One famous story is about how God created the first human beings. Can you remember what this story is called? Book of rules The Torah contains lots of instructions about how Jewish people should live. Altogether, there are 613 commandments like this. What do you think Kosher Means? They tell Jewish people how to pray, what to eat and which festivals to celebrate. The Torah Scroll The Torah that is read in the Synagogue is written on a scroll. They are made by specially trained people, written on parchment. When they are finished, the scrolls a decorated as beautifully as possible. They are not allowed to leave in any mistakes! The decorated Torah What does the Torah teach? In the Torah, rules for everyday life are only talked about very briefly. Over thousands of years, Rabbis have talked about what the Torah meant and came up with details of how Jewish people should live their lives. Lots of these ideas can be seen on the next

Conclusion The Torah is the instruction manual for being Jewish. Not every Jewish person follows all the rules, but all Jews see the Torah as being sacred and special. It has lots of stories in it that make up the Old Testament for Christians and Muslims too. What do you think about the Torah?