The Torah describes the first day of the seventh month ( 1st of Tishri = Rosh ha-Shanah ) as a zikron teruˁah (; memorial of blowing ; Lev.

Halakha (; literally " walking "), the rabbinic Jewish way of life is based on a combined reading of the Torah, and the oral tradition, including the Mishnah, the halakhic Midrash, the Talmud, and its commentaries.

Shema Yisrael ( or Sh ' ma Yisrael ) (; " Hear, Israel ") are the first two words of a section of the Torah, and are the title ( sometimes shortened to simply " Shema ") of a prayer that serves as a centerpiece of the morning and evening Jewish prayer services.

According to the Torah, Jochebed (; ) was a daughter of Levi and mother of Aaron, Miriam and Moses.

Marriage with a brother's widow is forbidden by the Torah (; ), except for the case of yibbum.

A Sefer Torah (; plural: Sifrei Torah ; " Book ( s ) of Torah " or " Torah scroll ( s )") is a handwritten copy of the Torah or Pentateuch, the holiest book within Judaism.

The Hebrew Bible is composed of three parts ; the Torah ( Instruction, the Septuagint translated the Hebrew to nomos or Law ), the Nevi ' im ( Prophets ) and the Ketuvim ( Writings ).

Although the Hebrew term " Torah " is often translated as " Law ", its actual meaning is " Instruction " or " Teaching ".

Thus, in Judaism, the " Written Instruction " ( Torah she-bi-khtav תורה שבכתב ) comprises the Torah and the rest of the Tanakh ; the " Oral Instruction " ( Torah she-be ' al peh תורה שבעל פה ) was ultimately recorded in the Talmud ( lit.

Messianic believers define sin as transgression of the Torah ( Law / Instruction ) of God ( 1 John 3: 4 – 5 ).

The Book of Jubilees claims to present " the history of the division of the days of the Law, of the events of the years, the year-weeks, and the jubilees of the world " as revealed to Moses ( in addition to the Torah or " Instruction ") by Angels while he was on Mount Sinai for forty days and forty nights.

These writers, especially James B. Jordan, argued that the Mosaic revelation is Torah, meaning Teaching / Instruction, and did not contain a law code ( nomos ) as such.

In his work Mishneh Torah ( 1178 ), Maimonides included a chapter " Sanctification of the New Moon ", in which he discusses the calendrical rules and their scriptural basis.

Halakha constitutes the practical application of the 613 mitzvot (" commandments ", singular: mitzvah ) in the Torah, ( the five books of Moses, the " Written Law ") as developed through discussion and debate in the classical rabbinic literature, especially the Mishnah and the Talmud ( the " Oral law "), and as codified in the Mishneh Torah or Shulchan Aruch ( the Jewish " Code of Law ".

So " Elohim " could refer to any number of " rulers ", such as angels, false gods ( as defined by Torah ), or even human holders of power including rulers or judges within Israel, as described in, without violating the parameters of monotheism.

Sukkot concludes with Shemini Atzeret, where Jews begin to pray for rain and Simchat Torah, " Rejoicing of the Torah ", a holiday which marks reaching the end of the Torah reading cycle and beginning all over again.

As fellow monotheists, Muslims view Jews as " people of the book ", a term that Jews have subsequently adopted as a way of describing their own connection to the Torah and other holy texts.

The verb " pasàch " () is first mentioned in the Torah account of the Exodus from Egypt (), and there is some debate about its exact meaning: the commonly held assumption that it means " He passed over ", in reference to God " passing over " the houses of the Hebrews during the final of the Ten Plagues of Egypt, stems from the translation provided in the Septuagint ( παρελευσεται in, and εσκεπασεν in ).

* " Sense and Sensibilities: Women and Torah Study ", Bryna Levy, Jewish Action, Winter 1998, 59 ( 2 ).

With the exception of Yom Kippur, which is referred to in the Torah as the " Shabbat of Shabbats ", days of public fasting are postponed or advanced if they coincide with Shabbat.

The name is an acronym formed from the initial Hebrew letters of the Masoretic Text's three traditional subdivisions: The Torah (" Teaching ", also known as the Five Books of Moses ), Nevi ' im (" Prophets ") and Ketuvim (" Writings ")— hence TaNaKh.

The Talmud ( Hebrew: " instruction, learning ", from a root " teach, study ") is a central text of mainstream Judaism, considered second to the Torah.

For instance, it serves as a major source in the Torah commentary of Shlomo Yitzhaki, " Rashi ", and therefor has always been the standard fare for Ashkenaz's ( French, central European, and German ) Jews.

