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1. Torah: Name applied to the five books of Moses, Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. The contents of the as a whole are discussed, from the point of view of modern Biblical criticism, under Pentateuch, where a table gives the various ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [100%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
2. Torah: The Torah, also known as the Pentateuch (from the Greek for “five books”), is the first collection of texts in the Hebrew Bible. It deals with the origins of not only the Israelites but also the entire world. Though traditionally ... [100%] 2012-05-09
3. Torah: The Hebrew word Torah (תורה) (literally meaning 'teaching') is usually refers to the first five books of the Tanakh or Hebrew Scripture. These are also the first five books of the Christian Old Testament, and the text Muslims refer to as ... [100%] 2023-12-26 [Old Testament] [Scriptures]...
4. Torah: "Teaching." Normally understood to be the first five books of the Hebrew Scriptures (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy), the term "Torah" can also be used to refer to the entire corpus of Jewish teachings. [100%] 2004-06-17
5. Torah: The Torah is the central and most important document of Judaism revered by Jews through the ages. As the Torah is a religious text and open to interpretation by individuals, the Department of Torah study functions in discussion format. [100%] 2024-01-04 [Judaism]
6. Torah: Torah (Hebrew: תורה) is the Hebrew word meaning "teaching". Its root means to throw or shoot an arrow. [100%] 2023-02-07 [Bible] [Judaism]...
7. Torah: The Torah (תורה), literally "Teaching" or "Instruction," is the holiest book of Judaism. It originally referred to the Teachings of Moses, as written down in the Five Books of Moses, which open the Tenach (Jewish Bible). [100%] 2023-08-15
8. Torah: The Torah (from Hebrew תּוֹרָה: meaning "teaching," "instruction," or "law") refers to most important scriptures of Judaism that are the foundation of the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh). According to Jewish tradition, the Torah was revealed by God to Prophet Moses and thus ... [100%] 2023-02-03
9. Torah: TORAH to'-ra. See LAW IN THE OLD TESTAMENT; REVELATION. to'-ra. See LAW IN THE OLD TESTAMENT; REVELATION. [100%] 1915-01-01
10. Torah: The Torah (/ˈtɔːrə, ˈtoʊrə/; Biblical Hebrew: תּוֹרָה Tōrā, "Instruction", "Teaching" or "Law") is the compilation of the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, namely the books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. The Torah is known as the Pentateuch (/ˈpɛntətjuːk/) or the ... (First five books of the Hebrew Bible) [100%] 2024-06-12 [Torah] [Hebrew words and phrases]...
11. Mishneh Torah: The Mishneh Torah (משנה תורה: Hebrew for "Repetition of the Torah"), subtitled Yad ha-Chazaka (יד החזקה: "The Strong Hand"), is a code of Jewish law by one of the most important Jewish authorities of the Middle Ages, Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon, better known ... [70%] 2023-02-04
12. Torah Judaism: Torah Judaism is used by Orthodox Jewish groups to describe their Judaism as being based on an adherence to the Torah's mitzvot as expounded in Orthodox halakha. These mitzvot include both the biblical and rabbinic mitzvot. (Religion) [70%] 2023-11-16 [Orthodox Judaism]
13. Simchat Torah: Simchat Torah (שִׂמְחַת תּוֹרָה‎, lit., "Rejoicing with/of the Torah", Ashkenazi: Simchas Torah), also spelled Simhat Torah, is a Jewish holiday that celebrates and marks the conclusion of the annual cycle of public Torah readings, and the beginning of a new cycle ... (Jewish holiday marking the conclusion of public Torah readings) [70%] 2023-11-01 [Hallel] [Hebrew names of Jewish holy days]...
14. Torah Philosophy: Torah Philosophy was an Orthodox Jewish blog run by Jacob Stein, who blogs under the name "jewish philosopher.". He stopped blogging in Friday, January 25, 2013. [70%] 2023-12-11 [Blogs] [Jewish extremism]...
15. Torah ark: A Torah ark (also known as the hekhal, Hebrew: היכל, or aron qodesh, אֲרוֹן קׄדֶש) refers to an ornamental chamber in the synagogue that houses the Torah scrolls. The ark, also known as the ark of law, or in Hebrew the Aron Kodesh ... (Receptacle which contains a synagogue's Torah scrolls) [70%] 2024-01-10 [Synagogue architecture] [Jewish culture]...
