Torah study

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Torah study is the central Jewish religious practice of learning and interpreting the Hebrew Bible and rabbinic texts as a lifelong spiritual, intellectual, and communal discipline.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish religious practice
communal practice
form of religious study
intellectual discipline
spiritual discipline
aimsAt communal cohesion
knowledge of God
moral refinement
spiritual growth
understanding of halakha
associatedWith Daf Yomi cycle
surface form: Daf Yomi

daily study cycles
parashat hashavua (weekly Torah portion)
basedOn Tanakh
surface form: Hebrew Bible

Torah
rabbinic literature
centralTo Jewish religious life
commandedIn Deuteronomy 11:13–21
surface form: Deuteronomy 11:19

Deuteronomy 6:7
consideredMitzvahIn Judaism
emphasizedBy rabbinic tradition
hasAspect communal learning
discussion and debate
ethical reflection
interpretation of sacred texts
legal analysis
memorization
personal study
spiritual contemplation
textual analysis
hasMethod chevruta study
independent reading
public lecture (shiur)
hasTemporalScope lifelong practice
includesStudyOf Jewish commentaries
Midrash
Mishnah
surface form: Oral Torah

Talmud
Torah
surface form: Written Torah

halakhic literature
languageOfPrimaryTexts Aramaic
Hebrew
practicedBy Conservative Judaism
surface form: Conservative Jews

Haredi Jews
Hasidism
surface form: Hasidic Jews

Jewish adults
Jewish children
Orthodox Judaism
surface form: Orthodox Jews

Reform Judaism
surface form: Reform Jews

Religious Zionism
surface form: Religious Zionists

rabbis
yeshiva students
practicedIn Jewish home
beit midrash
synagogue
yeshiva
religion Judaism
valuedAs highest form of worship in many Jewish sources
viewedAs core of Jewish identity
foundation of Jewish law
service of God

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Contemporary Judaism hasPractice Torah study