Torah & Tanaḥ: Test Your Knowledge

The Hebrew word for the pointer used to help with reading a Torah, without touching the scroll is a ‘yad’. What does the word yad mean in English?

An unrolled Torah scroll is about as long as a:

Torah scrolls are carefully handwritten by specially trained scribes. The writing in the scroll has:

A Torah scroll is handwritten on:

How long does it take (approximately) for a Torah scroll to be handwritten by a trained scribe?

In Orthodox Jewish communities, the cycle of reading a whole Torah scroll publicly is celebrated every:

How many mitzvot (commandments or laws) are there in the Torah?

The oral law and traditions were written down in a book called the:

Tefillin are two small boxes containing scrolls of Hebrew text. These are worn during morning prayer on the:

Many Jewish homes and synagogues have a mezuzah (a scroll of Hebrew text protected by a small box) attached to: