I heard that you couldn't touch them. I'm not sure if this is a fact or not. Please explain and give me a source if you can.
2007-02-21 11:30:34 · 4 answers · asked by ha. 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I heard that it was a belief that you couldn't touch the words of the Torah. But why do they believe that is what I want to know.
2007-02-21 11:38:20 · update #1
The Torah is highly respected and when you read a book with your finger/s going across the page, the oil from your fingers makes the pages become more ugly! So, the Torah, especially for one's bar/bat mitzvah, they use a pointer (or 'yad') so that their fingers won't have to touch the page! Hope this helped
2007-02-21 12:04:15 · answer #1 · answered by -♦One-♦-Love♦- 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
by touching the writing, it is possible to damage the letters. even one damaged letter renders the entire scroll invalid. simple damage can be easily repaired by a trained scribe. severe damage can result in the scroll being irreparable.
a new torah scroll costs about $30,000. preventable problems need to be avoided.
2007-02-21 12:14:38 · answer #2 · answered by Black Fedora 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The oil in your finger would cause some damage to the scroll.
2007-02-21 11:37:07 · answer #3 · answered by hasse_john 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can do whatever you want.
If your too gullible to accept that you can't touch it, then that is you.
Government has a lot of controls too.
2007-02-21 11:34:08 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