Beth Chayim Chadashim, established in 1972 in West Los Angeles, was the world's first explicitly-gay-and-lesbian-centered synagogue, resulting in a slew of Reform congregations being established along similar lines, including Congregation Beit Simchat Torah in New York City, Bet Mishpachah in Washington, D. C. and Congregation Or Chadash in Chicago.

* Siddur Torah Or ( the Alter Rebbe's original edition )

Another very useful study aid, found in almost all editions of the Talmud, consists of the marginal notes Torah Or, Ein Mishpat Ner Mitzvah and Masoret ha-Shas by the Italian rabbi Joshua Boaz, which give references respectively to the cited Biblical passages, to the relevant halachic codes and to related Talmudic passages.

Florence, 1750 ); to Menahem Lonzano, who composed a treatise on the Masorah of the Pentateuch entitled " Or Torah "; and in particular to Jedidiah Norzi, whose " Minḥat Shai " contains valuable Masoretic notes based on a careful study of manuscripts.

He was the author of many works, and is best known for Shulchan Aruch HaRav, Tanya and his Siddur Torah Or compiled according to the Nusach Ari.

His teachings appear in Magid Devarav L ' Yaakov, Or Torah, Likutim Yekarim, Or Ha ' emet, Kitvei Kodesh, Shemuah Tovah, and in the works authored by his disciples.

Many of his teachings were recorded by his disciples and appeared in anthologies " MaggiD DebaraV le-Ya ' akoV " ( מגיד דבריו ליעקב the last letters of which title spell " Dov "), known also under the title of Likkutei Amarim (" Collected Sayings "), published at Korets in 1780 ( second edition with additions Korets 1784 ), and frequently reprinted ; Likkutim Yekarim (" Precious Collections "), published at Lemberg in 1792 ; Or Torah ( the largest collection ) published in Korets 1804 ; Or Ha ' emet published in Husiatin 1899 ; Kitvei Kodesh ( small collection ) published in Lemberg 1862 ; Shemu ' ah Tovah ( small collection ) published in Warsaw 1938.

Or Torah has appeared in an authoritative, annotated edition with introduction, commentaries, comprehensive cross-references and detailed indices, authored by Rabbi Jacob Immanuel Schochet ( Brooklyn NY 2006 ).

The masthead of this publication read: " B ' nai Or is a Jewish Fellowship established for the service of G-d through prayer, Torah, celebration, meditation, tradition, and mysticism.

A similar design is in the Or Torah synagogue in Skokie, Illinois.

“ Should Jewish law forbid smoking ?” B ’ Or ha ’ Torah 8 ( 1993 )

* Or Torah Synagogue in Acre, Israel

“ Should Jewish law forbid smoking ?” B ’ Or ha ’ Torah 8 ( 1993 ))

Chabad yeshivot, for example, study the Tanya, the Likutei Torah, and the voluminous works of the Rebbes of Chabad for an hour and a half each morning, before prayers, and an hour and a half in the evening.

He compiled major works of Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi for publication, including the Siddur L ' Kol Ha ' Shanah ( commonly known as Siddur Im Dach ), Likutei Torah and Torah Ohr.

The laws contained in the Written Torah were given along with detailed explanations as how to apply and interpret them, the Oral Law.

The words of the Torah ( Pentateuch ) were spoken to Moses by God ; the laws contained in this Written Torah, the Mitzvot, were given along with detailed explanations in the oral tradition as to how to apply and interpret them.

He was prompted to write it by three motives: ( 1 ) to satisfy the minds of students of the Law and stimulate their interest by a critical examination of the text ; ( 2 ) to justify the ways of God and discover the hidden meanings of the words of Scripture, " for in the Torah are hidden every wonder and every mystery, and in her treasures is sealed every beauty of wisdom "; ( 3 ) to soothe the minds of the students by simple explanations and pleasant words when they read the appointed sections of the Pentateuch on Sabbaths and festivals.

When Hasidic thought addresses traditional questions, such as Divine Providence, immanence and transcendence, it offers " Inner Torah " explanations of spirituality, that can also be harmonised with the explanations of the " Revealed Torah ".

