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category:  Jewish Law

Dedications in secular languages

The Rav Name: Rabbis of the Da’at Institute
  • Question

Is it the correct practice to inscribe names of donors in languages other than Hebrew?

  • Answer
The correct practice would be not to have inscriptions inside a synagogue or place of Torah learning in a language other than Hebrew, especially on the curtain (parochet) of the aron kodesh, the cover of the sefer Torah, and the cover of the table where the Sefer Torah is placed when it is read. However the current accepted general practice is to allow such inscriptions in the synagogue, but not in the abovementioned places.

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