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MS 1015 consists of two partial panels of text joined together. Each panel contains two columns, making a total of four columns of text. The text is laid out on a 42 line per column format, but does not contain "Amudei Vavs" at their tops.
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MS1016 consists of three columns of text on a single piece of parchment that was removed from a Torah scroll. The text is written utilizing a 51 lines per column format. The central column contains the Song of the Crossing of the Sea of Reeds.
The…

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MS1053 comes from Persia. Written on a rich golden brown gevil, its age is calculated to be approximately 280 years. The fragment consists of four columns of text extracted from a larger Torah Scroll. The narrative contains part of the Book of…

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This Torah fragment comes from an Iraqi scroll. It contains four columns of text written on a rich golden tan gevil. Its text details the design of the priestly
vestments to be worn when performing the service in the desert tabernacle.
This scroll…

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MS1011 consists of four separate sheets of parchment joined together by sewing through the use of a sinew. Each panel is written in the hand of a different scribe, with some portions being newer than others. The oldest is about 200 years old, while…

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MS1056 consists of four columns of text removed from a 300 year old Torah Scroll from Iraq. The text covers the end chapters of the Book of Genesis and the first four chapters of the Book of Exodus. Written on rich golden brown Gevil, the hide still…

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MS1035 is scribed in a stunning Western Sephardic Spanish hand. It consists of one column of text removed from a larger Torah scroll. The narrative depicts the birth of Jacob and Esau covering from Genesis 25:7 to 25:28. Written in a 48 line per…

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MS 1033 was removed from a larger Torah Scroll. It consists of four columns of text taken from Genesis 36:28 to 40:23 covering the dreams of Joseph, the story of Judah & Tamar and the sale of Joseph.
The scroll is written on a double ruled Klaf…

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MS1034 was removed from a larger Torah Scroll. This sheet of parchment comes from the same Torah Scroll as #1033. It consists of four columns of text taken from Genesis 41:1 to 44:9 covering the dreams of Pharaoh and Joseph's interpretation and…

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MS1021 contains three columns of text removed from a larger sheet of parchment. The right edge of the parchment retains part of the stitching that bound it together with another sheet of the original Torah Scroll. The text is written on Gevil and is…
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