When, for example, he's addressing Jewish audiences, he'll mention the hundreds of Torahs collected by the Nazis, then found and repatriated by the Monuments Men.
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The reason: Torahs aren't printed like ordinary books or Bibles.
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"The issues with the weight of our Torahs have become mythic, " remarks Philip Welsher, a synagogue member who is an adept Torah lifter and seems to carry even the heaviest scrolls with ease.
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