Is there a practice to bring children to kiss the Torah scroll in order to educate them in mitzvot?
Synopsis
The Rema records a custom of bringing children to kiss the Torah for the purpose of chinuch (Jewish education). This custom is cited by the Ohr Zaruah.
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