Ceremonial Burial of Sefer Torah
Question
I am studying to become a pastor of my protestant faith. In a textbook I am currently assigned it says that worn-out manuscripts were ceremoniously destroyed, but it does not go into a detailed method. I was wondering what the method of destroying a worn-out Torah was and any significates to each step in the process including any ceremony for its replacement.
Discovering the Old Testament: Story and Faith Hardcover – March 15, 2003
by Robert Branson (Author), Timothy M. Green (Author), Jim Edlin (Author), Alex Varughese (Editor)
page 29
Answers
According to Jewish Law, a Sefer Torah that can no longer be used is not destroyed. Rather, it is placed in an earthenware vessel and buried in the ground in a Jewish cemetery.
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