the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud | the first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Hebrew Bible considered as a unit |
Jews collectively who practice a religion based on the Torah and the Talmud | the whole body of the Jewish sacred writings and tradition including the oral tradition |
| (Judaism) the scroll of parchment on which the first five books of the Hebrew Scripture is written; is used in a synagogue during services |