The Torah’s crown was described in the eBay post as “a pure silver hand-made and carved Sefer torah crown,” which was donated by Menahem and Erynne Rennert to a Jewish synagogue in Jerusalem ...

A Crown Heights Shul was burglarized on Friday night and the thief made off with the silver crown of the Sefer Torah, tools, a guitar and other items of value, crownheights.info reported.

The highest price realized for an item in the sale was on an 18th-century silver Torah crown from Italy. Assigned an estimate of $200,000-$300,000, it realized $478,000.

The rare Torah finials (also called rimonim) at the center of this debate were created between 1766 and 1776 by Myer Myers. He was the first formally trained Jewish silver artisan in the British ...

Wrapped in gold-embroidered red velvet, the Torah wore a massive silver crown that jingled as 15-20 men circled the scrolls. Bearing torches, all bearded and dressed alike, they danced the Torah ...