torah
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Definitions
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- : the Pentateuch, being the first of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament.Compare Tanach.
- : a parchment scroll on which the Pentateuch is written, used in synagogue services.
- : the entire body of Jewish religious literature, law, and teaching as contained chiefly in the Old Testament and the Talmud.
- : law or instruction.
Examples
When I decided to write this book, I quickly realized I wanted to go and look in the Torah and see if I can find a commentary that responds to what I’m already thinking about with the science.
Ultimately, and this is something I learned from the Torah, how you describe the past is not ideologically neutral.
He gave his soul for the sake of the people of Israel, The Torah, and the Land.
All of their songs, they say, are inspired by Torah and Hasidic philosophy, even the ones that sound a bit salacious.
He added, “This is the whole of the Torah, and the rest is commentary; go learn it.”
Someone who is truly [studying Torah] day and night should continue to learn.
Every week, on the Sabbath, Jews around the world read a portion of the Torah.
Reason alone cannot decide this question; it needs the guidance of the Torah, which is divine.
But the philosophers are Greeks, descended from Japheth, who did not inherit either wisdom or Torah.
According to the Torah God created the world just as it is, with its animals and plants already formed.
He developed his views, he tells us, because he believes that they are in agreement with the words of the Torah.
But it is unlikely that any such prophet will come, for the Torah says that there never was or will be any prophet like Moses.