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Torah  

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  • “Torah,” from the Hebrew word for “instruction” or “teaching,” bears multiple meanings in Judaism. In its most limited meaning, it refers to the Pentateuch, the five books of Moses that comprise the first section of the Hebrew Bible. [Source: Encyclopedia of Religion in America; Torah]

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