How to Use the Torah in a Sentence

the Torah

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  • For now, there is no ark housing the Torah scrolls.
    — Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Why must the chapter of curses in the Torah be read quickly in a low voice?
    — Lizz Schumer, People.com, 21 Dec. 2024
  • Soon enough, Ben is schooling her in both the Torah and the rules of the Kosher kitchen.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 20 Jan. 2024
  • Each of the boxes contains pieces of parchment with passages of the Torah.
    — Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel, 5 June 2025
  • David Tatel and his wife had just left a discussion of blindness in the Torah.
    — Rachel Weiner, Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Horn recalls that the seder in the Torah is described as the Night of Watching.
    — Andrew Silow-Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2025
  • On the first night of Hanukkah, the family would go to temple for a reading of the Torah.
    — Reia Li, The Arizona Republic, 23 Dec. 2024
  • And when Jacob blesses them, the Torah doesn’t call him Jacob.
    — Mark Gerson, FOXNews.com, 17 May 2025
  • The Guide also reflects on the reasons for the commandments in the Torah.
    — Jay M. Harris, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2014
  • What if instead of the Torah your rabbi read Das Kapital?
    — Jon Raymond august 5, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2025
  • More service snaps show the two reading from the Torah and sitting with their mom in the front row of the congregation.
    — Emma Aerin Becker, Peoplemag, 9 Sep. 2024
  • Some argue that these stories have roots in ancient texts, including the Torah and the Bible.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 June 2026
  • Here, young men wearing yarmulkes spend their days studying both the Torah and military strategy.
    — Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2024
  • As a religious name, Aaron has appeared in the Quran, Bible, and the Torah.
    — Toketemu Ohwovoriole, Parents, 30 July 2024
  • Parashat Va’era tells us that Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, but the Torah does not describe him as raging all the time.
    — Rabbi Bruce D. Forman, Sun Sentinel, 13 Jan. 2026
  • With the giving of the Torah, the Jews became obligated to observe the kosher laws.
    — Rabbi Moishe Kievman, Sun Sentinel, 20 May 2025
  • Other snaps from the service showed the twins reading from the Torah and sitting with their mom in the front row of the congregation.
    — Raven Brunner, People.com, 29 Sep. 2024
  • The marking of this special occasion is part of the reason for the large crowd that joined the Torah celebration.
    — Sun Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Nation/World David Tatel and his wife had just left a discussion of blindness in the Torah.
    — Rachel Weiner, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Apr. 2023
  • Jacobs also pointed to the Torah for guidance on how to treat the less fortunate in society.
    — Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2025
  • There were misplaced reading glasses, which made the Torah recitation — a pressure point in any bar mitzvah — a little bit more fraught.
    — John Leland, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2024
  • The family had mezuzahs, which are pieces of parchment inscribed with Hebrew verse from the Torah, on their doors, police said.
    — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 26 Oct. 2023
  • The blessing that Jewish boys receive on Friday night was given in the Torah — but not by a father.
    — Mark Gerson, FOXNews.com, 17 May 2025
  • Rue takes to this teaching like the Torah, ogling the girls grinding for bills with a fervor that mimics that of a religious revelation.
    — Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2026
  • Turning to the Torah for answers, there are a few more to be found as to why blue is a holy color, but as for Hanukkah specifically, not so much.
    — Sophie Liza Cannon, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
  • In the Torah, the Passover story is also found in the 12th chapter of Exodus.
    — Lianna Norman, Florida Times-Union, 16 Feb. 2026
  • On four different occasions, the Torah describes questions asked by children about Passover.
    — Rabbi Avi Weiss, Sun Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2024
  • The rectangular piece of parchment, inscribed with verses from the Torah, protected her household from harm.
    — Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Oct. 2024
  • While no sanctions are imposed, the practice should continue to be discouraged as a violation of the Torah.
    — Michael Isaacson, Sun Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2025
  • For Hausman, the most difficult part was witnessing the ark that held the Torah scrolls being removed from the chapel where many of the victims died.
    — N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY, 14 Aug. 2024

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