The Torah

The Torah

1. Jews belived the Torah existed before anything else

   • Torah means: teaching

2. Most important book within judaisim

   • The Old testament
     • First half of the Bible
     • Contains 5 books of Moses

3. It takes a year to write an entire scroll

   • Written by hand
   • Using a quill and ink
   • A trained sofer must write the scroll
     • must know over 4,000 judaic laws

4. Kept in an Ark (holy cabinet)