Sifrei Torah

[ Sephardic Hebrew see-frey taw-rah; Ashkenazic Hebrew si-frey-toh-ruh, toi-ruh ]

/ Sephardic Hebrew siˈfreɪ tɔˈrɑ; Ashkenazic Hebrew ˈsɪ freɪˈtoʊ rə, ˈtɔɪ rə /

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He gave his soul for the sake of the people of Israel, The Torah, and the Land.
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All of their songs, they say, are inspired by Torah and Hasidic philosophy, even the ones that sound a bit salacious.
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He added, “This is the whole of the Torah, and the rest is commentary; go learn it.”
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Someone who is truly [studying Torah] day and night should continue to learn.
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Every week, on the Sabbath, Jews around the world read a portion of the Torah.
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Reason alone cannot decide this question; it needs the guidance of the Torah, which is divine.
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But the philosophers are Greeks, descended from Japheth, who did not inherit either wisdom or Torah.
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According to the Torah God created the world just as it is, with its animals and plants already formed.
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He developed his views, he tells us, because he believes that they are in agreement with the words of the Torah.
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But it is unlikely that any such prophet will come, for the Torah says that there never was or will be any prophet like Moses.
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