The Books in the Torah
What is the 1st book?
Genesis/Beresheet
The parchment on which the Torah is written is made of
Animal skin
True of false: The Torah scroll contains no punctuation or vowels.
True
This is the first thing that adam and eve noticed when they eat from the tree of knowledge
That they had to clothes on
In which of the five books do we first meet Abraham
Genesis or Breisheet
What is the 2nd book?
Exodus/Shemot
A Torah pointer is usually shaped like what part of the body?
Hand
What is the name of the person who writes the Torah?
A. A Writer
B. A Cohen
C. A Scribe
D. An Artist
C. A Scribe
The story of adam and eve shows about the power of peer pressure... explain (double points for more than one answer)
The snake pressured eve
eve pressured adam
In which of the five books does Moses not appear?
Beresheet/Genesis
What is the 3rd book?
Leviticus/Vayikra
The hand shaped pointed used to read the torah is called
Yad
Can a scribe write the Torah in gold ink?
No
I took the time to make sure that I was giving a gift that was the best of the best
Abel
In which of the 5 books do we experience the death of Moses
Deuteronomy/ Dvarim/ The last one
What is the 4th book?
Numbers/Bamidbar
The Sefer Torah is stored in
the Aron Kodesh, Holy Closet
How many letters are in a Torah Scroll
304,805
Adam and eve's two sons, who did not have a great partnership, were
Cain and Abel
What should a Torah reader do if he/she reads a word incorrectly?
Read the word correctly and then continue on
What is the 5th book?
Deuteronomy/Devarim
What color must the ink of the Torah be
black
Before writing each word of the Torah on parchment, the scribe must:
A. Pronounce it
B. Say a prayer
C. Bend his knees
D. Wash his hands
A. Pronounce it
I am the reason Eve convinced Adam to eat from the tree
The snake
How many Torah portions are there?
54