Dance, Torah Dance The Ba’al Shem Tov, a famous rabbi, once said: “The Torah wants to dance, but she has no feet. You must be her feet.” On Simchat Torah, we do precisely that. We dance with our Torahs, because we have finished reading it from start to finish. The Torah is like a dance: it circles round and round. Quiz for Torah Wiz How long does it take to write a Torah?
a. 2,000 hours A Torah is not
a. One letter is added
A Torah scroll that is
a. Burned Math Madness Solve this problem to discover how many letters there are in each Torah. Send in the answer and get a prize. 600,000/2 + 5000 – 195 = ? Crowning Glory The Torah is written with Hebrew letters that have crowns on them, because they are like kings and queens. Draw a line between the words and their matching Hebrew letter: |
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d y z g |
Gimel Ayin Shin Tet Zayin |
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The Ba\'al Shem Tov, a famous rabbi, once said: \"The Torah wants to dance, but she has no feet. You must be her feet.\"
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