Torah Terms
The word for the ornaments that top the wooden dowels, in Hebrew
What are "rimonim"? (crowns is what we call them in English)
This is the number of aliyot read on Shabbat, excluding the maftir.
What are seven (7) aliyot?
The first person to get an honor at the Torah comes from this line of Jews
What is a Cohen?
What the pointer that is used to read Torah is called, in Hebrew
What is a yad - יָד ?
What ב-ר-כ is the root for
What is "bless" or "praise"?
This is the prefix for "and"
What is וְ or וּ?
The two large, heavy dowels or poles on which the Torah scroll is wrapped, in Hebrew or English
Etzay Khah-yeem - עֵצֵי חַיִים / Trees of Life
The parade with the Torah that makes its way through the congregation, in which congregants take their tallit or prayer book to touch the Torah, then kiss, is called this, in Hebrew
What is the Hakafa - הַקָפָה?
what the Torah is written on
What is parchment?
What נ-ת-נ is the root for
What is "give"?
this is the prefix for the word "the"
What is הַ?
One of crowns that sit on top of each of the two dowels or poles, in Hebrew
What is a Keter - כֶּתֶר ?
The Torah is one part of the Jewish Bible that we read during the Torah service. What is the other?
What is the Book of Prophets or נְבִיאִים?
The second person to get an honor at the Torah comes from this line of Jews
What are the Levites or Levis?
The scribe who writes the Torah
What is a sofer / סוֹפֵר ?
נ-ט-ע
is the root meeing this
What is, to plant?
This is the suffix for "us"
What is נוּ?
The belt or girdle that wraps around the Torah to keep it from unrolling
What is a wimple?
The last aliyah, usually a repetition of some or all of the 7th aliyah
What is the maftir - מַפְטִר ?
Traditionally, where the person getting an aliyah goes when the next aliyah is called to the Torah
What is, they stand next to (or stands next to) the current person called up for an aliyah?
the number of parashiot (parashas)
What is 54?
The root for "choose" is this
What is, ב-ח-ר?
The prefix for "to" or "for"
What is "ל"? (or לָ)
A piece of parchment is called this
What is a klaf / קְלַף?
The root for ruler is this
What is מ-ל-כ
What the suffix "תוֹ" means in תוֹרָתוֹ
What is "his"?