Mishneh Torah

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Torah (Hebrew: תורה) is a Hebrew word that means "instructions". When most people say the word Torah they either mean the whole Jewish Bible, the Tanakh...

traditional Jewish oral law. Maimonides completed these books, called Mishneh Torah, in about 1178. They are one of the most important collections of Jewish...

term Chumash (also Ḥumash, Hebrew: חומש) is a term for Torah in printed form, unlike the Torah scroll. The word comes from the Hebrew word for five, ḥamesh...

of the synagogue, the Ark. This is a closet which has the Torah scrolls inside. The Torah scrolls have the holy writings of Judaism on them. The Ark...

use our lips instead of offering bulls as sacrifices." Numbers 28:1–8 Mishneh Torah, Hilkhot Tefillah 1:6 Numbers 28:9–10 Numbers 28:11–15 Numbers 28:16–31...

Hoboken, NJ: KTAV Publishing House. p. 225. ISBN 0-88125-604-8. See Mishneh Torah Hilchot Shabbat 30:9. Koren Sacks Siddur pp. 362-3. Shulchan Aruch Orach...

and believes in Jewish mysticism. While Hasidim study the same books of Torah as the rest of Judaism, they focus on learning the hidden aspects of the...

"writings") is the third and final section of the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible), after Torah (instruction) and Nevi'im (prophets). It includes: Tehillim – Psalms Mishlei...

halakha at a seminary or yeshiva. The primary role of a rabbi is to teach Torah. In addition, rabbis often act as the religious leader of a Jewish community...

called the Tanakh is the Biblical canon of Hebrew scriptures, including the Torah, Nevi'im and Ketuvim. These texts are almost exclusively in Hebrew, with...

the Torah. There are about 15 million followers. They are called Jews or Jewish people. It is the second oldest monotheistic religion. The Torah is the...

lunar, still uses a similar procedure today. The Code of Maimonides (Mishneh Torah), Book Three (Book of "Times" or "Seasons"), Treatise Eight: Laws of...

to the Religion of Non-Violence, Mohtilal Banarsidass, 1998 Rambam, Mishneh Torah, Hilkhot Melachim, ch. 11-12 Bukhari, Kitab Ahadith al-Ambiya; Bab:...

Sephardi Jew. His Shulchan Aruch provided a summary of Jewish law from the Torah and Talmud as understood by Sephardi Jews. A few years later, a Polish Rabbi...

Amalek was a nation in the Torah and Old Testament whose people called the Amalekites were enemies of the Israelites. In the Book of Genesis, Chapter...

olam” (from Hebrew) – repairing the world. This origin of the idea in the Torah (the first five books of the Tanakh, which are also included in the Christian...

It was the place where Jews brought all the offerings described in the Torah. The First Temple, also called Solomon's Temple, was built by King Solomon...

2013. Retrieved 7 March 2013. Exodus 20:7 Deuteronomy 5:11 Maimonides, Mishneh Torah, Hilchot Shabbat 5:1 Meiri on Babylonian Talmud Shabbat 25b Psalms 104:15...

they rarely write it down outside of their most holy books, such as the Torah. Other names include Ha-Elohim, Ha-El, Shaddai, Tzeva-ot, ‘Ha-Elyon, and...