The Books
This is the number of books contained in the Torah.
What is five?
This is the tool used to write the words of the Torah.
What is a quill?
A selection from this is often read each week in addition to the weekly parasha.
What is Haftarah?
This is the length of time it takes to complete the cycle of Torah reading.
What is one year?
This is the first book of the Hebrew bible in the Torah.
What is Genesis?
This is the name for the special scribe of a Torah.
What is a sofer?
This is the way in which most Torah and Haftarah portions are shared in a synagogue.
What is by chanting?
This is the holiday celebrating the end of one Torah reading cycle and the beginning of the next.
What is Simchat Torah?
This is the last book of the Hebrew bible in the Torah
The parchment of the Torah is made from this.
What is the skin of a kosher animal?
The Writings or Prophets are selections from this.
What is Haftarah?
This is a name often used for the Torah.
What is the Tree of Life?
The Books of the Torah all tell the story of this.
What is the story of the Jewish people?
The Torah is divided into this number of sections.
What is 54?
This contains a collection of interpretations and explanations of Torah to accommodate changing needs and circumstances over time.
What is the Midrash?
This was created by festivals and sacred holy days prescribed by the Torah.
What is the calendar?
These are all 5 books of the Torah in order.
What are Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy?
These two terms refer to the individual Torah portions.
What are sidrah and parasha?
These are two of the Talmud rabbis who continued the process of interpreting Torah. Name at least two.
Who are Maimonides, Rashi, Abraham ibn Ezra and Abravan?
These two books are read from on Simchat Torah.
What are Deuteronomy and Genesis?