The Book of Genesis is the longest book of the Torah (Pentateuch). It contains 50 chapters and 1,533 verses. According to the timeline data provided in the book, it documents a global and national ...

Why do we call the fifth book of the Torah, which we start this week Devarim, but non-Jews (and some Jews) call it Deuteronomy? The text of the Torah, otherwise known as the Five Books of Moses, was ...

There are two parts to the commandment of Torah study: the first is to know the Torah’s instructions for guiding one’s life.

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Ezra the scribe stands on a wooden platform and reads the Torah aloud from first light until midday to a crowd of men, women ...

When challenged by a proselyte to “teach me the whole Torah while I balance on one foot,” the first-century sage Shammai grabbed a ruler and chased the poor man away. This harsh response expressed the ...

The Torah is made up of the first five books of the Bible: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. Both Christians and Jews revere these books as containing incredible wisdom and a wealth ...

Martin Buber is one of the great Jewish thinkers and activists of the past century. His philosophy of “I and Thou” and his ideology of “Hebrew Humanism” have been extremely influential worldwide. I ...

In a new book, Florida Shliach Rabbi Pinchas Taylor examines abortion, immigration and gun control through Torah and the ...

Revered today as one of Judaism’s greatest thinkers, Maimonides once faced fierce opposition over his legal rulings and ...

Visitors to the Riyadh International Book Fair in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, have been captivated by a rare exhibit in the Arab world – a large scroll of a Torah manuscript in Hebrew. This manuscript ...