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‖ Sefer Torah|ˈseɪfə ˈtɔərəʊ|
Also Sepher Torah; pl. Sifrei Torah |sɪˈfreɪ|.
[ad. Heb. sēper tōrā book of (the) Law; cf. Torah.]
= Scroll of the Law s.v. scroll n. 1 e.
1650E. Chilmead tr. L. Modena's Hist. Rites, Customes, & Manners of Jews x. 29 And there are in this Ark, or Chest, sometimes Two, sometimes Four..of these Books: and they are called..Sepher torah, The Book of the Law. 1893I. Zangwill Ghetto Tragedies 9 The Sepher Torah is to the Jew at once the most precious and the most sacred of possessions. 1936S. M. Lehrman Jewish Festivals 139 The Megillah is completely unrolled..to distinguish it from the ‘Sefer Torah’. 1960Commentary June 495/2 Anyone who inscribes even one letter on a Sefer Torah earns a mitzvah. 1973Jewish Chron. 18 May 39/1 (Advt.), Wanted for immediate purchase..two Sifrei Torah. Must be first-class condition. 1976B. Williams Making of Manch. Jewry x. 242 The warden..encouraged them to purchase a Sepher Torah. |