Judaism's sacred text is the Hebrew Bible, also known as the Tanakh. The Hebrew Bible contains the same books as the Old Testament but in a different order, with some changes. The all together 24 books were originally separate written scrolls. The books were published as a single book in order to preserve them, around 900 BCE. Tanakh can be divided into three parts: 5 books of the Torah, 8 books of the Nevi'im, and 11 books of the Ketuvim.
TANAKH
INTERESTING FACTS
- When reading the Torah, one must not touch the sacred pages, therefore Jewish people use a pointer called "yad" when reading the Laws.
- The Torah contains 613 commandments.
- The Torah today is exactly the same Torah that was written 3,300 years ago.
- The Torah is made of parchment sheets sewn together, creating a long scroll.
- The entire Torah is written by hand
- Some Jews visit the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem on a daily basis to recite the whole Book of Psalms.
- The Torah contains 613 commandments.
- The Torah today is exactly the same Torah that was written 3,300 years ago.
- The Torah is made of parchment sheets sewn together, creating a long scroll.
- The entire Torah is written by hand
- Some Jews visit the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem on a daily basis to recite the whole Book of Psalms.
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