The Eighth Principle - |
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The Torah has been Divinely Given |
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The eighth principle of Jewish faith is the belief that the Torah given to Moses on Mount Sinai is essentially the same Torah that has been passed down through the Jewish scribal arts. |
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"I believe with complete faith that the entire Torah now in our hands is the same one that was given to Moses our teacher, peace be upon him." |
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Today, the written Torah of Moses is called the Sefer Torah, or Torah Scroll, and is the most sacred object of Jewish life. The Sefer Torah is meticulously hand-written in Hebrew calligraphy with tagin ("crowns") on kosher parchment. |
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