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Dec. 21st, 2005 08:55 pmhttp://www.jewishpress.com/news_article.asp?article=5824
When I asked my sixth grade students to define the word “Torah” for
me, the best they could manage was a description of its contents. One
would assume that at some point during years of Jewish education
(preferably at the very beginning) this most basic information would
be transmitted to children, but apparently this is another essential
that is just taken for granted – and thereby overlooked. I make a
point of it because it is not merely the correct definition of a word
that is at stake, but, as we shall see, one`s very orientation toward
Torah study and Torah observance.
The Torah is not a “Jewish law book,” [...] Some people define Torah
as “a history of the Jewish people,” but that too is incorrect. [...]
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When I asked my sixth grade students to define the word “Torah” for
me, the best they could manage was a description of its contents. One
would assume that at some point during years of Jewish education
(preferably at the very beginning) this most basic information would
be transmitted to children, but apparently this is another essential
that is just taken for granted – and thereby overlooked. I make a
point of it because it is not merely the correct definition of a word
that is at stake, but, as we shall see, one`s very orientation toward
Torah study and Torah observance.
The Torah is not a “Jewish law book,” [...] Some people define Torah
as “a history of the Jewish people,” but that too is incorrect. [...]
( Read more... )
