Torah Terms

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Across
  1. 3. A massive rabbinic encyclopedia about various Jewish beliefs, laws, and practices
  2. 5. Hebrew term for the person who hand-writes the Torah scroll
  3. 7. The honor of coming to the bimah to read the blessings before and after a Torah reading
  4. 9. Material on which the Torah is written
  5. 11. Third part of the Tanahk, comprised of writings from other scrolls
  6. 12. The first book of the Torah that describes the creation of the world and the fathers of Judaism (Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob)
Down
  1. 1. A portion of the Torah that is read in a given week
  2. 2. Collectively, the three major components of the Hebrew Bible (an acronym for the three parts)
  3. 4. The number of books of Moses in the Torah
  4. 6. The second book of the Torah that describes the Israelites in slavery and Moses leading them out of Egypt
  5. 8. A special pointer used when reading the Torah so that your fingers to not smear the ink on the parchment
  6. 10. Second part of the Tanakh, comprised of writings about the Prophets