What is all the pomp and circumstance in the Torah service? Part 2 of 2 (last week had Part 1) Originally published January 19-20, 2018
July 23, 2018
The Sefer Torah is the only book we decorate with velvet mantel, velvet gartel (the belt that goes around its waist, literally “belt” in Yiddish), and sometimes silver crown and breastplate. Sometimes we sew semi-precious stones to the mantel or affix them to the breastplate. We parade the scroll before and after reading it (parading […]