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The silver crown that is placed on top of the Sefer Torah (five books of Moses) used to mark the scroll as sacred and holy as it's thought to be the living word of god. In the background a scribe is handwriting the last few words with a quill and ink for an Ashkenazi synagogue in Stamford Hill. A Sefer Torah contains 304,805 letters and can take over a year to produce.

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The silver crown that is placed on top of the Sefer Torah (five books of Moses) used to mark the scroll as sacred and holy as it's thought to be the living word of god. In the background a scribe is handwriting the last few words with a quill and ink for an Ashkenazi synagogue in Stamford Hill. A Sefer Torah contains 304,805 letters and can take over a year to produce.
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