Editing Torah scroll (section)

==Usage==
[[Torah reading]] from a Torah scroll or ''Sefer Torah'' is traditionally reserved for Monday and Thursday mornings, as well as for [[Shabbat]], [[Fasting|fast]] days, and [[Jewish holidays]]. The presence of a [[quorum]] of ten Jewish adults (''[[minyan]]'') is required for the reading of the Torah to be held in public during the course of the worship services. As [[Hebrew cantillation|the Torah is sung]], following the often dense text is aided by a ''[[yad]]'' ("hand"), a metal or wooden hand-shaped pointer that protects the scrolls by avoiding unnecessary contact of the skin with the parchment.

All Jewish prayers start with a [[blessing]] (''[[berakhah]]''), thanking God for [[Revelation#Judaism|revealing the Law to the Jews]] (''[[Matan Torah]]''), before Torah reading and all days during the first blessings of the morning prayer (''[[Shacharit]]'').<ref>[[Rabbi Yehudah]] said: "They did not recite the blessings over the Torah before studying it!" (''[[Talmud]], [[Bava Metzia]] 85a-b'')</ref>{{dubious|Once translated to English, the second half becomes nonsensical: one starts blessings with a blessing? Maybe "Berakhot" is a specific term, not just "blessings", but the wikilink leads to a useless disambiguation page.|date=July 2019}}