The Torah. 
Hebrew name for the five books of Moses-the Law of Moses or 
the Pentateuch, the first five books of the Bible. The 
Torah is believed by Orthodox Jews to have been handed down 
to Moses on Mt. Sinai and transmitted by him to the Jews. 
It laid down the fundamental laws of moral and physical 
conduct. The Torah begins with a description of the origin 
of the universe and ends on the word Israel, after the 
story of the death of Moses, just before the conquest of 
Canaan by the Israelites. In a wider sense the Torah 
includes all teachings of Judaism, the entire Hebrew Bible 
and the Talmud.

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