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Passing the Torah Scroll

Elaine Zecher remembers a gathering of Jewish women, many of them community leaders, who were moved to tears by the experience of finally participating in a core Jewish ritual.

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Jewish Women's Archive. "Passing the Torah Scroll." (Viewed on December 25, 2024) <https://jwa.org/media/passing-torah-scroll>.