Is the Mishnah the same as the Torah? "Mishnah" is thename given to the sixty-three tractates that HaNasi systematically codified, which in turn are divided into six "orders." Unlike the Torah, in which, for example, laws of the Sabbath are scattered throughout the books of Exodus, Lev...
gemara– the written-down version of the Oral Torah gemach– an acronym for gemilas chasadim (acts of kindness). A gemach is basically a place where you can get stuff for reduced cost, or free. I got my wedding dress from a gemach, just borrowed it, cleaned it, and there you go. ...
The Torah dictates that husband and wife are to be one "flesh" (Genesis 2:24), and while the act of eating certainly unifies the eater with her food, the act of copulation does not make husband and wife a Siamese twin. Instead, husband and wife are to form a conjoined conscious mind...