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