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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/torah/#m1)

2) A Torah or Torah scroll is a hand-written copy on a long scroll, kept in the ark of a synagogue. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/torah/#m2)

3) Torah can also mean all Jewish teaching. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/torah/#m3)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/torah/#x1)
- 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/torah/#x2)
- The rabbi lifted the Torah scroll so everyone could see. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/torah/#x3)
- The Torah is written in Hebrew by hand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/torah/#x4)
- At his bar mitzvah, Ben read from the Torah. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/torah/#x5)
- The Torah is kept in a special cupboard called the ark. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/torah/#x6)
- A silver pointer helps the reader follow the Torah. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/torah/#x7)
- The Torah contains the Ten Commandments. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/torah/#x8)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/5-joseph-and-his-brothers/18/)
- [Jews believe God made a covenant with Abraham and gave the Torah to Moses.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/30-judaism/6/)
- [The Torah is the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, handwritten on scrolls that are read in the synagogue with great respect.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/30-judaism/8/)
- [Exodus is one of the five books of the Torah, so Jews and Christians share the Ten Commandments.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/42-finders-keepers-and-what-belongs-to-whom/7/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «torah» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/torah/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.