{"id":22325,"date":"2025-03-25T06:48:40","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T13:48:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/?p=22325"},"modified":"2025-04-06T21:17:26","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T04:17:26","slug":"the-biblical-hebrew-word-torah-defined","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2025\/03\/25\/the-biblical-hebrew-word-torah-defined\/","title":{"rendered":"The Biblical Hebrew Word &#8220;Torah&#8221; Defined"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Most Christians have never heard of the word &#8220;Torah&#8221;<\/strong> before, or if they have, they vaguely connect somehow to Orthodox religious Judaism without understanding its significant biblical connection or how it relates to them. The word &#8220;Torah&#8221;, or its linguistic counterparts, figure prominently in the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, and was referred to countless times by Yeshua and his disciples. 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