Question: When the aron kodesh was opened for Krias HaTorah this past Shabbos, we realized that the Shekalim Sefer Torah had not been rolled; it was still at the Rosh Chodesh kriah in parshas Pinchos.

This Shabbat morning we will read from three Torah-scrolls: From the first, we will read the weekly Torah-reading, Parashat Terumah (Exodus 25:1-27:19); however it is divided into six Aliyot instead ...

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Hundreds of women joined Women of the Wall for the group’s monthly Rosh Chodesh service, which included a Torah scroll smuggled in to the women’s section of the Western Wall. Among the some 300 women ...

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Hundreds of women joined Women of the Wall for the group’s monthly Rosh Chodesh service at the Western Wall, which included a Torah scroll smuggled in to the women’s section. Among ...