Hebrew or Ukrainian ... one of a team of around ten focused on the Torah. He consulted rabbinical commentaries on spiritual nuances, read translations in English and Russian to see what decisions ...

If I read Torah or Talmud at all, it was entirely in English translation. But unlike many non-Orthodox American Jews, I became interested in learning Hebrew as an adult, as part of a broader ...

Every synagogue has its own Torah scrolls. Each one is hand-written in Hebrew just like the original. There are 304805 letters in a Torah scroll and each page has 42 lines. We believe Moses wrote ...

The Torah contains many laws that guide Jews on how to live a life that pleases God. The Torah contains 613 laws. These are known by Jews as the mitzvot. Jews use the Torah as a guide for living.

The Parshah starts off with the laws of the “Eved Ivri” or the Hebrew [Jewish] slave. The jump from the giving of the Torah and its seminal role in the history of the Jews to the laws of inter ...