A woman walks past as Jewish men, prominent in the Jewish community of Dubai, hold a Torah scroll which they say was brought to Abu Dhabi to mark the importance of the Israeli and American delegates arrival in the Gulf country to finalise a normalisation deal with Israel, at a hotel in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates August 31, 2020. REUTERS/Nir Elias/Pool 

Hosni al-Samiri, a priest of the Samaritan sect, touches Torah scrolls at the Samaritan Museum atop Mount Gerizim as the sect's public passover celebrations are cancelled due to concerns about the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) near Nablus in the Israeli-occupied West Bank May 11, 2020. Picture taken May 11, 2020. REUTERS/Raneen Sawafta 

Hosni al-Samiri, a priest of the Samaritan sect, blesses himself as after touching the Torah scrolls at the Samaritan Museum atop Mount Gerizim as the sect's public passover celebrations are cancelled due to concerns about the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) near Nablus in the Israeli-occupied West Bank May 11, 2020. Picture taken May 11, 2020. REUTERS/Raneen Sawafta 

Rabbi Michael Moskowitz recites the Misheberach prayer of healing after taking the torah out of the ark during a livestream of a Friday night Shabbat service from inside Temple Shir Shalom, a Reform synagogue in West Bloomfield Township, Michigan, U.S. on March 27, 2020 amid a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak across the country. Picture taken March 27, 2020. REUTERS/Emily Elconin 

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish people walk next to spray-painted Hebrew words reading :"Our Torah forbids the election" near a polling station as Israelis vote in a national election in Jerusalem March 2, 2020. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun 

Virginia Supreme Court Chief Justice Donald Lemons holds a copy of the Torah, Judaism's religious text, in preparation for swearing in delegate Eileen Filler-Corn, herself Jewish and the first woman Speaker of Virginia's House of Delegates, as the General Assembly convenes in Richmond, Virginia, U.S. January 8, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Drake 

Rabbi Chaim Rottenberg celebrates with people the arrival of a new Torah at his residence in Monsey, New York, U.S., December 29, 2019. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon 

Rabbi Chaim Rottenberg celebrates with people the arrival of a new Torah at his residence in Monsey, New York, U.S., December 29, 2019. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon 

Rabbi Chaim Rottenberg celebrates with people the arrival of a new Torah at his residence in Monsey, New York, U.S., December 29, 2019. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon 

Holocaust survivor Edward Mosberg holds a Torah as he arrives to take part in the annual "March of the Living" to commemorate the Holocaust at the former Nazi death camp Auschwitz, in Oswiecim, Poland, May 2, 2019. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel 

Holocaust survivor Edward Mosberg holds a Torah as he arrives to take part in the annual "March of the Living" to commemorate the Holocaust at the former Nazi death camp Auschwitz, in Oswiecim, Poland, May 2, 2019. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel 

A man looks at a jacket the Nazis had Jewish prisoners make out of Torah parchments, at "The Chamber of the Holocaust", a little-known memorial site for Jewish victims of the Nazi Holocaust, in Jerusalem's Mount Zion January 23, 2019. Picture taken January 23, 2019. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun 

Blood-stained Torah scrolls, one of the artefacts brought from Europe by Holocaust survivors, is seen on display at "The Chamber of the Holocaust", a little-known memorial site for Jewish victims of the Nazi Holocaust, in Jerusalem's Mount Zion January 23, 2019. Picture taken January 23, 2019. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun 

A jacket the Nazis had Jewish prisoners make out of Torah parchments is seen on display at "The Chamber of the Holocaust", a little-known memorial site for Jewish victims of the Nazi Holocaust, in Jerusalem's Mount Zion January 23, 2019. Picture taken January 23, 2019. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun 

An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish man walks next to a synagogue during the celebrations of Simchat Torah at the Mea Shearim neighbourhood of Jerusalem October 1, 2018. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men dance with Torah scrolls during the celebrations of Simchat Torah in a synagogue at the Mea Shearim neighbourhood of Jerusalem October 1, 2018. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun 

An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish man dances on the table during the celebrations of Simchat Torah in a synagogue at the Mea Shearim neighbourhood of Jerusalem October 1, 2018. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun 

