Torah, The

What is Torah? What is a commandment? What is revelation? What happened at Sinai? In this second in a six-part course on core Jewish beliefs, we set out to understand how Judaism views the Torah as much more than a set of laws.

With teachings, traditions, and narratives stretching back 37 centuries, how do we know they haven't been altered and even unrecognizably disfigured from their original iterations? And, is there any way to be certain that these stories really happened and...

What exactly is the translation and meaning of the word “Torah”? And what is its significance in our lives?

Learn the deeper reasons why the first letter of the Torah is actually a ‘beis’ – the second letter of the Hebrew alphabet – and not an ‘alef’.

We engage with Torah in three ways, the ultimate being to receive the gift of G-d’s wisdom.

How creative can we get with divine wisdom and still call it that?

Refraining from sharing Torah knowledge is cast in a profoundly negative light; as even still gestating fetuses in their mother’s wombs curse this individual! Yet, the gravest consequence is the loss of that very knowledge he will suffer. On a sunnier not...

The twelve Torah passages (known as the 12 Pesukim) present the Torah’s fundamental ideas empowering us with the spiritual strength needed to face the current challenges in life. The first step is the verse “Torah Tzivah” (“The Torah that Moshe commanded ...