The word is an acronym formed from the initial Hebrew letters of the three traditional subdivisions of the Tanakh: The Torah (" Teaching ", also known as the Five Books of Moses or Pentateuch ), the Nevi ' im (" Prophets ") and the Ketuvim (" Writings ").

Maimonides, in his Commentary to the Mishna ( preface to chapter " Chelek ", Tractate Sanhedrin ), and is his Mishneh Torah, ( in the Laws of the foundations of the Torah, ch.

" Some scholars hold that Jesus ' quote " Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you ", is based on a Jewish figure of speech referring to studying the Torah.

The materials for the history of the first period are scattered remarks in Talmudic and Midrashic literature, in the post-Talmudical treatises Masseket Sefer Torah and Masseket Soferim, and in a Masoretic chain of tradition found in ben Asher's " Diḳduḳe ha-Ṭe ' amim ", § 69 and elsewhere.

A former campus rabbi of Bar-Ilan University, Hess published in the university's student paper in February 1980 an article on " The Genocide Commandment in the Torah ", in which he concluded that:

They point out that in Acts 21 Jewish believers in Jerusalem are described as " zealous for Torah ", and that Paul himself never stopped being observant.

*" Bi ' ur " or " Perush ' al ha-Torah ", commentary on the Torah

Additionally, whereas the Modern Orthodox position is ( generally ) presented as " unquestioned allegiance to the primacy of Torah, and that the apprehension of all other intellectual disciplines must be rooted and viewed through the prism of Torah ", Haredi groups have sometimes compared Modern Orthodoxy with early Reform Judaism in Germany: Modern Orthodox Rabbis have been criticised for attempting to modify Jewish law, in adapting Judaism to the needs of the modern world.

The Book of Numbers ( from Greek Ἀριθμοί, Arithmoi ;, Bəmidbar, " In the desert ") is the fourth book of the Hebrew Bible, and the fourth of five books of the Jewish Torah.

The Book of Deuteronomy ( from Greek Δευτερονόμιον, Deuteronomion, " second law ";, Devarim, " words ") is the fifth book of the Hebrew Bible, and of the Jewish Torah / Pentateuch.

In parts of the Torah portion Noach (" Noah ") ( specifically,,, ) it is implied that the months are thirty days long.

According to the Talmud ( Tractate Makot ), there are 613 mitzvot (" commandments ") in the Torah ; in Hebrew these are known as the Taryag mitzvot תרי " ג מצוות.

* Shavuot (" Pentecost " or " Feast of Weeks ") celebrates the revelation of the Torah to the Israelites on Mount Sinai.

Sefirah is the 49 day (" seven weeks ") period between Pesach and Shavuot ; it is defined by the Torah as the period during which special offerings are to be brought to the Temple in Jerusalem.

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 Book of Leviticus ( from Greek Λευιτικός, Leuitikos, meaning " relating to the Levites ";, Vayiqra, " And He called ") is the third book of the Hebrew Bible, and the third of five books of the Torah ( or Pentateuch ).

The Mishnah teaches the oral traditions by example, presenting actual cases being brought to judgment, usually along with the debate on the matter and the judgment that was given by a wise and notable rabbi based on the halacha, mitzvot, and spirit of the teaching (" Torah ") that guided his sentencing.

Orthodox Judaism is the approach to religious Judaism which adheres to the interpretation and application of the laws and ethics of the Torah as legislated in the Talmudic texts by the Sanhedrin (" Oral Torah ") and subsequently developed and applied by the later authorities known as the Gaonim, Rishonim, and Acharonim.

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.

Readings from the Torah ( five books of Moses ) and the Nevi ' im (" Prophets ") form part of the prayer services.

" Joy of the Torah ") is celebrated.

According to Rabbinic literature, God via the Torah commands Jews to observe ( refrain from forbidden activity ) and remember ( with words, thoughts, and actions ) the Shabbat, and these two actions are symbolized by the two Shabbat candles which are lit 18 to 40 minutes (" Tosefet Shabbat ") before the onset of Shabbat by Jewish women, usually the mother / wife, though men who live alone are required to do so themselves.

Though different Christian denominations have slightly different versions of the Old Testament in their Bibles, the Torah as the " Five Books of Moses " ( or " the Mosaic Law ") is common among them all.

The Torah ( ת ּ ו ֹ ר ָ ה, literally " teaching ") consists of five books, commonly referred to as the " Five Books of Moses ".

While some Haredi ( including Hasidic ) yeshivas ( also known as " Talmudical / Rabbinical schools or academies ") do grant official semicha (" ordination ") to many students wishing to become rabbis, most of the students within the yeshivas engage in learning Torah or Talmud without the goal of becoming rabbis or holding any official positions.