Sefer Torah

[ Sephardic Hebrew se-fer taw-rah; Ashkenazic Hebrew sey-fuhr toh-ruh, toi-ruh; English sey-fer tohr-uh, tawr-uh ]

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noun

, Hebrew.

, plural Si·frei To·rah [see-, frey, taw-, rah, si, -f, r, ey , toh, -, r, uh, toi, -, r, uh], English Sefer Torahs.

Ask whether the Sefer Torah is, in appearance, like any other book, and let the children tell the obvious differences.

The teacher may well begin the lesson by calling the child's attention to the reading of the Sefer Torah in the synagogue.

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