Torah Scroll Elements Introduction

Torah Scroll Elements Intellectual Property of John Marsing - www.MyHebrewBible.Com Contents Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................... 1 Sefer Torah .................................................................................................................................................................. 2 Tree of Life ................................................................................................................................................................ 2 External Decorations ................................................................................................................................................. 2 Word Study H5608 Sephar .......................................................................................................................................... 3 Gen 15:5 KJV – look toward heaven, and tell saphar the stars ......................................................................... 3 Gen 15:5 HSB5 ..................................................................................................................................................... 3 Gen 5:1 HSB “This is the book of the generations of Adam…” .............................................................................. 3 1Ki 3:8 “…a great people, that cannot be numbered…” .................................................................................. 4 The Parchments of the Torah ....................................................................................................................................... 4 Gevil ........................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Klaf - The Parchments of the Sefer Torah ............................................................................................................... 4 Gen 15:8-18 KJV - Covenant of the Pieces ....................................................................................................... 5 Mappah aka mitpahat .................................................................................................................................................... 6 Storage of the Torah Scroll .................................................................................................................................. 6 H4304 mitpachath vail .............................................................................................................................................. 7 H2946 taphach spanned, swaddled .......................................................................................................................... 7 Isa 48:9-13 “…my right hand haths spanned tipecha the heavens” .................................................................. 7 H2947 tepach handbreadth, breadth, coping hand .................................................................................................. 7 Torah Facts .................................................................................................................................................................... 8 Introduction This article is about the Torah Scroll (sefer Torah) and any deeper meanings that I think are note worthy. What I’m looking for are things like 1) Yeshua is the living word and 2) the Torah is our contract/covenant with YHVH. Yeshua, the word of YHVH in the flesh, was hung on a tree/cross (see Tree of Life), Was given a crown like the Ram caught in the thicket. Covenant of the Pieces, YHVH is making a contract/covenant/trust with Abram is like how you make a Torah scroll (see Gen 15:8-18) Whenever the scroll is opened to be read it is laid on a piece of cloth called the mappah. This is like YHVH laid out the Torah Scroll for Abram and then told him “his-story” (see Gen 15:5) 10/19/2015 http://myhebrewbible.com/Article/329 1 of 8 Sefer Torah a b ; ספר תורה stored in the holiest spot within a synagogue, the Aron Kodesh ("Holy Ark"), which is usually an ornate curtained-off cabinet or section of the synagogue built along the wall that most closely faces Jerusalem, the direction Jews face when praying. The text of the Torah is printed and bound in book form known as a Chumash. According to halakha, a sefer Torah is a copy of the formal Hebrew text of the Five Books of Moses hand- written on gevil or klaf (forms of parchment) (see below) by using a quill (or other permitted writing utensil) dipped in ink. Producing a sefer Torah fulfills one of the 613 mitzvot (Judaism’s commandments). … Tree of Life עץ חיים The calfskin or parchment on which the sacred Hebrew text is written is mounted into a wooden housing called Tree of Life. The housing has two rollers, each of which has two handles used for scrolling the text, four handles in all. Between the handles and the rollers are round plates or disks which are carved with images of holy places, engraved with dedications to the donor's parents or other loved ones, and decorated with gold or silver. Most modern Sifrei Torah are written with forty-two lines of text per column (Yemenite Jews use fifty). Very strict rules about the position and appearance of the Hebrew letters are observed. See for example the Mishna Berura on the subject.