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The Torah | |
What is it? | |
Why is it so important to the | |
Jewish people? | |
Introduction | |
The Torah is the | |
sacred text of the | |
Jewish people. | |
Traditional Jewish | |
people believe that | |
God told Moses all of | |
the Torah on Mount | |
Sinai, and that Moses | |
wrote down his exact | |
words. | |
Introduction | |
Less traditional Jewish | |
people believe that | |
people inspired by | |
God wrote the Torah. | |
Almost all Jewish | |
people believe that | |
God gave Moses the | |
ten commandments. | |
Can you name any? | |
What’s in the Torah? | |
The word Torah actually means ‘teaching’. | |
The Torah is made up of five books, also | |
known as the five books of Moses. | |
These books are called: Genesis, Exodus, | |
Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. | |
When Jewish people talk about the Torah, | |
they sometimes include other important | |
books written by people to help explain the | |
Jewish laws. | |
What’s in the Torah? | |
The Torah is a mixture | |
of stories and | |
teachings. | |
One famous story is | |
about how God | |
created the first human | |
beings. Can you | |
remember what this | |
story is called? | |
Book of rules | |
The Torah contains | |
lots of instructions | |
about how Jewish | |
people should live. | |
Altogether, there are | |
613 commandments | |
like this. | |
What do you think “Kosher” Means? | |
They tell Jewish people how to pray, what to eat | |
and which festivals to celebrate. | |
The Torah Scroll | |
The Torah that is read | |
in the Synagogue is | |
written on a scroll. | |
They are made by | |
specially trained | |
people, written on | |
parchment. | |
They are not allowed | |
to leave in any | |
mistakes! | |
When they are | |
finished, the scrolls a | |
decorated as | |
beautifully as possible. | |
The decorated Torah | |
What does the Torah teach? | |
In the Torah, rules for everyday life are only | |
talked about very briefly. | |
Over thousands of years, Rabbis have | |
talked about what the Torah meant and | |
came up with details of how Jewish people | |
should live their lives. | |
Lots of these ideas can be seen on the next | |
page. | |
Conclusion | |
The Torah is the “instruction manual” for | |
being Jewish. Not every Jewish person | |
follows all the rules, but all Jews see the | |
Torah as being sacred and special. | |
It has lots of stories in it that make up the | |
‘Old Testament’ for Christians and Muslims | |
too. | |
What do you think about the Torah? | |