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Jewish Sacred Text Read pages 125-126 (stop at the end of “Parts of the Tanakh ”)

Jewish Sacred Text Read pages 125-126 (stop at the end of “Parts of the Tanakh ”). The Torah. The sacred writings of Judaism are called the Torah . The name is translated as meaning “law”, “revelation” or “teaching”. The term Torah refers to the:

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Jewish Sacred Text Read pages 125-126 (stop at the end of “Parts of the Tanakh ”)

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  1. Jewish Sacred TextRead pages 125-126 (stop at the end of “Parts of the Tanakh”)

  2. The Torah • The sacred writings of Judaism are called the Torah. The name is translated as meaning “law”, “revelation” or “teaching”. • The term Torah refers to the: • Laws of Moses (the first 5 books of the Hebrew Bible) • entire belief system of the Jewish faith • entire Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) • The commentaries (e.g. Talmud) because of the study that went into them, are considered to be as valid as the laws of Moses.

  3. Torah Study Studying Torah has kept the Jewish people focused on God. Education and study are important Jewish values. Other important values are worship/prayer and loving-kindness. Studying Torah is allowed on Shabbat Jewish people try to study Torah in all its forms (written and oral) .

  4. Torah Scrolls • In Jewish services, the SeferTorahis read. • It is written on parchment in Hebrew • The scrolls are stored in the Holy Ark, symbolizing the ark that was made to house the Ten Commandments during the Exodus. • The scrolls are touched only with a pointer • it is seen as an honour for a congregant to be asked to open/close the Ark.

  5. The Hebrew Bible • The Hebrew Bible includes the 5 books of Moses, but also other books that are shared with Christians. • Another name for the Hebrew Bible is Tanakh. • The Tanakh includes the books of Moses, the writings of the prophets and other writings (e.g. Psalms) • The Hebrew Bible and the Christian (Greek) Bible arrange the books in a different order • The Christian Bible also contains 27 extra books that tell the stories of Jesus and Christianity.

  6. The Talmud and “Halakhah” (the oral Torah) • The Talmud is an enormous book of Jewish laws and teachings of morality. • the Pharisees were strict about following the laws of ritual purity – to be holy, a person needs to only come in contact with holy and pure things. • The laws of ritual purity include food (kashrut laws about food preparation, combination and appropriateness), coming in contact with corpses, impure people, and women who are menstruating.

  7. The Talmud and “Halakhah” (the oral Torah) • The laws originally were kept by the priests in the Temple – purity allowed them to perform their sacrifice. • After the destruction of the Temple, the laws were compiled in the Talmud. • The Talmud is written in the form of layers of commentary.

  8. In the centre of this page is the original teaching (could be a Midrash (story) or a law) – surrounding it are teachings of various rabbis over the centuries

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