They appeared in 1890 in two volumes entitled Sefer Naḥalat Yehoshua, Liber Hereditatis Josuæ, Commentationes in Plerosque Talmudi Babylonii Tractatus Additis Commentationibus in Pentateuchum, and consisted of Talmudic novellae and of explanations of passages in the Torah.

Instead, they developed a daily and weekly service of readings from the Torah, and possibly also the Prophets, followed by commentary.

* The Baal kriyah or baal koreh ( master of the reading ) reads the weekly Torah portion.

" This name actually refers to a special " ceremony ": the last weekly Torah portion is read from Deuteronomy, completing the annual cycle, and is followed immediately by the reading of the first chapter of Genesis.

In modern Judaism the Torah is divided into weekly Torah portions, so that the Torah is read publicly over the course of a year in the Shabbat morning service.

In most Orthodox synagogues, women do no to give a d ' var Torah ( brief discourse, generally on the weekly Torah portion ) after or between services.

Separately, the cycle of completing an annual public reading of the Torah through weekly Torah portions concludes at this time of the year.

Nevertheless, the Karaite cycle of weekly Torah reading, like the Rabbinic cycle, reaches its conclusion on Shemini Atzeret.

* In the Leeser Bible, an asterisk is used to mark off the seven subdivisions of the weekly Torah portion.

* Pinchas ( parsha ), the 41st weekly Torah portion

On Mondays, Thursdays and Sabbaths, a weekly Torah portion was read publicly in the synagogues, following the tradition of public Torah readings instituted by Ezra.

* The weekly Torah portion with its Meforshim (" Rabbinic commentators ")

* Shnayim mikra ve-echad targum: study of the weekly Torah portion together with the Aramaic Targum

* The Seder ha-Mishmarah, used by some Jews of Near and Middle Eastern origin, in which each weekly Torah portion is studied together with sections from Neviim and Ketuvim and the Mishnah so that all these works are read in full in the course of the year: this too has been published in book form under the title Ḥoq le-Ya ' akob.

A D ' var Torah ( Heb: דבר תורה ) ( Plural: Divrei Torah ) is a talk on topics relating to a section ( parashah ) of the Torah – typically the weekly Torah portion.

In another archetypical example, related by Habad Hasidim, their founder Schneur Zalman of Liadi would read out the weekly Torah portion in the Sabbath synagogue.

Balak is also the name of the weekly parshah or portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading that tells the story of Balak in the Book of Numbers.

These talks usually centered on the weekly Torah portion and were then transcribed by followers known as choizerim and distributed widely.

* Weekly Torah portions in Exodus: Shemot, Va ' eira, Bo, Beshalach, Yitro, Mishpatim, Terumah, Tetzaveh, Ki Tisa, Vayakhel, and Pekudei

It determines the dates for Jewish holidays and the appropriate public reading of Torah portions, yahrzeits ( dates to commemorate the death of a relative ), and daily Psalm reading, among many ceremonial uses.

This and some other examples of apparent comparison between Greek myths and the " key characters " in the Old Testament / Torah have led recent biblical scholars to suggest a Hellenistic influence in the composition of the earlier portions of the Hebrew Bible.

* Great resource of Torah ( for the Shabbat Torah portions )

* Weekly Torah portions discussing Zelophehad's daughters: Pinchas and Masei

* Weekly Torah portion and links to articles on individual Torah portions found there

* Likkutei Sichot – 39 volume set of Schneerson's discourses on the weekly Torah portions, Jewish Holidays, and other issues.

See also: Torah portions on Joseph: Vayeshev, Miketz, Vayigash, and Vayechi

These sections of the Torah are read in the weekly Torah portions Va ' etchanan, Eikev, and Shlach, respectively.

It is thought that there was once a cycle for reading the Psalms, parallel to the triennial cycle for Torah reading, as the number of psalms ( 150 ) is similar to the number of Torah portions in that cycle, and remnants of this tradition exist in Italy.

The classical documentary hypothesis as developed in the late 19th century assumed that the Elohist portions of the Torah were composed in the 9th century BCE ( i. e. during the early period of the Kingdom of Judah ).

Among these are The Living Torah and Nach by Aryeh Kaplan and others, the Torah and other portions in an ongoing project by Everett Fox, and the ArtScroll Tanakh.