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Torah -
Several meanings:
Teaching (related to teacher = ) The Law (related to instruction = ) A theory (Theory of Relativity ) Sense of fullness (")"
Torah as Law
Torah = first 5 books of the Bible
Genesis History* Exodus History* & laws Leviticus mostly ritual laws Numbers History* & laws Deuteronomy Laws and Ethics * History includes mythology and theology
Commandments
Torah is considered as the ultimate source of Jewish Law from which all other laws are derived A law that comes directly from the Torah ( )is superior to a law that was inferred from the Torah or enacted later Tradition has it that the Torah included 613 commandments