Torah - Definition
torah
n 1: the whole body of the Jewish sacred writings and tradition
including the oral tradition
2: the first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures
comprising the first five books of the Hebrew Bible
considered as a unit [syn: Torah, Pentateuch, Laws]
3: (Judaism) the scroll of parchment on which the first five
books of the Hebrew Scripture is written; is used in a
synagogue during services