Why Was The Torah Important?

Answer 1

Jewish people believe that the Torah is the most important book to them because it is the holy book of Jewish people and it is thought to contain the word of God. Another reason why it is so important is that it contains rules and life-skills on just about everything. Some other examples of the things that the Torah contains are the narrative of the world's creation, beautiful writings, poetry, Jewish history, and environmental care and food laws. In addition I think that it is important to them because it is about their religion, about their life laws and their God, and the most important reason is so that they can read the prayers in the Torah and pray and worship God.

Some other reasons why it is more important than other Jewish books:

• It contains the 613 commandments from God, which lead Jewish lives.
• It is a way of learning and educating Jewish children and guiding them to the right path in life.
• It is the preservation of ancient Jewish past.
• It contains good guidelines for a safe and honest life.

Answer:

Our tradition is that the Torah is from God (Exodus 24:12), given to us to provide knowledge, guidance, inspiration, awe and reverence, advice, law, comfort, history and more. It is the basis of Judaism.
The Torah is a source of national pride for us (see Deuteronomy 4:6-8).
It increases our reverence towards God; crystallizes, strengthens and codifies our beliefs; insures our awareness and knowledge of our history; and provides powerful impetus to be ethical.
It makes us stand in awe of God, while also providing optimism and comfort through the prophecies of redemption. It inspires us to strive for holiness and informs us how to pray and to approach God's presence.
It gives us a great deal of general information, guidance and advice.
And it sets detailed laws, practices and traditions for us.

Answer 2

The Torah serves as the basis for the Jewish religion and is the source for both the laws and the beliefs of the religion. It is held that the Torah was given to the Jewish nation on Mount Sinai shortly after the exodus from Egypt. It also is recognized as holy write by both Christianity and Islam.

Answer 3

The Torah, which contains the 5 books of Moses, provides the guidelines for how Jews can live righteous lives.

Our tradition is that the Torah was given by God (Exodus 24:12), to provide knowledge, guidance, inspiration, awe and reverence, advice, law, comfort, history and more. It is the basis of Judaism. The Torah is a source of national pride for us (see Deuteronomy 4:6-8). It increases our reverence towards God; crystallizes, strengthens and codifies our beliefs; ensures our awareness and knowledge of our history; and provides powerful impetus to be ethical.
It makes us stand in awe of God, while also providing optimism and comfort through the prophecies of redemption. It inspires us to strive for holiness and informs us how to pray and to approach God's presence. To the wider world, the Torah provided the traditions of Monotheism and the Ten Commandments.
The Torah is egalitarian and values all individuals, both men and women. The wealthy have no privileges; and the poor are valued, treated well and their opinions listened to. (Compare this to those societies in which only mature, land-owning males had any legal status.)
Judaism applied laws, and rules of moral behavior, to all its members equally. The laws of Moses form much of Western legal background.
Quote:
"I will insist that the Hebrews have done more to civilize men than any other nation ... fate had ordained the Jews to be the most essential instrument for civilizing the nations" (John Adams, 2nd President of the United States).
"Certainly, the world without the Jews would have been a radically different place. Humanity might have eventually stumbled upon all the Jewish insights, but we cannot be sure. All the great conceptual discoveries of the human intellect seem obvious and inescapable once they had been revealed, but it requires a special genius to formulate them for the first time. The Jews had this gift. To them we owe the idea of equality before the law, both Divine and human; of the sanctity of life and the dignity of human person; of the individual conscience and of collective conscience, and social responsibility" (Paul Johnson, Christian historian, author of A History of the Jews and A History of Christianity).

Answer 4

Our tradition is that the Torah was given by God (Exodus 24:12), to provide knowledge, guidance, inspiration, awe and reverence, advice, law, comfort, history and more. It is the basis of Judaism, and has influenced the Western world as well.
The Torah is a source of national pride for us (see Deuteronomy 4:6-8).

It increases our reverence towards God; crystallizes, strengthens and codifies our beliefs; insures our awareness and knowledge of our history; and provides powerful impetus to be ethical.
It makes us stand in awe of God, while also providing optimism and comfort through the prophecies of redemption. It inspires us to strive for holiness and informs us how to pray and to approach God's presence.
It gives us a great deal of general information, guidance and advice.
And it sets detailed laws, practices and traditions for us.

The laws themselves have various reasons. Some (such as the Passover) serve to reenact or remember events of our history.
Some (such as saying the Shema-prayer) serve to reiterate our belief in God.
Some of the laws (such as those of ritual purity and kosher food) serve to sanctify us.
Some (such as the laws of torts) serve to maintain an orderly society.
Some (such as the law against breaking a vow) serve to prevent bad character traits.
Some (such as the command to offer help) serve to engender good character traits.
And all of the commands serve to subjugate us to God's will (especially those commands for which no explanation is easily apparent).

Answer 5

It is important because it is the history, laws, and history of the hebrews

Answer 6

The Torah states that it is the word of God (Exodus 24:12). It is used as a basis for Jewish law and for some traditional and historical details, as well as attitudes and beliefs.

Answer 7

The Torah contains world history such as the Creation and the Flood, as well as how the Jews became a nation from the Forefathers; and it has God's words and commandments.