![]() The traditional Jewish view is that both these Torahs were revealed at Mount Sinai, but the Oral Torah was passed down as oral tradition (hence the name) until the destruction of the Second Temple in the early part of the Common Era, when fear of it being lost forever led to it being committed to writing for the first time. The Oral Torah refers to the later works of the rabbinic period - most prominently the Mishnah and the Gemara, jointly known as the Talmud - that explain and expound upon the statutes recorded in the Written Torah. ![]() Along with the latter books of the Prophets and the Writings - 24 books in all - this is the Hebrew Bible, also known as the Written Torah, or Torah she-bich’tav in Hebrew.īut there’s another Torah, known as the Oral Torah - or Torah she-ba’al peh. ![]() The scroll read in synagogue consists of the first five books of the Hebrew Bible - Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. But that scroll, which consists of the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, is only part of what Jews mean when they refer to Torah. ![]() When most people think of Torah, they probably imagine the scroll read each week in the synagogue. My Jewish Learning is a not-for-profit and relies on your help Donate
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