An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish man walks next to a synagogue during the celebrations of Simchat Torah at the Mea Shearim neighbourhood of Jerusalem October 1, 2018. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun 

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men dance during the celebrations of Simchat Torah in a synagogue at the Mea Shearim neighbourhood of Jerusalem October 1 , 2018. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun 

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men dance with Torah scrolls during the celebrations of Simchat Torah in a synagogue at the Mea Shearim neighbourhood of Jerusalem October 1 , 2018. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun 

An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish man dances on the table during the celebrations of Simchat Torah in a synagogue at the Mea Shearim neighbourhood of Jerusalem October 1 , 2018. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun 

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men take part in the celebrations of Simchat Torah in a synagogue at the Mea Shearim neighbourhood of Jerusalem October 1 , 2018. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun 

A Jewish worshipper, covered in a prayer shawl, prays next to a covered torah scroll during a priestly blessing on the Jewish holiday of Sukkot at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City September 26, 2018. REUTERS/Ammar Awad 

Jewish worshippers take part in Slichot, a prayer in which Jews offer repentance and ask God to forgive their sins, ahead of Yom Kippur, at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City September 16, 2018. Picture taken September 16, 2018. REUTERS/Ammar Awad 

Holocaust survivor Edward Mosberg holds a Torah as he arrives to take part in the annual "March of the Living" to commemorate the Holocaust at the former Nazi death camp Auschwitz, in Oswiecim, Poland, April 12, 2018. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel 

Jewish worshippers hold a Torah scroll during the priestly blessing prayer on the holiday of Passover, at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, April 2, 2018. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun 

Israeli Health Minister Yakov Litzman, a rabbi from the United Torah Judaism party, speaks to journalists after handing in his resignation to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, during the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem November 26, 2017. REUTERS/Gali Tibbon/Pool 

Israeli Health Minister Yakov Litzman, a rabbi from the United Torah Judaism party, waves to journalists after handing in his resignation to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, during the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem November 26, 2017. REUTERS/Gali Tibbon/Pool 

Israeli Health Minister Yakov Litzman, a rabbi from the United Torah Judaism party, speaks to journalists after handing in his resignation to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, during the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem November 26, 2017. REUTERS/Gali Tibbon/Pool 

A visitor stands near Torah scrolls on display during a preview at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, U.S., November 14, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque 

A worker climbs a ladder beside Torah scrolls on display during a preview at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, U.S., November 14, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque 

Russian State Library employees show the Passover Hagada and the Torah from the Guenzburg collection of ancient Hebrew manuscripts and books at the library in Moscow, Russia November 7, 2017. REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva 

Viktor Molchanov, head of manuscript department of the Russian State Library, shows the Torah from the Guenzburg collection of ancient Hebrew manuscripts and books at the library in Moscow, Russia November 7, 2017. REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva 

Viktor Molchanov, head of manuscript department of the Russian State Library, shows the Torah from the Guenzburg collection of ancient Hebrew manuscripts and books at the library in Moscow, Russia November 7, 2017. REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva 

The Torah from the Guenzburg collection of ancient Hebrew manuscripts and books is pictured at the Russian State Library in Moscow, Russia November 7, 2017. REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva 

A driver argues with ultra-Orthodox Jewish men as they protest against the detention of members of their community who failed to report to a military recruiting office, in Jerusalem October 19, 2017. The placard in Hebrew reads, "Fans of those imprisoned from the Torah world". REUTERS/Ammar Awad 

Ultra-Orthodox Jews roll a Torah scroll during the celebrations of Simchat Torah in a synagogue at the Mea Shearim neighbourhood of Jerusalem October 12, 2017. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun 

Ultra-Orthodox Jews dance with Torah scrolls during the celebrations of Simchat Torah in a synagogue at the Mea Shearim neighbourhood of Jerusalem October 12, 2017. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun 

Ultra-Orthodox Jews dance during the celebrations of Simchat Torah in a synagogue at the Mea Shearim neighbourhood of Jerusalem October 12, 2017. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun 

Ultra-Orthodox Jews dance with Torah scrolls during the celebrations of Simchat Torah in a synagogue at the Mea Shearim neighbourhood of Jerusalem October 12, 2017. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun 

