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Learning Goals
The origins of the Torah
Different types of sacred texts
Contents of the Torah
Significance to Judaism
Comparisons of the three religions of Abraham
Origins of the Torah
What does Torah mean?
Law but a more accurate translation, revelation or
teaching.
The Torah is the collection of the first five texts of
the Hebrew Bible
Moses received it on mount Sinai from God.
The Five Contents
THE TORAH IS COMPRISED OF
FIVE BOOKS WHICH PRESENT US
WITH A COMPLETE NARRATIVE,
FROM CREATION TO THE DEATH
OF MOSES ON THE BANKS OF THE
JORDAN RIVER.
Genesis
God's creation of the world and the first humans, the
stories of Adam, Eve Cain and Abel, the flood, the
tower of Babel, and the invention of various human
Abraham and Sarah
The descent of the Jacob's son Joseph into Egypt,
his rise to power and the eventual arrival of all of the
Israelites in Egypt
Exodus
• The story of Moses and the Ten Commandements
• The Jewish people’s escape from Egypt
• Includes instructions for the construction of God's
tabernacle.
Numbers
• Preparation for the promise land
• Disobedience of the Jewish people
• God’s punishment for their disobedience
• Moses is banned from entering the promise land
Deuteronomy
• Deuteronomy means second law, Moses is giving
them the law for the second time
• Consists of 3 speeches given by Moses before they
enter the promise land reminding them of God’s
commandments.
The prophets(NEVI'IM)
• The different prophets throughout Jewish history
and their stories.
• Narrative History of great men that influenced
Jewish history
Oral Torah
• The oral law
• Instructions on how you should follow the Torah
• Jews believed that teachers are better than books,
that if they kept the oral law alive, the community
will have to stay intact.
Mishnah
• After the death of many Jewish teachers, and the
destruction of the second temple, leaders started
putting the oral laws into writings.
• Mishnah had writings called
Midrash; a collection of commentaries
on the Bible and interpretations done
by philosophers, Rabbis, and Cohens.
Talmud
• This is a book combining the Mishnah and the
Gemera. This book is basically the oral Torah
written down. So if the Torah contains the rules and
laws, the Talmud is the book containing the
instructions on how to follow these laws.
Rules
To start the game, press the “Timer” button. Once the Timer button has been
pressed, you cannot select another category, nor see the scores. Pressing Advance
will display the next word in the game.
Once a word is displayed, the goal is to give clues that will allow your team to guess
the word. Per Catchphrase rules, this can be verbal clues or physical gestures. As
soon as the the word has been guessed, hand the game unit to the next player (on the
other team). Do not press Advance. This allows the other team to see the word and
verify it was correctly guessed.
There are three things you may not give as a
clue:
1) A word that rhymes with the word.
2) The first letter of the word.
3) Part of the word (ie shoe for shoe horn)