERFINISHED ⓘ Book of Numbers NERFINISHED ⓘ Five Books of Moses NERFINISHED ⓘ
coveredBy	mantle ⓘ
format	scroll ⓘ
function	liturgical centerpiece ⓘ public reading of Torah ⓘ
halakhicStatus	mustBeKosher ⓘ
hasPart	atzei chayim NERFINISHED ⓘ parchment sheets ⓘ seams ⓘ stitches ⓘ wooden rollers ⓘ
inkColor	black ⓘ
language	Biblical Hebrew NERFINISHED ⓘ
material	animal skin ⓘ parchment ⓘ
prohibits	cantillation marks ⓘ vowel points ⓘ
readWith	yad ⓘ
religion	Judaism ⓘ
requires	error-free text ⓘ precise calligraphy ⓘ specific layout ⓘ
script	Hebrew alphabet ⓘ
statusInJudaism	holiest physical object in synagogue ⓘ
storedIn	ark ⓘ aron kodesh NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedIn	Jewish liturgy ⓘ Shabbat services ⓘ Torah reading ⓘ festival services ⓘ synagogue ⓘ weekday services ⓘ
usedOn	Rosh Hashanah NERFINISHED ⓘ Simchat Torah NERFINISHED ⓘ Yom Kippur NERFINISHED ⓘ
writingInstrument	quill ⓘ
writingStyle	handwritten ⓘ
writtenBy	sofer ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Humash → distinguishedFrom → Torah scroll ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sefer Torah

Sofia Synagogue → hasPart → Torah scroll ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ark of the Torah

Torah reading → performedFrom → Torah scroll ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sefer Torah

block script (Ktav Ashuri) → usedFor → Torah scroll ⓘ

subject surface form: Block script (Ktav Ashuri)

this entity surface form: Sefer Torah

block script (Ktav Ashuri) → usedIn → Torah scroll ⓘ

subject surface form: Block script (Ktav Ashuri)

this entity surface form: Torah scrolls