קריאת התורה – “reading of” the Torah. To read from the Torah, or read from the Law, is a public activity wherein set passages of the Torah are read from a Sefer Torah.
For a history of this practice, refer to the Jewish Encyclopedia.
« Back to Glossary IndexRabbi Yosef Caro ben Ephraim, b. 1488, d. 1575. Iberian talmudist at Safed, in Palestine. Fleeing Spain in the Inquisition, his…
קידוש לבנה - kiddush levana, sanctifying the new moon. This blessing ritual originates with the command in Shemot 12:2 to start the calendar of…