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(Judaism) the scroll of parchment on which the first five books of the Hebrew Scripture is written; is used in a synagogue during services

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  1. n. (Judaism) the scroll of parchment on which the first five books of the Hebrew Scripture is written; is used in a synagogue during services
  2. (a) A law; a precept. A considerable body of priestly Toroth. S. R. Driver. (b) Divine instruction; revelation. Tora, . . . before the time of Malachi, is generally used of the revelations of God's will made through the prophets. T. K. Cheyne. (c) The Pentateuch or "Law of Moses." The Hebrew Bible is divided into three parts: (1) The Torah, "Law," or Pentateuch. (2) The Prophets . . . (3) The Kethubim, or the "Writings," generally termed Hagiographa. C. H. H. Wright.
  3. n:100 n. the whole body of the Jewish sacred writings and tradition including the oral tradition n. the first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Hebrew Bible considered as a unit n. (Judaism) the scroll of parchment on which the first five books of the Hebrew Scripture is written; is used in a synagogue during services