tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1014444390969839620.post1884764932810440450..comments2024-01-03T17:17:07.620+02:00Comments on Jerusalem Hills daily photo: A Torah's wanderingsDinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03461925401870320466noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1014444390969839620.post-24946392869349464502010-10-05T02:59:27.971+02:002010-10-05T02:59:27.971+02:00What are the chances of an important torah or book...What are the chances of an important torah or book surviving 500 years of wars, floods, fires and looting. The find in Karlsruhe was amazing.<br /><br />Sothebys just sold a French machzor dated 1300 AD. Ditto amazing.Motthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09274342119631916492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1014444390969839620.post-47461119803992764582010-10-05T02:56:28.591+02:002010-10-05T02:56:28.591+02:00Sometimes a historically important book or torah s...Sometimes a historically important book or torah survives for hundreds of years, against all the odds. What a find in Karlsruhe.<br /><br />Sothebys just sold a French machzor dated back to 1300 AD. Once again its survival seemed improbable.Motthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09274342119631916492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1014444390969839620.post-53445453455363229632010-09-30T22:22:27.882+02:002010-09-30T22:22:27.882+02:00Beautiful scroll and fascinating history. The Ref...Beautiful scroll and fascinating history. The Reform temple I attend sometimes (in Redlands, California) also owns a very old Sephardic Torah scroll. I don't know if it's quite as old as the one in your picture, but it's one of the oldest in the U.S.Rakshahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11280365011937595321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1014444390969839620.post-70624195927014811952010-09-30T22:18:16.792+02:002010-09-30T22:18:16.792+02:00very kind of you .. tksvery kind of you .. tksSH -ichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03682202730223613014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1014444390969839620.post-47250444515724116862010-09-30T20:45:08.181+02:002010-09-30T20:45:08.181+02:00A great survival story, honor to whoever had a par...A great survival story, honor to whoever had a part in saving this scroll!VPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10186211344492845052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1014444390969839620.post-83420352201981671562010-09-30T20:34:08.711+02:002010-09-30T20:34:08.711+02:00The letters are so beautiful! And the history is ...The letters are so beautiful! And the history is an amazing story....Sara at Come Away With Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07677354270954094291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1014444390969839620.post-23144315890490631182010-09-30T20:29:38.606+02:002010-09-30T20:29:38.606+02:00Absolutely fascinating, Dina.Absolutely fascinating, Dina.Louis la Vachehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09039777863022193315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1014444390969839620.post-65053667798867184902010-09-30T19:42:22.819+02:002010-09-30T19:42:22.819+02:00They have an exhibit of ancient scrolls in the Twi...They have an exhibit of ancient scrolls in the Twin Cities right now - I just haven't gotten there yet to see them!Leif Hagenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268045909244159357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1014444390969839620.post-18350052169668503362010-09-30T19:32:48.753+02:002010-09-30T19:32:48.753+02:00Thank you for this interesting post and piece of h...Thank you for this interesting post and piece of history! Fortunately this Torah scroll was saved during the war the flood and bombings.Reader Wilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06384603525251159272noreply@blogger.com