Temple Emunah in Lexington recently celebrated the acquisition of a Sefer Haftarot, a hand-inscribed scroll best known for current use in the rite of passage to adulthood. “There are very few such ...

Since the first discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in 1947, the faded parchments of Qumran have provided extraordinary insights into the nature of Judaism at the time when Christianity was born. Now, ...

In 1947, shepherds discovered the now-famed Dead Sea Scrolls in the Judaean Desert’s 11 Qumran Caves. While their exact genesis is somewhat contested, these ancient Jewish manuscripts (many of which ...

A portion of the Temple Scroll, one of the longest of the Dead Sea Scrolls. (Israel Museum) A portion of the Temple Scroll, one of the longest of the Dead Sea Scrolls. (Israel Museum) (CN) – The Dead ...

A team of MIT scientists studied a fragment of one of the famous Dead Sea Scrolls and found the parchment has an unusual coating of sulfate salts. This may be one reason the scrolls were so ...

From a World War II warehouse in Prague to Port St. Lucie, a torah scroll has found a new home at Temple Beth EI Israel. This scroll, which features the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, is one of ...

BEVERLY — A 200-year-old Czech Torah scroll that survived the Holocaust is coming to Beverly on Sunday, welcomed to Temple B'nai Abraham with a final lettering ceremony to mark the completion of its ...

When the pandemic hit, Rabbi Asher Knight used one of Temple Beth El’s sacred Torahs during the high holidays — chosen because it symbolized perseverance. The artifact was among 1,500 Czech Memorial ...