Torah

The Torah is Judaism's foundational text, described as given by God to the people of Israel at Mount Sinai. The five books that make up the Torah are Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. They tell of the origins and development of the Israelite nation and present the foundational laws of Judaism. In some contexts, “Torah” refers broadly to both the Written and Oral Torah, which includes not only the five books of the Torah but the entire Tanakh (Hebrew Bible), rabbinic literature, and any interpretations relating to those texts.