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Reading of the Torah

  When most people say the word Torah they refer to the first five books of Bible -known as Old Testament for Christians- , which is Judaism's most important text. According to some traditions, all off the teachings found in the Torah, both written and oral, were given by God to Moses, some of them at Mount Sinai and others at Tabernacle, Israel. All the teachings were written down by Moses which resulted in the Torah we have today. The first book of Torah is called Genesis; it talks about the creation of the world and the stories of Judaism's ancestors. These stories start with Abraham, Sarah and end Joseph in Egypt. The second book is Exodus and tells the story of Hebrews journey to Mt.Sinai from Egypt with Moses and their wandering in wildness. The third book is Leviticus and includes Jewish rituals. The forth one is Number and explains Hebrew’s quest to find the Promised Land. Lastly the fifth one is Deuteronomy and continues with their quest but end with Moses’s death. In Conclusion the Torah is the holy text for Jews and they try to read it as much as they can to go deeper into their religion and to correct themselves.