Torah
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7.1
- noun
- /ˈtɔrə/
:
rollo de la Torá
- After the Torah reading, David would climb the front steps to sit with his grandfather.
- Torah scrolls
- read the Torah
- Torah reading
It's like a bar mitzvah but instead of poorly reading a Torah portion, you're getting auctioned off to be wed losers.
- It's like a bar mitzvah but instead of poorly reading a Torah portion, you're getting auctioned off to be wed losers.
- And in some sense, if you think about the Jewish tradition of Simcha Torah, you've got this beautiful scroll that has been lovingly hand drawn in calligraphy.
- The first, the the Old Testament is, is the Torah from the Ethiopian Torah.
Examples
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The rabbi placed the Czech Torah beside our everyday one.
Fiction book (1997) -
There he will give a brief d'var Torah, say a few words of Torah learning.
Fiction book (1994) -
And, you know, the Torah would be read and people would comment on it.
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At the Bar Mitzvah, I read from the Torah, and then I make a speech and suddenly, I become a man.
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For traditional Judaism, the Torah is divided into two parts: Written and Oral.
Academic text (1992) -
I took along a Torah scroll and a shofar, and we entered the building.
Academic text (2013) -
The other Georgian Jews, accompanied by two Mountain Jews, left to read the Torah separately in the big prayer hall.
Academic text (2001) -
Yurii walked up to the ark to get the Torah scroll as he did every Monday and Thursday.
Academic text (2001) -
One of the most moving accounts concerns the rescue of the Torah scrolls at the synagogue in central Copenhagen.
Academic text (1998) -
During the service, the rabbi carefully unrolled the Torah to read the weekly portion.
Compounds
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A Jewish festival to celebrate finishing the yearly Torah readings and starting them again with dancing and singing
A Jewish festival when people finish and immediately begin the yearly Torah readings, often with singing and dancing
A Jewish holy day at the end of Sukkot when people celebrate finishing the yearly Torah readings
A Jewish holiday at the end of Sukkot when people celebrate finishing the yearly Torah readings
Surface Forms
Etymology
Torah can also mean the sacred scroll used in services, and the name comes from the Hebrew root yarah meaning 'to teach', so the scroll is the written 'instruction' that people read aloud.