Torah, The

What is Torah? “Torah” means “teaching.” Torah, in its most general sense, refers to the explanations of the responsibilities (mitzvahs) given to the Jewish people by G‑d. In a more specific sense, Torah refers to the Five Books of Moses, the central sacr...

Wisdom never shattered. Within the original conception of this universe, within it's design and its destiny, within that intense thought that exploded into the innumerable fragments that comprise our world, deep within was a seed, and within that seed lay...

With teachings, traditions, and narratives stretching back 37 centuries, how do we know they haven't been altered and even unrecognizably disfigured from their original iterations? And, is there any way to be certain that these stories really happened and...

I’m kinda disappointed about this Torah. I keep reading on your site about it being the ultimate divine wisdom. To me, it reads like a book of stories. If it’s really a divine document, shouldn’t it read more like one of those ancient mystical texts, like...

As a Jewish son, husband and father, I stand in awe and appreciation of the role the Jewish woman plays in the continuity and story of our people. It was her faith which got us out of Egypt, it was her faith that gave us Purim, it was her faith that gave ...

What exactly is the translation and meaning of the word “Torah”? And what is its significance in our lives?

The Torah’s commandments are brief and sometimes cryptic. As recorded in the Talmud, rabbinic tradition and scholarship unpacks, elucidates, and expands them into Judaism as we know it.

Question: After attending a lecture on the holiness of the Hebrew language, a question comes to mind: Why is it that so many of the great books in Torah—including the Talmud—are not written in Hebrew? Does that make them less holy? Response: You’ve stumbl...

Our sages tell us that Torah can be interpreted in four different general ways: peshat, remez, drush and sod.