Two congregations, two opinions as Torahs hit the floor at separate NYC services
Torah scrolls are treated with such reverence that on the rare occasions that they are dropped, it becomes news, at least in the Jewish media.
Rabbi Jeffrey Fox, left, teaches a class in Jewish law at Maharat, the first yeshiva to ordain women to serve as Orthodox clergy.(photo credit: URIEL HEILMAN/JTA)ByANDREW SILOW-CARROLL/JTA
