What is contained in the Torah that God gave moses?

Answer 1

The Torah contains the Five Books of Moses and contains teachings and instructions of how to live your life.

Answer:

The Torah tells the history of the ancient Israelites, as well as giving us laws, prophecies, ethics and beliefs of the Jewish religion. Our tradition is that the Hebrew Bible is from God (Exodus 24:12), providing knowledge, guidance, inspiration, awe and reverence, advice, law, comfort, history and more. It is the basis of Judaism.

Answer 2

The contents of the Torah have been read, taught, studied, interpreted, practiced, debated,

commented upon, rumored, praised, maligned, memorized, banned, revered, and outlawed

for almost 4,000 years. Anyone curious can begin his own investigation by reading the nearest

copy of a translation published in his own language ... the first five books of the Christian "old

testament".

Answer 3

The Oral Torah is a vast repository including the Mishnah, the minor tractates, the midrashim, and many other early Jewish works (Alphabet of Rabbi Akivah, HaBahir, Sefer Yetsirah, Pirkei Rabbi Eliezer, Sifrah, and more).

The central pillar of the Oral Torah is the Mishnah, which is usually printed and studied as part of the Talmud, its main commentary.

More information:

The Talmud contains the Mishna (relatively brief paragraphs of law, in Hebrew) and Gemara (explanations of the Mishna, in Aramaic and Hebrew).

Answer 4

The Torah is the parchment-scroll (or printed volume) which contains the five smaller books: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. All in the original Hebrew only. (Any translation is, by definition, incapable of being completely accurate [since many words and phrases teach us more than one thing]).

The Torah contains beliefs, commands, and historical narrative.

Answer 5

If the questioner is curious to examine the contents of the Torah in some detail,

it turns out that it's quite easily accessible. The Torah has been translated into

hundreds of languages, and is readily available in English, appearing in translation

as the first five books of the "Old Testament" ... Genesis through Deuteronomy.

Answer 6

The Torah is the parchment-scroll (or printed volume) which contains the five smaller books: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. All in the original Hebrew only. (Any translation is, by definition, incapable of being completely accurate [since many words and phrases teach us more than one thing]).

The Torah contains beliefs, commands, and historical narrative.

Our national tradition is that during Moses' lifetime, God taught him the entire Torah (Exodus 24:12), as well as handing him the two stone tablets of the Ten Commandments (Exodus 31:18).

See also:

Link: The Ten Commandments

Link: A list of the Torah's narrative portions

Link: More about the Torah, plus a list of some of its commands

Link: What are some facts about Torah-scrolls?

Answer 7

The Oral Torah is a vast repository including the Mishnah, the minor tractates, the midrashim, and many other early Jewish works (Alphabet of Rabbi Akivah, HaBahir, Sefer Yetsirah, Pirkei Rabbi Eliezer, Sifrah, and more). The central pillar of the Oral Torah is the Mishnah, which is usually printed and studied as part of the Talmud, its main commentary.

More information:

• The Talmud contains the Mishna (relatively brief paragraphs of law, in Hebrew) and Gemara (explanations of the Mishna, in Aramaic and Hebrew).
• The Talmud contains the Oral Torah of the Jewish people.
  
• The Talmud serves to clarify the brief verses of the Torah and Tanakh (Hebrew Bible).
  
• The Talmud, after the Hebrew Bible, is considered the primary text of Jewish learning.
  
• The Talmud contains, in addition to Torah-matters, some mathematics, geometry and trigonometry, medicine, astronomy, and advice on a large range of problems and situations.
  
• The Talmud includes information on the lives and personalities of the Sages, from Abraham down to the writing of the Talmud.
  
• The Talmud was kept entirely orally, and learned by heart, from the time of Moses until it was written 1800 years later (1500 years ago).

Link: Jewish history timeline

• The Talmud has thousands of published commentaries.
  
• The Talmud contains 63 tractates (volumes) in 2711 leaves (double pages). New printed editions maintain the same pagination as earlier ones.
  
• The Talmud has been banned, censored and burned many times by enemies of the Jews.
  

Some of its books are:
A tractate (volume) about the daily blessings (Berakhot)
A tractate about Shabbat
A tractate about Passover (Pesachim)
A tractate about Rosh Hashanah
A tractate about Yom Kippur (Yoma)
A tractate about Purim (Megillah)
A tractate about marriage (Ketubot)
A tractate about vows (Nedarim)
A tractate about divorce (Gittin)
Three tractates containing laws of torts, damages, property etc. (the three Bavot)
A tractate about Jewish courts (Sanhedrin)
A tractate about the prohibition of idolatry (Avodah Zarah)
A tractate about the offerings (Zevachim)
A tractate about the laws of keeping kosher (Chullin).

See also the other Related Link.

Link: Why do Jews need the Talmud?

Answer 8

The Torah was given to the Israelites from God (Exodus 24:12), to provide knowledge, guidance, inspiration, awe and reverence, advice, law, comfort, history and more. It is the basis of Judaism.

In its narrative portions, the Torah contains the following.

• Genesis:
  

The Torah describes God's creation of the world and living things (Genesis ch.1), mankind (ch.1-2), the first sin (ch.3), the great Flood (ch.6-8), the family trees (ch.4, 5,10-11, 25), the lives of Abraham (ch.11-25), Isaac (ch.26-7), Jacob (ch.25-50), and Joseph (ch.37-50);Link: More about Genesis

• Exodus:
  

The life of Moses (Exodus ch.2...), the slavery in Egypt (Exodus ch.1 and 5), the Plagues (ibid. ch.7-12), the Exodus (ch.12), the Crossing of the split Sea of Reeds (ch.14), the Manna (ch.16), the Revelation at Mount Sinai (ch.19), the Covenant (ch.19 and 24), the building of the Tabernacle (ch.35-40);

Link: More about the Exodus

• Leviticus:
  

The inauguration of the Tabernacle (ch.8-9).

• Numbers:
  

The censuses (Numbers ch.1-3 and 26), the initiation-offerings (Numbers 7-8), the quail (Numbers ch.11), the incident of the Spies (Numbers ch.13-14), the Sabbath-violator (Numbers 15), the rebellion of Korach (ch.16), the death of Miriam (ch.20) and Aaron (ch.21), war (ibid), the attempted curses of Bil'am (ch.22-24), choosing Moses' successor (Numbers 27), the war against Midian (ch.31), dividing the Transjordan (Numbers 32), and the travels (Numbers 33).

Link: the Spies

• Deuteronomy:
  

The death of Moses (Deuteronomy ch.34).
There is still a lot of space left over in the Five Books, which contains laws, beliefs and more.See also the other Related Links.

Link: What is the purpose of the Torah?

Link: About the Creation

Link: The Flood

Link: About Abraham

Answer 9

The Torah contains general origins (the Creation and the Flood), how the Israelites came to be, and hundreds of commands and moral instructions.

Answer 10

Importance of Canaan