| has gloss | eng: The Yanov Torah is a Sefer Torah, or a specially hand-written copy of the Torah or Pentateuch, which is the holiest book within Judaism and venerated by Jews. It was assembled from the collected individual Torah manuscript sheaves which had been smuggled into the Yanov Nazi work camp during World War II. The reassembled Torah was then smuggled out of the then Soviet Union, and brought to Los Angeles. It has been donated to the rabbinical programs at Hebrew Union College, where it is taken on tour to various synagogues and assemblies, so that the story of its history can be told. |
