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Title: Jewish ceremonial institutions and customs
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Rosenau, William, 1865-1943
Subjects: Judaism -- Customs and practices
Publisher: Baltimore, Md. : The Lord Baltimore Press
Contributing Library: Princeton Theological Seminary Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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Torah with Robe and Ornaments
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And its Utensils 33 This pointer is suspended from the scroll bya chain and is often twelve inches long. Afact worth mentioning is that the top piecesfor the rollers and the breast plate are us-ually decorated at the upper end with acrown emblematic of the crown of the law.In addition to the crown decorating thebreast plate, are also the figures of lions—symbols of strength. The scroll is read every Sabbath, usuallybetween the morning service shacharith and the additional or forenoon service mussaf. The recitation of the portion from the scrolls is called the reading of the law, minn n«np. The reading of the law once every seven years we find enjoined in Deut. 31: 10-13. At the end of every seven years, in the solemni-ty of the year of release, in the Feast of Tabernacleswhen all Israel is come to appear before the Lordthy God, in the place which He shall choose, thoushalt read the law before all Israel in their hearing.Gather the people together, men, women and chil-dren, and the

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