Torah

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Beresheet, which means "in the beginning," - from a Hebrew Bible published in Germany in 1933.

Torah is the Hebrew word (תּוֹרָה) meaning "Law", or "Instruction". The Torah is the Hebrew manuscript also called the Law of Moses (Torat Moshe תּוֹרַת־מֹשֶׁה). It is the most sacred text of Judaism, which contains the Jewish written and oral law.

The Torah is the first 5 books of the Hebrew Bible or the Christian Old Testament. The five books and their names and pronunciations in original Hebrew are as follows:

Genesis (בראשית, Bereshit: "In the beginning...")
Exodus (שמות, Shemot: "Names")
Leviticus (ויקרא, Vayyiqra: "And he called...")
Numbers (במדבר, Bammidbar: "In the wilderness...")
Deuteronomy (דברים, Devarim: "Words", or "Discourses")

This portion of the Christian Bible is also called the Pentateuch, which is derived from the Greek words penta meaning "five", and teukhos which means "implement" ("implementation of five books").