1
: the body of wisdom and law contained in Jewish Scripture and other sacred literature and oral tradition
2
: the five books of Moses constituting the Pentateuch
3
: a leather or parchment scroll of the Pentateuch used in a synagogue for liturgical purposes
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However, many Haredim choose to study Torah instead.
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Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 12 June 2025
The ceremony featured all nine women together, taking turns reciting prayers and reading from a 120-year-old Torah, a relic from the Holocaust.
—Jessica Tzikas, Sun Sentinel, 12 June 2025
Not a bit of it: in fact, his father presided over the Mayer family table at night wearing a yarmulke and pursued his own obsessions as a Torah scholar by day.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
Rabbi David Steinhardt has served as Senior Rabbi at B’nai Torah Congregation in Boca Raton since 1994.
—Rabbi David Steinhardt, Sun Sentinel, 28 May 2025
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Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 12 June 2025
The ceremony featured all nine women together, taking turns reciting prayers and reading from a 120-year-old Torah, a relic from the Holocaust.
—Jessica Tzikas, Sun Sentinel, 12 June 2025
Not a bit of it: in fact, his father presided over the Mayer family table at night wearing a yarmulke and pursued his own obsessions as a Torah scholar by day.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
Rabbi David Steinhardt has served as Senior Rabbi at B’nai Torah Congregation in Boca Raton since 1994.
—Rabbi David Steinhardt, Sun Sentinel, 28 May 2025
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Torah
noun
To·rah
ˈtōr-ə 
ˈtȯr-;
ˈtȯi-rə
1
: the wisdom and law contained in Jewish Scripture and other sacred writings and in oral tradition
2
: a scroll containing the first five books of the Old Testament used in a synagogue for religious services
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