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Contents 1 Writing a Sefer Torah 2 Usage section 3 Security 4 {{Torah portion}} 5 Merge?

[edit] Writing a Sefer Torah

It would be good to have a section describing the merit of writing a Sefer Torah. It would be of particular benefit to those trying to raise funds for a Sefer from the general population. Pachai 15:12, 27 November 2006 (UTC) seth@pachai.net

[edit] Usage section

In the "Usage" section, Sefer Torah#Usage, it says:

• During cantillation, following the often dense text is aided by a yad ("hand"), a metal finger-shaped point that protects the scrolls by avoiding unnecessary contact of the skin with the parchment.

And then, you look on the right hand side of the page, and what's there? Some imbecile with his sweaty finger on the text! I'm not going to comment any further on this gross mistreatment of the sefer (by which I mean I just deleted my rant), but the image clearly conflicts with the (correct) text. The image is also questionable, since it says at [1] that it comes from [2], which hmmm, inconvenience of inconveniences, doesn't seem to have the image (anymore?). (I searched there for "torah", "torahscroll", "sefer" and "scroll".) Tomer ^TALK 05:50, Jun 9, 2005 (UTC)

This page definitely needs a different image. No image at all would be better than a picture of someone directly touching the scroll with their hand. The picture conflicts with what is written in the article. Anyone who cares about Torah scrolls would be offended by that picture. Anyone who is ignorant about Torah scrolls would be confused by the picture. delete it! Onethang 02:47, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

Perhaps the Usage section should come before the Production section? My reasoning is, "Tadir", in order of frequency...a Sefer is used 4 times/week, 17-18 times/month...whereas, an ordinary person might write just one in his lifetime if he is lucky....then, there could be a segue of some sort, explaining Dedication.

Pachai 16:33, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Security

• Kevin Poulsen (June 6, 2005). New Tech Protects Ancient Torahs. Wired. An article about two new security systems to protect agains Torah theft. Possibly this would be an interesting topic to cover in the article. dbenbenn | talk 18:22, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] {{Torah portion}}

{{Torah portion}} does not belong on this page; it's irrelevant (and too long btw).—msh210℠ 19:09, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

• Hi msh: (1) The Sefer Torah is divided into 54 portions, known as Parshas (parshiyot) and each week's Torah reading of a Parsha (Torah portion) is read directly from a Sefer Torah scroll in synagogue on Shabbat, as well as on Monday and Thursday mornings. (2) The template {{Torah portion}} is at the bottom of the Sefer Torah article's page, so essentially it's part of the "See also" section which is a legitimate way of connecting related and connected topics on an article. (3) If a reader finds the {{Torah portion}} to be "too intrusive" then any reader is free to click "Hide" on the top right section of the template's heading which shrinks it to an unobtrusive one liner. Finally, (4) the {{Torah portion}} is presently diligently updated weekly by User:Dauster early each Sunday so that any readers may learn more about the weekly Parsha. User:Dauster summarizes each week's Parsha and adds some interesting graphics which surely adds life and color to a page that may gain the attention of readers who don't know much about this subject and may want to learn more. Please refer all further comments and discussions to one centralized location at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Judaism#Template: Torah portion Thank you. IZAK 07:42, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Merge?

Should this page be merged or linked with the Torah page? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Pachai (talk • contribs) 16:43, 3 December 2006 (UTC).

Of course not. Torah is for the five books. - crz crztalk 16:46, 3 December 2006 (UTC)