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Torah

noun

(pl. toroth)

The whole body of the Jewish sacred writings and tradition including the oral tradition.

The first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Hebrew Bible considered as a unit. Synonyms: Laws, Pentateuch.

(Judaism) the scroll of parchment on which the first five books of the Hebrew Scripture is written; is used in a synagogue during services.

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... world, with great portals far outflung, Holding a hope more sweet than time had sung, To which the Jew, of life's high quest a part, A pilgrim came, the Torah in his heart. A land of promise, and fulfillment too; Where on a sudden olden dreams came true.... Here grew we part of an ennobled state, Gave and won honor, sat among the great, And saw unfolding to our 'raptured view The day long prayed ...

— The New Land - Stories of Jews Who Had a Part in the Making of Our Country • Elma Ehrlich Levinger

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