The Torah begins with a description of the origin of the universe and ends on the wordIsrael,after the story of the death of Moses, just before the conquest of Canaan by the Israelites. In a wider sense the Torah includes all teachings of Judaism, the entire Hebrew Bible and the Talmud....
Total Number of Verses in Hebrew Bible: 23206Total Number of Letters in Hebrew Bible: 1197120Total Number of Letter א in Hebrew Bible: 95685 Total Number of Letter ב in Hebrew Bible: 65216 Total Number of Letter ג in Hebrew Bible: 10080 Total Number of Letter ד in Hebrew Bible:...
Shema, (Hebrew: “Hear”), the Jewish confession of faith made up of three scriptural texts (Deuteronomy 6:4–9, 11:13–21; Numbers 15:37–41), which, together with appropriate prayers, forms an integral part of the evening and morning services. The name derives from the initial word ...
A passage selected from the Prophets, read in synagogue services on the Sabbath following each lesson from the Torah. [Mishnaic Hebrewhapṭārâ,conclusion, fromhipṭîr,to conclude, dismiss, derived stem of Hebrewpāṭar,to separate, discharge; seepṭrinIndo-European roots.] ...
In some Torah Scrolls, eight Hebrew letters are given special adornment by attaching three "tagin" or crownlets to them. Collectively these letters are sometimes called "sha'atnezgets" letters. Some people have said that these crownlets are the "tittles" referred to by Jesus in Matthew 5:...
This probably implies a greater antiquity for the sections which are thus designated, although the divisions into 5,845 verses, which seem to be still older, have no outward marks. The system of chapters was introduced into the editions of the Hebrew Bible, and hence into the Torah, from ...
Read divrei torah on every weekly sedrah as well as festivals, hebrew months and essays on Jewish life.
The English names for each of the Torah’s five book are actually Greek, and like the Rabbinic names for the books, they describe the contents. The common names for the books come from a significant word in the beginning verses of the book. The following are the names of the five books...
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The point is that in the Torah’s picture of the scene, I was never standing there in the first place. The Masculine Tone of the Verses Am I being too sensitive? I do not think so. So that I am not suspected of exaggerating, I here reproduce the 1985 JPS (Jewish Publication society...