Ultra-Orthodox Jews dance during the celebrations of Simchat Torah in a synagogue at the Mea Shearim neighbourhood of Jerusalem October 12, 2017. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun 

A Jewish worshipper holds a Torah scroll as he takes part in the priestly blessing during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City October 8, 2017. REUTERS/Amir Cohen 

Israel's Interior Minister Aryeh Deri (L) the leader of the ultra-Orthodox Shas party, speaks to Moshe Gafni, a parliament member from United Torah Judaism party, during a meeting at the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem September 13, 2017. REUTERS/Ammar Awad 

Israel's Interior Minister Aryeh Deri (R) the leader of the ultra-Orthodox Shas party, and Israel's Health Minister, Yaakov Litzman (L) from United Torah Judaism party, attend a meeting at the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem September 13, 2017. REUTERS/Ammar Awad 

Moshe Gafni, a parliament member from United Torah Judaism party, gestures during a meeting at the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem September 13, 2017. REUTERS/Ammar Awad 

Israel's Health Minister, Yaakov Litzman (C) from United Torah Judaism party attends a meeting at the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem September 13, 2017. REUTERS/Ammar Awad 

Israel's Interior Minister Aryeh Deri (2ndR) the leader of the ultra-Orthodox Shas party, gestures as he sits next to Israel's Health Minister, Yaakov Litzman (L) from United Torah Judaism party, and Moshe Gafni (R) a parliament member from United Torah Judaism party, during a meeting at the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem September 13, 2017. REUTERS/Ammar Awad 

Shalom Shtamberg, a 93-year old Holocaust survivor, holds a Torah scroll during his bar mitzvah ceremony, a Jewish coming-of-age celebration traditionally marked by boys at the age of 13, in Haifa, Israel August 31, 2017. REUTERS/Amir Cohen 

Shalom Shtamberg (C), a 93-year old Holocaust survivor, reads from a Torah scroll during his bar mitzvah ceremony, a Jewish coming-of-age celebration traditionally marked by boys at the age of 13, in Haifa, Israel August 31, 2017. REUTERS/Amir Cohen 

Members of the activist group "Women of the Wall" pray with a Torah scroll during a monthly prayer near the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City July 24, 2017. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun 

Torah Smith, 12 of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, contemplates a word during the 2017 Scripps National Spelling Bee at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland, U.S., May 31, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts 

Members of the Czech Jewish Community dance with new Torah scrolls in front of the medieval Old-New Synagogue in Prague March 19, 2017. REUTERS/David W Cerny 

Members of the Czech Jewish Community pray before bringing new Torah scrolls into the medieval Old-New Synagogue in Prague March 19, 2017. REUTERS/David W Cerny 

Members of the Czech Jewish Community write final words in a new Torah scroll during a ceremony in the medieval Old-New Synagogue in Prague March 19, 2017. REUTERS/David W Cerny 

Members of the Czech Jewish Community write final words in a new Torah scroll during a ceremony in the medieval Old-New Synagogue in Prague March 19, 2017. REUTERS/David W Cerny 

Members of the Czech Jewish Community write final words in a new Torah scroll during a ceremony in the medieval Old-New Synagogue in Prague March 19, 2017. REUTERS/David W Cerny 

Members of the Czech Jewish Community dance with new Torah scrolls in front of the medieval Old-New Synagogue in Prague March 19, 2017. REUTERS/David W Cerny 

Members of the Czech Jewish Community write final words in a new Torah scroll during a ceremony in the medieval Old-New Synagogue in Prague March 19, 2017. REUTERS/David W Cerny 

An Ultra Orthodox Jewish man stands next to his daugher and son dressed in costumes during the Jewish holiday of Purim, a celebration of the Jews' salvation from genocide in ancient Persia, as recounted in the Book of Esther, in Ashdod, Israel March 12, 2017. The sign in Hebrew reads, "In prison for studying the Torah". REUTERS/Amir Cohen 

Rabbis from Amona are seen next to an Ark containing Torah scrolls inside a synagogue after it was evacuated during the second day of an operation by Israeli forces to evict the illegal outpost of Amona in the occupied West Bank February 2, 2017. REUTERS/Amir Cohen