Torah scroll on deerskin
Title
Torah scroll on deerskin
Subject
Torah Scroll
Ritual Object
Description
"In a footnote in his diary, Vol. 1, page 6, Dr. Ezra Stiles [a noted diarist of Rhode Island and later president of Yale College] notes that he was told by Dr. Isaac Touro [first hazzan of Congregation Yeshuat Israel] that this scroll was presented from Amsterdam. This scroll which is now over four hundred years old is in a good state of preservation. The seript is clear Ind legible. [Rabbi Lewis, p. 286]
The scroll is current displayed in a case to the left of the Ark. Stiles was writing in 1763; if he is correct as to the age of the scroll, it would now be over 650 years old.
Date
purported to have been written in 1363 CE
Contributor
Possibly the Spanish Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam.
Format
PhysicalObject
Identifier
TS-0012
Original Format
Torah scroll handwritten in Hebrew on deerskin.
Files
Collection
Citation
“Torah scroll on deerskin,” Colonial Jewish Newport, accessed March 29, 2024, https://aojd.omeka.net/items/show/12.