Editing Torah scroll (section)

==Torah decorations==
{{Further|Torah finials}}

[[Image:SilverTorahCase.jpg|thumb|right|A sterling silver Torah case. In some traditions the Torah is housed in an ornamental wooden case.]]

[[Image:TorahBreastPlate.jpg|thumb|right|A Sterling Silver Torah Breast Plate - or Hoshen - often decorate Torah Scrolls.]]

[[Image:TorahCrown1.jpg|thumb|right|A set of sterling silver [[finial]]s (''[[Torah finials|rimmonim]]'', from the Hebrew for "[[Pomegranate]]") are used to decorate the top ends of the rollers.]]

The gold and silver ornaments belonging to the scroll are collectively known as ''kele kodesh'' (sacred vessels). The scroll itself will often be girded with a strip of silk (see [[wimpel]]) and "robed" with a piece of protective fine fabric, called the "Mantle of the Law". It is decorated with an ornamental [[priestly breastplate]], scroll-handles (''‘etz ḥayyim''), and the principal ornament—the "Crown of the Law", which is made to fit over the upper ends of the rollers when the scroll is closed. Some scrolls have two crowns, one for each upper end. The metalwork is often made of beaten silver, sometimes gilded.{{citation needed|date=August 2019}} The scroll-handles, breastplate and crown often have little bells attached to them.

The housing has two rollers, each of which has two handles used for scrolling the text, four handles in all. Between the handles and the rollers are round plates or disks which are carved with images of holy places, engraved with dedications to the donor's parents or other loved ones, and decorated with gold or silver.{{citation needed|date=August 2019}}

===Mizrachi and Romaniote traditions===
[[File:Two Torah scrolls.jpg|thumb|Traditional Oriental Torah cases]]

In the [[Mizrahi Jews|Mizrachi]] and [[Romaniote Jews|Romaniote traditions]], the Torah scroll is generally not robed in a mantle, but rather housed in an ornamental wooden case which protects the scroll, called a "tik", plural ''tikim''. Some [[Sephardic]] communities &mdash; those communities associated with the Spanish diaspora, such as [[History of the Jews in Morocco|Moroccan Jews]], the [[Spanish and Portuguese Jews]] (with the exception of the Hamburg tradition<ref>Mosel, Wilhelm: [https://web.archive.org/web/20070203122122/http://www1.uni-hamburg.de/rz3a035//1markt.html "Synagoge der Portugiesisch-Jüdischen Gemeinde in Hamburg (Synagogue of the Portuguese-Jewish Community in Hamburg), situated at the rear of No. 6 of the former Zweite Marktstraße, later Marcusstraße."] (archived from the original)</ref>), and the [[Judaeo-Spanish]] communities of the [[Ottoman Empire]] &mdash; also use ''tikim,''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our Traditions - Magen David Sephardic Congregation |url=https://www.magendavidsephardic.org/our-traditions.html |access-date=2023-11-28 |website=www.magendavidsephardic.org}}</ref> though this is not always the case.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Spanish & Portuguese Synagogue – Synagogues360 |url=https://synagogues-360.anumuseum.org.il/gallery/spanish-portuguese-synagogue-2/ |access-date=2023-11-28 |website=synagogues-360.anumuseum.org.il}}</ref>