torah

«torah» in Mova's judaism dictionary: the first five books of the Hebrew Bible (Genesis… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (the Torah)

meaning for a pupil

1) (Judaism) The Torah is the first five books of the Hebrew Bible (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy), which Jews believe God gave to Moses; it holds the Jewish law and stories. tree →

2) A Torah or Torah scroll is a hand-written copy on a long scroll, kept in the ark of a synagogue. tree →

3) Torah can also mean all Jewish teaching. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In these texts Torah means the five books of Moses, and more widely God's teaching and law given to Israel. Interpretation: Tradition says the Torah was given at Sinai and that it is the blueprint of the world; one midrash pictures God consulting it when creating, and the Sefer Yetzirah tradition links Torah with Wisdom in creation. In the primary lessons: In RE pupils learn that the Torah scroll is treated with great respect: it is read with a pointer called a yad so hands do not touch the letters, and dancing with the Torah happens at Simchat Torah. A bar or bat mitzvah child reads from it for the first time. Christians have the same five books as the start of the Old Testament. Phrases: the Torah scroll, read from the Torah, the laws of the Torah.

examples

• A similar view is reflected in the midrashicic and Kabbalistic literature, where Torah or Wisdom acts as a participant or instrument in the Work of Creation; see e.g. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) tree →
• Thou hast a beloved one in the world, wilt thou conceal anythinij from him ?" Directly, the Holy On blessed be He said, 'Shall I conceal from Abraham?' and consulted the Torah. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
• The rabbi lifted the Torah scroll so everyone could see. tree →
• The Torah is written in Hebrew by hand. tree →
• At his bar mitzvah, Ben read from the Torah. tree →
• The Torah is kept in a special cupboard called the ark. tree →
• A silver pointer helps the reader follow the Torah. tree →
• The Torah contains the Ten Commandments. tree →

note

Capital T. Say "TOR-ah". Usually "the Torah". The "ark" in a synagogue is a cabinet, not Noah's ship.

In the corpora

• Genesis, with Joseph's story, is part of the Jewish Torah as well as the Christian Bible.
• Jews believe God made a covenant with Abraham and gave the Torah to Moses.
• The Torah is the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, handwritten on scrolls that are read in the synagogue with great respect.
• Exodus is one of the five books of the Torah, so Jews and Christians share the Ten Commandments.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «torah» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.