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It is called the Law for two reasons. One is that Law is one of the translations of the word Torah (it can also be translated as The Teaching). The other is that the Torah (pentateuch) is replete with laws: six hundred and thirteen of them. The simplest function of the Torah is for the Jews to observe its laws.

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