Saturday, 26 October 2013

Torah scroll returned

A Torah scroll previously kept at a museum has been returned to members of the Jewish community in Herefordshire.

Members of the community have raised more than £500 to conserve the Sefer Torah scroll, which was gifted to the county's museum in 1933.

Mark Walton, chair of the Jewish group, said the scroll - a handwritten copy of the holiest book within Judaism - was "hugely significant".
Continue reading: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-24639921

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