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Torah

Torah

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The first five books of Jewish religious writings that form the basis of Jewish law
  • noun
  • /ˈtɔrə/
translation icon : Torá
  • Well, the Torah is the five books of Moses written in Hebrew.
  • reading the Torah
  • laws of the Torah
  • knowledge of the Torah

That is the Torah, and everything else is only commentary.

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Examples

  • The oldest accounts of the Exodus were written down in Hebrew, in the first five books of the Bible known as the Torah.

  • Shabbat is the first thing in the Torah given the description of kedusha, of holiness.

  • But the Torah does not teach that!

  • You do it because the Torah tells you to.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • The boy studies short portions of the Torah each week in Hebrew school.

  • Well, the Torah is the five books of Moses written in Hebrew.

  • The oldest accounts of the Exodus were written down in Hebrew, in the first five books of the Bible known as the Torah.

Synonyms

Pentateuch
vsTorah
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The first five books of the Hebrew Bible

is regarded as the foundational source for Jewish law and teachings

Compounds

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

A Jewish festival celebrating the end of the yearly Torah readings

Surface Forms

Torah singular
Torahs plural

Etymology

Torah comes from a Hebrew root yarah that means 'to teach' or 'instruction', so the first five books are called the Torah because they give laws and teachings for the community.