Torah

The Torah, also known as the Written Torah in Rabbinic Judaism, is the primary religious text for Judaism.

It consists of five books:

• Genesis
• Exodus
• Leviticus
• Numbers
• Deuteronomy

The original language of the Torah is Hebrew. The Hebrew characters for Torah are תורה.

Translations of these books are included in the Christian Bible.

The readings in the Torah are broken into portions or "parashot" for each week during the year. The following is a listing of those parashot organized by "book".

Book	Parashot
Bereshit / Genesis	Bereshit (parsha) Noach Lekh-L'kha Vayera Haye Sarah Toldot Vayetze Vayishlah Vayeshev Miketz Vayigash Vayehi
Sh'mot / Exodus	Sh'mot (parsha) Vaera Bo B'shalah Yitro Mishpatim Terumah Tetzaveh Ki Tissa Vayakhel Pekudei
Vayikra / Leviticus	Vayikra (parsha) Tzav Shemini Tazria Metzora Ahare Mot Kedoshim Emor B'har B'hukotai
B'midbar / Numbers	B'midbar (parsha) Naso B'ha'alotekha Shlah Korah Hukkat Balak Pinhas Mattot Masei
D'varim / Deuteronomy	D'varim (parsha) Va'et'hanan Ekev Re'eh Shoftim Ki Tetze Ki Tavo Nitzavim Vayelekh Ha'azinu V'zot Haberakhah

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• Simchat Torah
• Torah Scroll
• trope
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External Links

• "Torah" article from Wikipedia.

• Text of The Torah from Wikisource in Hebrew and English.