Torahs

Torahs
to·rah || 'təʊrə /'tɔːrə n. first of three parts of the Hebrew Bible, Pentateuch, Five Books of Moses; leather scroll on which the Pentateuch is inscribed; entire body of Jewish Scriptures and teachings (including Written and Oral Laws)

English contemporary dictionary. 2014.

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