It also marks the beginning of the Jewish High Holy Days. Rosh Hashanah ... Pomegranate seeds also represent the 613 mitzvot, or commandments, that are cited in the Torah, the Jewish holy book. ...

The 116th class of Congress is one of the most diverse to serve the United States – and nowhere is that more evident than in this viral photo showing the number of books used during Thursday’s ...

Why is there a Jewish practice to bury prayer books and other texts that contain God's name? A rabbi offers the mystical ...

A 550-year-old Jewish holy book expected to reach around $5 million at auction has been bought in a private sale by two museums in Jerusalem and New York. The copy of the Mishneh Torah, ...

Israeli officer recovers Jewish holy books in Florida condo rubble By . Yaron Steinbuch. Published July 8, 2021. Updated July 8, 2021, 1:54 p.m. ET.

There are 304,805 letters in the Torah, so if you’re writing the Jewish holy book out by hand — on animal skin, with a quill-style pen whose nib you have to keep filling with ink from a little ...

From their hiding place in the attic of a synagogue in a Polish town in 1942, Isaac Avigdor and his father watched in horror as Nazis torched a pile of Jewish holy books. The book-burning was ...

Pomegranate seeds also represent the 613 mitzvot, or commandments, that are cited in the Torah, the Jewish holy book. ...

Education; Jewish High Holy Days, Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, embody renewal, repentance. Published: ; Sep. 28, 2019, 6:40 a.m.

Muslim and Jewish holy books among many used to swear-in Congress By Amanda Jackson, CNN 2 minute read Published 8:23 PM EST, Thu January 3, 2019 Link Copied! More than a ...