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BASIC  BELIEFS  AND  TEACHINGS - 14229_76
THE JEWISH CALENDAR

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J E W I S H     L I T E R A T U R E There are six very important and widely studied works which are used in all  branches  of  Judaism: The  Bible The  Talmud The  Midrash The  Zohar The  Shulchan  Aruch The  Siddur The Bible The 39 books of the Hebrew or Jewish Bible are divided into three main sections.  Each  section  has  a  Hebrew  name: To-rah  (meaning  Law  or  Teaching),  also  known  as  “Pentateuch” N-vee-eem  (Prophets) K-tu-veem  (Writings) It is customary to combine the sounds from the beginning of each section title  to  form  the  acronym  “TaNak.” This acronym refers to the entire Jewish Bible. The  Torah The most precious and revered object in the synagogue is the Torah. The Torah  is  in  the  form  of  a  scroll  made  of  parchment.  It  was  originally  hand- printed  on  animal  skins.  It  contains  the  five  books  of  Moses  (the  first  five books  of  the  Bible),  and  must  be  written  by  hand.  Only  a  Torah  in  good condition  may  be  used  for  worship  services. The Torah is read in its entirety over a period of 3 years (the Palestinian cycle) or over a 1-year period (the Babylonian cycle). The Babylonian cycle is the one most commonly used. The Torah has always been at the very center of Jewish spiritual life. The  Talmud The   Talmud   is   from   the   Hebrew   “Lomed”   which   means   study   or teaching.  It  has  often  been  called  “a  sea  of  learning.”  The  Talmud  contains all  of  the  Jewish  religious  laws.  The  Talmud  also  contains  prayers,  social ethics,  parables,  history,  poetry,  and  much  more.  It  contains  the  contribu- tions  of  over  2,000  scholars  and  sums  up  a  thousand  years  of  religious  and social  thought  of  the  Jewish  people. 2-49







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