Photo Researchers ftp March 2011
EN_00958170_0269
Hachnasas Sefer Torah or Inauguration of a Torah scroll celebration of an Orthodox Jewish congregation in Dubrovna, Belarussia (current day Belarus) circa 1905. The ceremony is held when a Torah scroll is installed in a synagogue or other institution for use during prayer services. During the ceremony, the Torah scroll is taken in a procession to the scroll's new home accompanied by musical instruments, singing and dancing that continues inside the sanctuary. If it is a new Torah scroll, the last letters are written on the scroll in the home of the donor before the procession.
2011-03-23
EAST NEWS
Science Source
New York Public Library Picture
BQ3011
0,89MB
26cm x 30cm by 300dpi
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