“If a man learns two paragraphs of the law in the morning and two in the evening and is engaged in his work all day, it is considered as though he had fulfilled the Torah in its entirety.”
—Tanhuma Beshallakh #20
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Torah
Pronunced: TORE-uh, Origin: Hebrew, the Five Books of Moses.
Once a name for sinners who repented, ba'al teshuvah now describes a Jew who returns to Orthodoxy — or becomes Orthodox for the first time.
Biblical and rabbinic sources stress both divine determinism and human freedom.
While honoring parents is a core Jewish value, so is protecting one's health and well-being.