Torah - Teaching

The Torah (תּוֹרָה, literally "teaching")
Is also known as the "Pentateuch", or as the "Five Books of Moses". Printed versions (rather than scrolls) of the Torah are often called Chamisha Chumshei Torah (חמישה חומשי תורה "Five fifth-sections of the Torah") and informally as Chumash.

Book of Torah Name Meaning
B’reisheet (Genesis) “In the beginning”
Shemote (Exodus) “Names”
Vayiqra (Leviticus) “And He [Yahweh] called”
Bemidbar (Numbers) “In the wilderness”
Devarim (Deuteronomy) “[These are] the words”
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