[2] Any of several Hebrew scripts may be used, most of which are fairly ornate and exacting. The fidelity of the Hebrew text of the Tanakh, and the Torah in particular, is considered paramount, down to the last letter: translations or transcriptions are frowned upon for formal service use, and transcribing is done with painstaking care. … External Decorations A completed Sefer Torah is treated with great honor and respect. While not in use it is housed in the Ark (Aron Kodesh or Hekhal), which in its turn is usually veiled by an embroidered parokhet (curtain) as it should be according to Exodus 26:31-34. The scroll itself will often be girded with a strip of silk (see wimpel) and "robed" with a piece of protective fine fabric, called the "Mantle of the Law". It is decorated with an ornamental breastplate, scroll-handles (‘eẓ ḥayyim), and the principal ornament—the "Crown of the Law", which is made to fit over the upper ends of the rollers when the scroll is closed. Some scrolls have two crowns, תורה ספרי :a Plural Sifrei Torah b Primary Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sefer_Torah 10/19/2015 http://myhebrewbible.com/Article/329 2 of 8 one for each upper end. The metalwork is often made of beaten silver, sometimes gilded. The gold and silver ornaments belonging to the scroll are collectively known as kele kodesh (sacred vessels), and somewhat resemble the ornaments of the Kohen Gadol (high priest). The scroll-handles, breastplate and crown often have little bells attached to them. A yad, or pointer, may also be hung from the scroll, since the Torah itself should never be touched with the bare finger. This ornamentation does not constitute worship of the Sefer Torah, but is intended to distinguish it as sacred and holy, as the living word of God. Special prayers are recited when the Sefer Torah is removed from the Aron (see Torah reading), and the text is chanted, rather than spoken, in a special melodic manner (see Cantillation and Niggun). Whenever the scroll is opened to be read it is laid on a piece of cloth called the mappah. When the Sefer Torah is carried through the synagogue, the members of the congregation may touch the edge of their tallit to the Sefer Torah and then kiss it as a sign of respect. In the Mizrachi and Romaniote traditions, the Sefer Torah is generally not robed in a mantle, but rather housed in an ornamental wooden case which protects the scroll, called a "tik". On the other hand, most Sephardi communities — those communities associated with the Spanish diaspora, such as Moroccan Jews, the Spanish and Portuguese Jews (with the exception of the Hamburg tradition[4]), and the Judaeo- Spanish (Ladino-speaking) communities of the Ottoman Empire — do not use tikim, but rather vestidos (mantles). Word Study H5608 Sephar c Gen 15:5 KJV – look toward heaven, and tell saphar the stars And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell saphar H5608 the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. Gen 15:5 HSB5 וַּיֹוצ ֵ֨ א vai·yo·Tze And he brought him forth אֹתֹו o·To הַח֗ ּוצָ ה ha·Chu·tzah, abroad וַּיֹֹּ֙אמֶ רֹּ֙ vai·Yo·mer and said הַבֶ ט־ hab·bet- Look נָ ָ֣א na Now הַשָמַ֗ יְמָ ה hash·sha·May·mah, now toward heaven ּוסְ פֹרֹּ֙ u·se·For and tell הַכָ֣ ֹוכָב ִ֔ ים hak·Ko·cha·Vim, the stars אם־ 'im- if ּתּוכַַ֖ ל tu·Chal if thou be able ל סְ פֹר lis·Por to number אֹתָ ם 'o·Tam; וַּיָֹ֣ אמֶ ר vai·Yo·mer them and he said לִ֔ ֹו lo, כֹֹּ֥ ה koh unto him So י הְ יֶַ֖ה yih·Yeh become zar·'E·cha. shall thy seed זַרְ עֶֶָֽך׃ Gen 5:1 HSB “This is the book of the generations of Adam…” H121 H8435 tol·Dot of the generations H5612 Se·fer, [is] the book H2088 zeh This זֶ ָ֣ה ס פֶר ּתֹולְדַֹ֖ ת אָדָ ָ֑ם a·Dam; of Adam' בְי֗ ֹום H3117 be·Yom, In the day בְ רֹֹ֤ א H1254 be·Ro created אֱ ֹלה יםֹּ֙ H430 E·lo·Him that God אָדִָ֔ ם H120 'a·Dam, man ב דְמֹּ֥ ּות H1823 bid·Mut in the likeness אֱֹלה ַ֖ ים H430 E·lo·Him of God עָשָ ֹּ֥ ה H6213 .H853 o·To 'a·Sah made אֹתֶֽ ֹו׃ c See “Word Study H5608 saphar scribe, H5612 sepher books”, Article #327 10/19/2015 http://myhebrewbible.com/Article/329 3 of 8 1Ki 3:8 “…a great people, that

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