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  • 1TORAH — (Heb. תּוֹרָה). The Term Torah is derived from the root ירה which in the hifil conjugation means to teach (cf. Lev. 10:11). The meaning of the word is therefore teaching, doctrine, or instruction ; the commonly accepted law gives a wrong… …

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  • 2Torah study — is the study by Jewish people of the Torah, Hebrew Bible, Talmud, responsa, rabbinic literature and similar works, all of which are Judaism s religious texts. Ideally within Judaism it is done for the purpose of the mitzvah ( commandment ) of… …

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  • 3Torah Umadda — (Hebrew: תּוֹרָה וּמַדָּע, Torah and secular knowledge ) is a philosophy of Modern Orthodox Judaism, concerning the interrelationship between the secular world and Judaism, and in particular between secular knowledge and Jewish knowledge. The… …

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  • 4Torah Umesorah - National Society for Hebrew Day Schools — (or Torah Umesorah תורה ומסורה) is an Orthodox Jewish organization that fosters and promotes Torah based Jewish religious education in North America by supporting and developing a loosely affiliated network of 700 independent private Jewish day… …

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  • 5Torah SheBe'al Pe — La Torah Orale (héb. תורה שבעל פה, Torah SheBe al Pe) est pour sa majeure partie l exégèse non écrite sur le Texte qui a été transmise, selon la tradition rabbinique, de Sage en Sage par voie orale, selon les modalités décrites dans la première… …

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  • 6Torah — • Signifies first direction, instruction , as, for instance, the instruction of parents, or of the wise Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Torah     Torah      …

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  • 7Torah Bright — Torah (Jane) Bright (born December 27 1986, Cooma, Australia) is an Australian snowboarder. She turned pro at age 14 and finished fifth in snowboarding for Australia at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. She is a committed Mormon and… …

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  • 8TORAH — Le judaïsme se distingue des autres religions révélées par le fait qu’il place au centre de la révélation la T 拏rah , la « Loi ». Non qu’il faille confondre Loi et légalisme: à côté des prescriptions religieuses, éthiques et sociales, la T 拏rah… …

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  • 9Torah reading — (: {l1|Triennial cycle}#if:{2| } #if:{3|}|,|and{l2|{2#if:{3|} #if:{4|}|,|,and{l3|{3#if:{4|} #if:{5|}|,|,and{l4|{4#if:{5|} #if:{6|}|,|,and{l5|{5#if:{6|} #if:{7|}|,|,and{l6|{6#if:{7|} #if:{8|}|,|,and{l7|{7#if:{8| …

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  • 10TORAH UMESORAH — (National Society for Hebrew Day Schools). The largest national body serving 700 Orthodox day schools in North America, the Torah Umesorah was founded in 1944 by Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz. From 1946 its national director was Joseph… …

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