Torah Trope

The Torah is our sacred text. As such, we want to read it with the utmost respect and the greatest attention to detail.

The art of chanting the Torah dates back more than two thousand years and is described in the Talmud and numerous other sources.

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The biblical cantillation system consists of twenty-eight symbols that tell you exactly how to punctuate the verses, on which syllable to stress each word, and how to chant each word or phrase. The Hebrew term for the cantillation symbols is ta’amei hamikra. The Hebrew word ta’am means “taste” as well as “sense.” The cantillation symbols literally help us make sense out of the text and give it its special “flavor.” The symbols generally appear as part of a set pattern or phrase.”

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