Torah
noun
Also the Torah the five books containing the Law as revealed to Moses, constituting the first of the three divisions of Jewish Scripture.
Torahs
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pluralof Torah.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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"We were taking the Torahs and the last Jews out of the city. The Torahs will go back, the synagogue will be reopened. Once again there will be Jewish life in Antakya," he said.
From Reuters ● Mar. 7, 2023
The synagogues have some of their original Torahs, prayer books and other documents, and the project will shore up the library, which was threatened by a flood in 2019.
From New York Times ● May 4, 2022
In the old days, we knew this: we kept our ancestries in Bibles, in Torahs, and in oral tradition.
From Salon ● Jul. 1, 2018
She packed two of the synagogue’s Torahs in her trunk.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2017
The cantor is at his post at the reading-desk on the platform, two of the principal, well-to-do Jews, with Torahs in their hands, on each side of him.
From Yiddish Tales by Various
