1,000 Year-Old Yemenite Torah Fragments: National Library of Israel Treasures Revealed

These fragments from an approximately 1,000 year-old Yemenite Torah scroll were discovered in a bookbinding, for which they were used as raw material long after the scroll was originally written...
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This clip was created for the holiday of Shavuot, which celebrates the giving of the Torah, as part of A Look at the Jewish Year, a journey through the Hebrew calendar via the peerless collections of the National Library of Israel and the Jewish people worldwide. For more on the Jewish calendar and holidays: www.nli.org.il...
The project is part of Gesher L’Europa, the National Library of Israel’s initiative to connect with people, institutions and communities across Europe and beyond, through storytelling, knowledge sharing and community engagement.