Torah laws
Biblical Jewish rules
Torah laws are the commandments and regulations found in the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, traditionally numbering 613.
They govern religious observance, ethics, diet, purity, and civil matters.
Orthodox Jews consider them divinely given and binding; other Jewish denominations and Christians interpret their authority variously.
Keeping kosher follows Torah laws about permitted foods.
- kosherPermissible by Jewish law
- pareveNeither meat nor dairy
- shechitaJewish butchering practice
- sabbatical yearPeriodic professional break
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
sacrifice · halacha · Shabbat candles · mitzvot · mezuzah · prayer · tefillin · Passover · communal responsibility · tikkun olam · ritual washing · circumcision · Yom Kippur · rabbinical · scrolls · orthodox · Moses · purity
Torah lawssecular law
Legal code without religious basis
civil law · state law · human law · constitutional law · common law
Torah lawsSharia
Muslim religious legal code
canon law · Islamic law · pagan customs · dharma · natural law
Torah lawslawlessness
Absence of governing rules
anomie · sin · transgression · licentiousness · anarchy