torah
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 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
- 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
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