How to Use Torah in a Sentence

Torah

noun

• Children played between the rows of seats, as blessings and Torah readings stretched on for four hours.
  — Sophie Neiman, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Sep. 2023
• But leaders rescued 13 Torah scrolls before the building burned.
  — Sophie Hills, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Jan. 2025
• Both expect their own sons to become rabbis too, or at least Torah scholars, and their daughters to marry men of the same ilk.
  — Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2025
• Observances include all-night Torah study, special prayers, and the consumption of dairy foods.
  — Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 11 Dec. 2024
• Traditions also include staying up all night studying Torah and eating dairy.
  — David Oliver, USA TODAY, 25 May 2023
• The rabbinical leadership there made sure to take sacred Torah scrolls that had been housed inside before the flames approached.
  — Elizabeth Chuck, NBC News, 29 Jan. 2025
• The day of the assault was both Shabbat and Simchat Torah, the last of a series of important holidays in the fall.
  — David Remnick, The New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2024
• That changed on October 7, the day of the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah.
  — Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 21 Oct. 2023
• On the battlefield, some religious soldiers have filmed themselves dancing with Torah scrolls and waving the orange flags of Gush Katif.
  — Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2024
• The one spark on the plaza was a collection of small boys, perhaps 8 years old, wearing silver paper hats made to look like the ornamental crowns placed on the handles of a Torah scroll.
  — David Faris, Newsweek, 9 July 2024
• The Argentine president, despite being raised Catholic, claims to have been a student of the Jewish Torah for the last few years.
  — Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2023
• This event represents the culmination of years of Hebrew and Torah study and signifies the child's entrance into adulthood.
  — Jennifer O'Donnell, Parents, 8 July 2024
• Putin's statement comes after Hamas attacked Israel over the weekend during the holiday of Simchat Torah.
  — Adam Sabes, Fox News, 12 Oct. 2023
• This gave students ample opportunity to bond with one another and make friends from around the world, all while studying Torah and celebrating Shabbat.
  — News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Apr. 2025
• Congregation Beth Torah said on social media that three Rabbis from three congregations that touched her life will join together to lead the services.
  — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 27 May 2025
• Haim wants people to understand why the attack on Israel — carried out on the holiday of Simchat Torah, a day meant for rejoicing — cannot be ignored.
  — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2023
• All along, Stacy is more concerned with the party aspects of her big event than with its more serious rituals, including the chanting of her Torah portion and her mitzvah (good deed) project.
  — Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2023
• The museum is buying superlative examples of Judaica, such as a Polish Torah crown from around 1800.
  — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 1 Feb. 2024
• The ‘milk’ of Torah In ancient times, Shavuot was an agricultural pilgrimage festival, a time to bring offerings of first grains and fruits to the temple in Jerusalem.
  — Laura Yares, The Conversation, 22 May 2023
• Koppel envisions a map of two millennia of commentary, searchable by novice and scholar alike, a democratization of Torah study inconceivable a decade ago.
  — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2025
• The ceremony featured all nine women together, taking turns reciting prayers and reading from a 120-year-old Torah, a relic from the Holocaust.
  — Jessica Tzikas, Sun Sentinel, 12 June 2025
• Drawing from the week’s Torah portion, Reines used the imagery of the war against the Midianites to examine the ethical conduct of war through the lens of Jewish tradition.
  — Asaf Elia-Shalev, Sun Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2025
• The demonstrations scheduled for this weekend are an apparent response to the controversial anti-Islam protests and a request was filed and approved for Saturday to burn the Bible and Torah.
  — Caitlin McFall, Fox News, 14 July 2023
• To this day, students in yeshivas turn to the Rambam’s magnum opus, the comprehensive legal code known as the Mishneh Torah, in navigating the complexities of Jewish law.
  — Adam Kirsch, wsj.com, 5 May 2023