RELIGIONS
JUDAISM
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Detailed explanation-1: -The most prominent meaning for Jews is that the Torah constitutes the first five books of the Hebrew Bible (also called the Pentateuch, ‘five books’ in Greek), traditionally thought to have been composed by Moses . These sacred texts are written on a scroll and kept in a synagogue.
Detailed explanation-2: -The five books making up the Torah are Be-reshit, Shemot, Va-yikra, Be-midbar and Devarim, which in the English Bible correspond to Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy.
Detailed explanation-3: -The first Torah scroll was scribed in the 17th century by Yemenite Jews. The text is written in columns, each with 51 rows. The second Torah scroll was scribed in the late 17th or early 18th century by Jews in the region of modern-day Iraq. Its text is written in columns, each with 48 rows.
Detailed explanation-4: -A Torah is made up of specially prepared parchment sheets, from the skins of a kosher animal. The sofer writes the Torah by hand using specially prepared ink and a turkey feather quill.