The Bielsker Sefer Torah: From a cobbler's bench in 1945 to an Israeli shul in 2013 The story of the miraculous resilience, survival and renewal of a Sefer Torah found in Bielsk Podalski, Poland ...

It was quite a sight Sunday as a crowd of men, women and children braved the threat of rain to celebrate the dedication of a new Torah at Beit David Highland Lakes Shul, 2600 NE 209th St. in Aventura.

A Siyum and Hachnosas Sefer Torah will take place in Crown Heights on Thursday in memory of Mrs. Braindy Naparstek obm.

A grand siyum was held in Boro Park for a new Torah written in memory of Reb Yoel Kahan obm; Watch a replay of addresses by ...

The sefer Torah was commissioned by everyone in shul. Every single congregant has a share in the writing of this unique sefer Torah. Most of the shul members are almost as old as the shul, and ...

Women banned from carrying Torah in London shul Local rabbinical court orders Golders Green rabbi to end practice of female congregants holding scroll By JTA 12 April 2014, 1:52 am Edit ...

There was a crack and a gasp and then a murmur that traveled in a wave back through the rows of seats at Temple Beth Am’s Library Minyan on the first day of Rosh Hashanah.

David is new to shul and offered hagba (the raising of the Torah). It’s painful to watch. He can barely lift the Sefer Torah, almost drops it, and sits down very quickly.

That is precisely the case with your question about the permissibility of women carrying a Sefer Torah. When a posek is asked this question, the answer, in my opinion, does not require any lengthy ...

Boca Raton boasts one of the fastest-growing congregations in the U.S. In an area of burgeoning communities, Modern-Orthodox Torah Ohr is not a typical family synagogue but a congregation of 900 ...

The Long Island firefighter who saved a sacred Sefer Torah from a burning Chabad on Wednesday said he was no “super hero” and was just doing what he was trained to do.