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Torah rods

(atzei hayyim)

Yad

Rods of the Torah scroll that are often decorated or inscribed.

Translations

  • Hebrewעצי חיים
  • GermanTora-Stäbe
  • RussianСтержни свитка Торы
  • FrenchMontants du rouleau de la Torah
  • DutchTorastokken
  • ItalianAste per avvolgere il rotolo della Torah
  • CzechTyče ke svitku Tóry
  • HungarianTórafa
  • SpanishVaras de la Torá
  • GreekΟρθοστάτες της Τορά
  • PolishDrążki zwoju Tory
  • Arabicقضيبا لفيفة التوراة
  • Yiddishעצי חיים
  • LadinoVaras del Sefer Tora

Bibliography

Grafman, Rafi. Crowning Glory: Silver Torah Ornaments of the Jewish Museum, New York. Boston: David R. Godine Publisher, 1996, pp. 363-66.

Liscia Bemporad, Dora. “A Late Gothic Carved Pair of Torah Staves from Italy.” Windows on Jewish Worlds: Essays in Honor of William Gross, Collector of Judaica, ed. Shalom Sabar et al., Zutphen: Walburg Pers, 2019, pp. 23-34.

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