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THere are various answers. Jewish prayers are in Hebrew because:

  • That's the language of the Jews
  • Jewish tradition states the world was created using Hebrew
  • The Jewish Bible is in Hebrew
Note that a couple of the prayers are in Aramaic, the language spoken by the Jews when they were exiled to Babylon.
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What language do Jews chant from Torah?

The Torah is written ... and read from ... in Hebrew.


Is it hard to read the Torah?

For those who are not fluent in Hebrew, it is hard to read the Torah as the Torah scroll does not have nikkudot (pronunciation indicators).


In which language did the Jews write the Torah?

The Jews received the Torah from God written in Hebrew, and significant numbers still read and study Torah in the original Hebrew to this day.


Does the Torah read right to left?

The Torah is not "read backward". The Hebrew alphabet goes from right to left as opposed to the Latin alphabet (that English uses) that goes from left to right. The Hebrew is read properly (right to left), which would make it appear to an English-speaker that the Torah is being read backwards when it is actually being read forwards.


Where can you find the Hebrew Torah on line to read?

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What is the Torah's Hebrew name?

The word 'Torah' is Hebrew.


What is the Hebrew word for the pointer used to read the Torah?

This tool is called a Yad (יד)


When do Jews use the Hebrew bible?

The Hebrew Bible is used for prayer, study, and is read from on special ocassions such as Holidays and Shabbat. The Torah (the first part of the Hebrew Bible) is also read from on Mondays and Thursdays.


What does the Hebrew name Torah mean?

Torah (תורה) is the hebrew word for "instruction".


What two things resulted from copying the Hebrew bible into the greek?

Greek became the only language besides Hebrew in which the Torah may be read (Talmud, Megillah 9a); and the Torah became accessible for the first time to non-Jews.


What language was the Torah written in?

The Torah (the Five Books of Moses) is written in Hebrew. The Jews preserve the unchanged Hebrew text in their Torah scrolls. When you encounter the Torah in any other language, you're reading a translation. Other information The Talmud, which contains the Oral Torah is written in Hebrew and Aramaic.


What langwigh is the Torah writan in?

The Torah is always now written in Hebrew. Long ago, the Torah was written in Aramaic, which is the ancestor of Hebrew.