The Shema is the recitation of a verse from the Torah ( Deuteronomy 6: 4 ): Shema Yisrael Adonai Eloheinu Adonai Echad —" Hear, O Israel!

The earliest parts of Jewish prayer are the Shema Yisrael (" Hear O Israel ") ( Deuteronomy 6: 4 et seq ), and the Priestly Blessing ( Numbers 6: 24-26 ), which are in the Torah.

The earliest parts of Jewish prayer book are the Shema Yisrael (" Hear O Israel ") ( Deuteronomy 6: 4 et seq ), and the Priestly Blessing ( Numbers 6: 24-26 ), which are in the Torah.

II Kings 14: 6 ) and " The Book of the Torah " ( Neh.

For example, the attributes of God ( also called the Thirteen Attributes of Mercy ) are enumerated in the Torah ( Exodus 34: 6 – 7 ).

Importantly, Maimonides, while enumerating the above, added the following caveat " There is no difference between Biblical statement ' his wife was Mehithabel ' 10, 6 on the one hand an " unimportant " verse, and ' Hear, O Israel ' on the other an " important " verse ... anyone who denies even such verses thereby denies God and shows contempt for his teachings more than any other skeptic, because he holds that the Torah can be divided into essential and non-essential parts ..." The uniqueness of the 13 fundamental beliefs was that even a rejection out of ignorance placed one outside Judaism, whereas the rejection of the rest of Torah must be a conscious act to stamp one as an unbeliever.

The Pharisees believed that the idea that all of the children of Israel were to be like priests was expressed elsewhere in the Torah, for example, when the Law itself was transferred from the sphere of the priesthood to every man in Israel ( Exodus 19: 29 – 24 ; Deuteronomy 6: 7, 11: 19 ; comp.

* According to R. Meir, when one studies Torah for its own sake ( Torah Lishma-תורה לשמה ) the creation of entire world is worthwhile for him alone, and he brings joy to G-d ( Avot 6: 1 ).

Torah study is counted amongst the 613 mitzvot (" commandments "), finding its source in the verse ( Deuteronomy 6: 7 ): " And you shall teach it to your children ," upon which the Talmud comments that " Study is necessary in order to teach.

Though man ought to be penitent every day ( Mishna Avoth Chap 2, 10 ; Talmud Shabbath 153a ), the first ten days of every year are the acceptable time announced by the prophet ( Isaiah 55: 6 ): " Seek the Lord while he may be found, call upon him while he is near " ( Talmud Rosh Hashan 18a ; Mishneh Torah Teshuva 2: 6 ).

The word sarap / seraphim appears three times in the Torah ( Numbers 21: 6-8, Deuteronomy 8: 15 ) and four times in the Book of Isaiah ( 6: 2-6, 14: 29, 30: 6 ).

In addition, many of the specific details of the Biblical mitzvot are only derived via rabbinical application of the Oral Torah ( Mishna / Gemarah ); for example, the reading of the Shema ( Deuteronomy 6: 4-7 ), the binding of the tefillin and the fixing of the mezuzah ( Deuteronomy 6: 8-9 ), and the saying of Grace After Meals ( Deuteronomy 8: 10 ).

Horites or Horim ( חרי ) were a cave-dwelling people mentioned in the Torah ( Genesis 14: 6, 36: 20, Deuteronomy 2: 12 ) inhabiting areas around Mount Seir.

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* According to the Mishnah, Torah wisdom is acquired via 48 ways ( Pirkei Avoth 6: 6 )

* The Mishneh Torah ( also known as the Yad HaHazaka for its 14 volumes ; " yad " has a numeric value of 14 ), by Maimonides ( Rambam ; 1135 – 1204 ).

Hadrian built a pagan idol on the Temple grounds and prohibited circumcision ; these acts of ethnocide provoked the Bar Kokhba revolt 132 – 136 CE after which the Romans banned the study of the Torah and the celebration of Jewish holidays, and forcibly removed virtually all Jews from Judea.

* Shemini Atzeret – 22 Tishrei ( combined with Simchat Torah in Israel )

* Simchat Torah outside Israel – 23 Tishrei

Kabbalah is considered by its followers as a necessary part of the study of Torah – the study of Torah ( the Tanakh and Rabbinic literature ) being an inherent duty of observant Jews .< ref >

* Kabbalist References: Zohar 3: 76b – 77a ; Zohar Sitrei Torah 1: 147b – 148b ; Zohar 2: 267b ; Bacharach ,' Emeq haMelekh, 19c ; Zohar 3: 19a ; Bacharach ,' Emeq haMelekh, 102d – 103a ; Zohar 1: 54b – 55a

Mosheh ben Maimon ( משה בן מימון )‎, called Moses Maimonides and also known as Mūsā ibn Maymūn (), or RaMBaM ( רמב " ם – Hebrew acronym for " Rabbi Mosheh Ben Maimon "), was a preeminent medieval Jewish philosopher and one of the most prolific and followed Torah scholars and physicians of the Middle Ages.

Maimonides studied Torah under his father Maimon, who had in turn studied under Rabbi Joseph ibn Migash – a student of Isaac Alfasi.

