How to Use the Torah in a Sentence

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• Soon enough, Ben is schooling her in both the Torah and the rules of the Kosher kitchen.
  — Guy Lodge, Variety, 20 Jan. 2024
• As a religious name, Aaron has appeared in the Quran, Bible, and the Torah.
  — Toketemu Ohwovoriole, Parents, 30 July 2024
• David Tatel and his wife had just left a discussion of blindness in the Torah.
  — Rachel Weiner, Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2023
• The Guide also reflects on the reasons for the commandments in the Torah.
  — Jay M. Harris, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2014
• Waving the four species is a mitzvah according to the Torah.
  — Jamie Kravitz, Woman's Day, 24 Aug. 2023
• Nation/World David Tatel and his wife had just left a discussion of blindness in the Torah.
  — Rachel Weiner, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Apr. 2023
• More service snaps show the two reading from the Torah and sitting with their mom in the front row of the congregation.
  — Emma Aerin Becker, Peoplemag, 9 Sep. 2024
• Other snaps from the service showed the twins reading from the Torah and sitting with their mom in the front row of the congregation.
  — Raven Brunner, People.com, 29 Sep. 2024
• The marking of this special occasion is part of the reason for the large crowd that joined the Torah celebration.
  — Sun Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2023
• For Hausman, the most difficult part was witnessing the ark that held the Torah scrolls being removed from the chapel where many of the victims died.
  — N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY, 14 Aug. 2024
• The family had mezuzahs, which are pieces of parchment inscribed with Hebrew verse from the Torah, on their doors, police said.
  — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 26 Oct. 2023
• Shavuot became a time to celebrate the study of the Torah and its many rabbinic commentaries, including the Mishnah and the Talmud.
  — Laura Yares, The Conversation, 22 May 2023
• Why does the Torah spend an entire chapter outlining all of the Israelites encampments in the desert (Numbers 33)?
  — Rabbi Avi Weiss, Sun Sentinel, 29 July 2024
• During the summer months, our Torah readings follow the travels of our ancestors in the desert after having received the Torah and the laws.
  — Rabbi Bert Kieffer, Sun Sentinel, 8 July 2024
• Passover always occurs in spring during the Hebrew month known as Nisan (or Nissan), as mandated by the Torah.
  — Terri Robertson, Country Living, 24 Mar. 2023
• Then an intense hurricane hits, a sea wall breaks and Diggs must rush to save the Torah scroll, putting his own life at risk as Miami is ravaged by the storm...
  — Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2023
• Here, young men wearing yarmulkes spend their days studying both the Torah and military strategy.
  — Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2024
• Simchat Torah celebrates Jewish joy at the possession and observance of the words of the Torah, the Jewish scriptures.
  — WSJ, 8 Oct. 2023
• But thanks to high birth rates, what was once a few hundred students of the Torah has grown to nearly 13% of the Israeli population: about 1.3 million people.
  — Harriet Marsden, theweek, 3 July 2024
• Pomegranate seeds also represent the 613 mitzvot, or commandments, that are cited in the Torah, the Jewish holy book.
  — Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Oct. 2024
• Pomegranate seeds also represent the 613 mitzvot, or commandments, that are cited in the Torah, the Jewish holy book.
  — Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 9 Sep. 2023
• She’s put more thought into having a legendary party than studying the ceremonial text from the Torah.
  — Courtney Howard, Variety, 18 Aug. 2023
• The rectangular piece of parchment, inscribed with verses from the Torah, protected her household from harm.
  — Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Oct. 2024
• On four different occasions, the Torah describes questions asked by children about Passover.
  — Rabbi Avi Weiss, Sun Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2024
• Basing itself on the Torah text, the Haggadah offers answers to suit the specific educational needs of each child.
  — Rabbi Avi Weiss, Sun Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2024
• After the short distance, as per tradition, the procession and the crowd arrived to be greeted by three men holding the Torah scrolls from the prayer group that meets in the Baka Community Center.
  — Sharon Altshul, Sun Sentinel, 19 July 2024
• Torah, a Jewish holiday whose commemoration includes dancing with the Torah in the streets.
  — Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 6 Oct. 2024
• No movie captures everyone's experience, and this film will surely ruffle feathers (kissing in front of the Torah is not exactly kosher).
  — David Oliver, USA TODAY, 26 Aug. 2023
• Ultra-Orthodox Jews, or Haredi, have traditionally been exempt from military service so as to be able to study the Torah.
  — Lauren Izso, CNN, 17 July 2024
• For most, the answer lay in studying the Torah and, generally, the Hebrew Scriptures, and in the observance of halacha, or religious laws, including those governing Shabbat and the kosher diet.
  — James Carroll, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 6 Jan 2025