toras

Variant of torah

or tora

noun

    1. learning, law, instruction, etc.
    2. the whole body of Jewish religious literature, including the Scripture and the Talmud
    1. the Pentateuch
    2. pl. toroth or torot , torahs or toras a parchment scroll containing the Pentateuch

Origin: Heb tora, law < hora, to teach < root jrh, to cast, throw

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