Torah:

 

          

           Another holy book of Jewish is Torah. It is the central reference of Judaism. “Torah” is English word which is comes from the Hebrew word toh·rahʹ, which can be translated as “instruction,” “teaching,” or “law.”

             The holy book Torah starts from the creating the world by God, through the beginnings of the people of Israel, their descent into Egypt, and the giving of the Torah at Mt. Sinai and ends with the death of Moses, just before the people of Israel cross to the promised land of Canaan. Interspersed in the narrative are the specific teachings (religious obligations and civil laws) given explicitly (i.e. Ten Commandments) or implicitly embedded in the narrative (as in Exodus 12 and 13 laws of the celebration of Passover).

           In Hebrew, the five books of the Torah are identified by the incipits in each book; and the common English names for the books are derived from the Greek Septuagint and reflect the essential theme of each book:

• Bereshit —Genesis
• Shemot —Exodus
• Vayikra— Leviticus
• Bəmidbar— Numbers
• Devarim— Deuteronomy