16. Torah Judaism: Torah Judaism is used by Orthodox Jewish groups to describe their Judaism as being based on an adherence to the Torah's mitzvot as expounded in Orthodox halakha. These mitzvot include both the biblical and rabbinic mitzvot. (Term used by Orthodox Jewish groups to describe their Judaism) [70%] 2023-12-10 [Orthodox Judaism]
17. Torah orale: Pour les articles homonymes, voir Loi juive. La Torah orale (en hébreu : תורה שבעל פה, Torah SheBe'al Pe) désigne à la fois le concept et le corpus d’une doctrine oralement transmise, concomitante à la Torah, inséparable d’elle et existant depuis sa révélation. [70%] 2023-12-22
18. Talmud Torah: Public free school for poor and orphaned boys, who are there given an elementary education in Hebrew, the Scriptures (especially the Pentateuch), and the Talmud (Halakah), and are thus prepared for the Yeshibah. The school is known simply as the ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [70%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
19. Torah Bright: Torah Bright (Cooma, 27 de diciembre de 1986) es una deportista australiana que compitió en snowboard, especialista en las pruebas de halfpipe y slopestyle.​ Participó en tres Juegos Olímpicos de Invierno, obteniendo dos medallas, oro en Vancouver 2010 y plata en Sochi ... [70%] 2023-12-22
20. Mishneh Torah: The Mishneh Torah (Hebrew: מִשְׁנֵה תוֹרָה, lit. 'repetition of the Torah'), also known as Sefer Yad ha-Hazaka (ספר יד החזקה, 'book of the strong hand'), is a code of Rabbinic Jewish religious law (halakha) authored by Maimonides (Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon/Rambam). (Code of Jewish religious law authored by Maimonides) [70%] 2023-11-08 [12th-century books] [Rabbinic legal texts and responsa]...
21. Marbeh Torah: Marbeh Torah was a Haredi yeshiva for English-speaking baalei teshuva, located in Bnei Brak. The yeshiva had six rabbis and approximately 40 students, both married and unmarried men. [70%] 2024-01-01 [Orthodox yeshivas in Bnei Brak] [Haredi Judaism in Israel]...
22. Sulzbacher Torah: The Sulzbacher Torah is a Torah Scroll from the Synagogue of Sulzbach. It dates from 1792 or 1793 and survived both the Sulzbach town fire of 1822 and the November pogroms. (Religion) [70%] 2023-08-24 [Judaism]
23. Ezrat Torah: Ezrat Torah (Hebrew: עזרת תורה, in Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation: Ezras Torah) is a Haredi neighborhood in northern Jerusalem. It is bordered by Kiryat Sanz on the west, Golda Meir Blvd. (Neighbourhood in Jerusalem) [70%] 2023-12-10 [Neighbourhoods of Jerusalem] [Haredi Judaism in Jerusalem]...
24. Oral Torah: According to Rabbinic Judaism, the Oral Torah or Oral Law (Hebrew: תּוֹרָה שֶׁבְּעַל־פֶּה‎, romanized: Tōrā šebbəʿal-pe) are statutes and legal interpretations that were not recorded in the Five Books of Moses, the Written Torah (תּוֹרָה שֶׁבִּכְתָב‎, Tōrā šebbīḵṯāv, '"Written Law"'), and which are regarded by ... (Laws, statutes, and legal interpretations that were not recorded in the Written Torah) [70%] 2023-12-10 [Oral Torah] [Jewish law]...
25. Yanov Torah: The Yanov Torah is a hand-written copy of the Torah assembled from the individual sheaves of Torah manuscripts, smuggled into the Janowska concentration camp during the Holocaust in World War II. The Janowska, also known as the Yanov death ... (Hand-written copy of the Torah) [70%] 2024-03-25 [Hebrew calligraphy] [Jewish ritual objects]...
26. Kol Torah: Kol Torah is a yeshiva in the Bayit Vegan neighborhood of Jerusalem. Yeshivas Kol Torah was founded in 1939 by Yechiel Michel Schlesinger (1898–1948), born in Hamburg, Germany and Boruch Kunstadt, a dayan from Fulda, Germany. (Yeshiva in Jerusalem) [70%] 2024-05-13 [Ashkenazi Jewish culture in Jerusalem] [German-Jewish culture in Jerusalem]...
27. Torah in Islam: The Tawrat (Arabic: توراة‎), also romanized as Tawrah or Taurat, is the Arabic-language name for the Torah within its context as an Islamic holy book believed by Muslims to have been given by God to the prophets and messengers amongst ... (Religion) [57%] 2023-12-04 [Islamic texts]
28. Yeshivat Shaare Torah: Yeshivat Shaare Torah (more popularly known as Shaare Torah or just Shaare) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that operates five Sephardic private Jewish day school programs located in Brooklyn, New York, United States. It includes single-gender ... [57%] 2023-12-11 [Private elementary schools in Brooklyn] [Private middle schools in Brooklyn]...
29. Congregation Shaarie Torah: Shaarie Torah is a Conservative Jewish congregation and synagogue located at 920 Northwest 25th Avenue, in Portland, Oregon, in the United States. The congregation was founded in 1905, and shortly after, the congregation purchased a Presbyterian Church on SW Third ... (Jewish congregation and synagogue in Portland, Oregon) [57%] 2023-12-31 [1905 establishments in Oregon] [Jewish organizations established in 1905]...
30. Weekly Torah portion: It is a custom among religious Jewish & Messianic communities for a weekly Torah portion to be read during Jewish prayer services on Monday, Thursday, and Saturday. The full name, Parashat HaShavua (Hebrew: פָּרָשַׁת הַשָּׁבוּעַ), is popularly abbreviated to parashah (also parshah /pɑːrʃə/ or ... (Section of the Torah used in Jewish & Messianic liturgy during a single week) [57%] 2023-12-23 [Weekly Torah readings] [Jewish life cycle]...