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Torah
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Covenant · Torah
Circumcision
Circumcision is the removal of the male foreskin and functions biblically as an important covenant sign.
Study concept →Clean and Unclean · Torah
Clean
Clean in biblical ritual terminology refers to a state of ritual fitness or purity that allows appropriate participation in sacred life.
Study concept →Torah · Redemption
Exodus
The Exodus is God's deliverance of Israel from slavery in Egypt under Moses.
Study concept →Holiness · Torah
Holiness
Holiness refers fundamentally to being set apart, sacred, or belonging uniquely to God.
Study concept →Food · Torah
Kosher
Kosher is a later Jewish term meaning fit or proper, commonly used for food that conforms to Jewish dietary requirements.
Study concept →Biblical Law · Sin
Lawlessness
Lawlessness translates the Greek word anomia, built from nomos ("law") with a negative prefix.
Study concept →Torah · Jewish Practice
Mezuzah
The Hebrew word mezuzah literally means doorpost.
Study concept →Biblical Feasts · Torah
Moedim
Moedim are God's appointed times or designated occasions.
Study concept →Covenant · Torah
Mosaic Covenant
The Mosaic Covenant is the covenant God establishes with Israel at Mount Sinai after delivering them from Egypt.
Study concept →Torah · Prophets
Moses
Moses is the prophet through whom God delivers Israel from Egypt, mediates the Sinai covenant, and gives Torah.
Study concept →Geography · Torah
Mount Sinai
Mount Sinai is the mountain where God enters into covenant with Israel and gives Torah through Moses.
Study concept →Biblical Feasts · Torah
Passover
Passover commemorates God's deliverance of Israel from Egypt.
Study concept →Priesthood · Temple
Priest
A priest is a person set apart for sacred service, especially mediation, sacrifice, teaching, purification, and sanctuary duties.
Study concept →Torah · Biblical Practices
Sabbath
The Sabbath is the seventh day, set apart by God as a day of cessation from ordinary labor.
Study concept →Worship · Atonement
Sacrifice
A sacrifice is an offering presented to God according to prescribed forms of worship.
Study concept →Torah · First-Century Judaism
Scribe
A scribe was a literate specialist associated with writing, preserving, interpreting, or teaching legal and sacred texts.
Study concept →Biblical Feasts · Torah
Shavuot
Shavuot, meaning "Weeks," is the biblical Feast of Weeks.
Study concept →Hebrew Concepts · Torah
Shema
Shema means "hear," but biblical Hebrew often carries the additional implication of listening with the intention to respond or obey.
Study concept →Sin · Salvation
Sin
Sin refers to human rebellion, failure, transgression, wrongdoing, or falling short of God's will.
Study concept →Torah · Covenant
Torah
Torah means instruction, teaching, or direction.
Study concept →Torah · Jewish Practice
Tzitzit
Tzitzit are tassels commanded by Torah to be placed on the corners of garments.
Study concept →Clean and Unclean · Torah
Unclean
Unclean refers to a ritual condition that may restrict participation in sacred space or activities until purification occurs.
Study concept →Biblical Feasts · Torah
Unleavened Bread
The Feast of Unleavened Bread is a seven-day biblical festival immediately associated with Passover.
Study concept →Geography · Torah
Wilderness
The wilderness is both a geographical environment and a major theological setting in Scripture.
Study concept →Pauline Theology · Torah
Works of the Law
Works of the Law is a Pauline expression appearing particularly in Romans and Galatians.
Study concept →Biblical Feasts · Eschatology
Yom Teruah
Yom Teruah is the biblical appointed time observed on the first day of the seventh month.
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