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SEFER TORAH

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Why is the Torah called a shira or song?

What is the last mitzvah in the entire Torah?

In the time when people learned from an actual Sefer Torah, what was the only way to fulfill this mitzvah?

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What is the last mitzvah in the entire Torah?

THE JOURNEY BEGINSTHE JOURNEY BEGINS

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Today, when we only use an actual Torah scroll for public readings and we study the laws and mitzvot from the Chumash, Mishnah, Gemara and the commentaries, how can we fulfill this

mitzvah?

Could making a movie could fulfill this mitzvah? Explain your answer:

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Why did the Rabbis decide that it was time to write down the Torah She’ba’al peh?

Mark whether it is part of the Torah she’bichtav or Torah She’ba’al peh:

What makes a Sefer Torah so holy?

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THE BLUEPRINT OF REALITYTHE BLUEPRINT OF REALITY

TORAH SHE’BICHTAV TORAH SHE’BA’AL PEH

Chumash

Mishnah

Medrash

Gemara

Halacha

Sefer Torah

When the people treat the Sefer Torah with the great respect and honor that it deserves as it is the word of Hashem, it becomes holy.

When you look into a Sefer Torah, you’re looking deep into the secret of creation.

When the Torah is brought to be read in front a holy congregation of Jews, it becomes sanctified with the highest level of holiness.

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The Hebrew letters of the Torah…

If we understood the kedusha and endless layers of wisdom contained in the Torah, we…

What did Rav Yishmael mean when he told Rav Meir the scribe, “Be careful in your work as it is Meleches Shamayim, Heavenly work. If you omit or add one letter, it destroys the world”?

Were used by Hashem to bring everything else into being.

Are made holy by the parchment they are written on.

Can be rearranged to spell the any word in any order.

Would all become scribes in order to have the opportunity to write a sefer Torah.

Would save every penny to commision writing one.

Would not be able to look at it without fainting; so great would be our awe!

What did Rav Yishmael mean when he told Rav Meir the scribe, “Be careful in your work as it is Meleches Shamayim, Heavenly work. If you

THE BLUEPRINT OF REALITYTHE BLUEPRINT OF REALITY

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How does the sofer immersing in a mikvah affect the writing of a Sefer Torah?

What happens if the sofer makes a mistake when writing Hashem’s name?

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THE SOFERTHE SOFER

It adds a level of holiness.

He needs to be clean before writing.

The sefer is only as pure as the person who wrote it, so it is important to be pure.

What happens if the sofer makes a mistake when writing Hashem’s name?

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That the Torah is so special it deserves crowns like royalty.

That there are always more levels of wisdom to uncover.

That just as we beautify the Torah by adding these crowns, so too we should make all mitzvos beautiful.

THE HIDDEN MEANINGTHE HIDDEN MEANING

The tagim or crowns on top of the letters teach us…

The Torah is infused with so much

holiness that even

the __________________ of the letters

have spiritual characteristics.

How are the answers to modern day problems found in the Torah?

What does the fact that we have to work hard to understand the Torah show us about our relationship with Hashem?

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Notes