A significant proportion of students, especially boys, remain in yeshiva until marriage ( which is often arranged through facilitated dating – see shiduch ), and many study in a kollel ( Torah study institute for married men ) for many years after marriage.

Shlomo Yitzhaki (), or in Latin Salomon Isaacides, and today generally known by the acronym Rashi (, RAbbi SHlomo Itzhaki ; February 22, 1040 – July 13, 1105 ), was a medieval French rabbi and long highly esteemed as a major contribution Ashkenazi Jewry gave to Torah study.

Moses receives the Torah from God, and mediates His laws and Covenant ( Exodus 19 – 24 ) to the people of Israel.

In a similar vein, Rabbi Akiva ( ca. 50 – ca. 135CE ), is said to have learned a new law from every et ( את ) in the Torah ( Talmud, tractate Pesachim 22b ); the word et is meaningless by itself, and serves only to mark the direct object.

The Simchat Torah celebration is now the most distinctive feature of this festival – so much so that in Israel, where Shemini Atzeret lasts only one day, it is more common to refer to the day as " Simchat Torah " than as " Shemini Atzeret.

He added that Hurwitz was, "“ MaHaRa ” T – Manhigah Halakhtit Ruchanit Toranit – a halakhic, spiritual and Torah leader ; A full communal, congregational, religious leader, a full member of the clergy, leading with the unique voice of a woman.

Compliance with certain rites – immersion in a mikveh ( ritual bath ), brit milah ( circumcision ), and the acceptance of the mitzvot ( Commandments of Torah ) as binding – is the test of the would-be convert's faith.

* Lander College – a New York City based college, a division of Touro College, which offers " a superior college education for students committed to serious Beis Medrash learning in an atmosphere of Torah.

This is codified in the Mishna Avot 4: 29, the Babylonian Talmud in tractates Avodah Zarah 10b, and Ketubot 111b, and in Maimonides's 12th century law code, the Mishneh Torah, in Hilkhot Melachim ( Laws of Kings ) 8. 11.

According to the Hebrew Bible he returned from the Babylonian exile and reintroduced the Torah in Jerusalem ( Ezra 7-10 and Neh 8 ).

The Book of Ezra describes how he led a group of Judean exiles living in Babylon to their home city of Jerusalem ( Ezra 8. 2-14 ) where he enforced observance of the Torah and cleansed the community of mixed marriages.

8: 3 ) which seems to be a contraction of a fuller name, " The Book of the Torah of God " ( Neh.

The Mishkan was built so that Hashem could again reside amongst men, as the Torah states ( Shoot 25: 8 ): " They will build Me a Mishkan so that I may reside amongst them.

One of our children of 7 – 8 years knows better than they how to learn Torah.

The phrase " the book of the Torah " (< big > ספר התורה </ big >) in 2 Kings 22: 8 is identical to the phrase used in and to describe the sacred writings that Joshua had received from Moses.

The Jewish prohibition of pork comes from Torah, in the book Leviticus, Chapter 11, verses 2 through 8.

The Law of Moses ( Hebrew Torah Moshe ת ֹּ ור ַ ת מ ֹ ש ֶׁ ה, Septuagint Greek nomos Moyse νόμος Μωυσῆ ) is a term first found in Joshua 8: 31-32 where Joshua writes the words of " the Law of Moses " on the altar at Mount Ebal.

The division of parashot found in the modern-day Torah scrolls of all Ashkenazic, Sephardic, and Yemenite communities is based upon the systematic list provided by Maimonides in Mishneh Torah, Laws of Tefillin, Mezuzah and Torah Scrolls, Chapter 8.

See further: Mishneh Torah Shabbos 8: 2, 21: 5 ; Shulchan Aruch Orach Chayim 336 ; Chayei Adam Shabbos 11

See further: Mishneh Torah Shabbos 7: 3, 8: 1, 21: 2 – 4 ; Chayei Adam Shabbos 10

See further: Mishneh Torah Shabbos 8: 3 – 5, 21: 6 – 10 ; Chayei Adam Shabbos 12

See further: Mishneh Torah Shabbos 8: 5, 21: 11 ; Chayei Adam Shabbos 13

See further: Mishneh Torah Shabbos 8: 7 – 10, 21: 12 – 16 ; Shulkhan Arukh Orach Chayim 319 – 321 ; Chayei Adam Shabbos 14

See further: Mishneh Torah Shabbos 8: 11 – 13, 21: 17 ; Shulkhan Arukh Orach Chayim 319 ; Chayei Adam Shabbos 16

See further: Mishneh Torah Shabbos 8: 15, 21: 18 – 31 ; Shulkhan Arukh Orach Chayim 321 ; Chayei Adam Shabbos 17

See further: Mishneh Torah Shabbos 8: 14, 21: 32 ; Shulkhan Arukh Orach Chayim 321, 324 ; Chayei Adam Shabbos 18

See further: Mishneh Torah Shabbos 8: 16, 21: 33 – 36 ; Shulkhan Arukh Orach Chayim 321, 324 ; Chayei Adam Shabbos 19

Debate on the book was eventually to centre on chapters 6, 7, and 8: The Torah and Modern Criticism, A Synthesis of the Traditional and Critical Views and Bible Difficulties.