what is the holy book of the jewish religion
Torah
title: Haymanot text: Haymanot Haymanot (Ge'ez: ሃይማኖት) is the branch of Judaism practiced by the Beta Israel, also known as Ethiopian Jews. "Haymanot" in both Ge'ez and Amharic means "religion" or "faith". Thus in modern Amharic, it is common to speak of the Christian "Haymanot", the Jewish "Haymanot" or the Muslim "Haymanot". It is only in Israel where the Ge'ez term "haymanot" is associated with a particular religion. "Mäṣḥafä Kedus" (Holy Scriptures) is the name for the religious literature. The language of the writings is Ge'ez. The holiest book is the Orit (from Aramaic "Oraita" – "Torah") which consists of the Five Books title: Judaism text: Judaism Judaism (originally from Hebrew , "Yehudah", "Judah"; via Latin and Greek) is the religion of the Jewish people. It is an ancient, monotheistic, Abrahamic religion with the Torah as its foundational text. It encompasses the religion, philosophy, and culture of the Jewish people. Judaism is considered by religious Jews to be the expression of the covenant that God established with the Children of Israel. Judaism encompasses a wide corpus of texts, practices, theological positions, and forms of organization. The Torah is part of the larger text known as the Tanakh or the Hebrew Bible, and supplemental oral tradition represented title: Biblical canon text: (Ge'ez: ቤተ እስራኤል—"Bēta 'Isrā'ēl")—possess a canon of scripture that is distinct from Rabbinic Judaism. "Mäṣḥafä Kedus" (Holy Scriptures) is the name for the religious literature of these Jews, which is written primarily in Ge'ez. Their holiest book, the "Orit", consists of the Pentateuch, as well as Joshua, Judges, and Ruth. The rest of the Ethiopian Jewish canon is considered to be of secondary importance. It consists of the remainder of the Hebrew canon—with the possible exception of the Book of Lamentations—and various deuterocanonical books. These include Sirach, Judith, Tobit, 1 and 2 Esdras, 1 and 4 Baruch, the three books title: Hebrew Bible text: Hebrew Bible The Hebrew Bible, also called the Tanakh (; , or ; also "Tenakh", "Tenak", "Tanach") or Mikra, is the canonical collection of Jewish texts, which is also the textual source for the Christian Old Testament. These texts are composed mainly in Biblical Hebrew, with some passages in Biblical Aramaic (in the books of Daniel, Ezra and a few others). The form of this text that is authoritative for Rabbinic Judaism is known as the Masoretic Text (MT), and is divided into 24 books, while the Protestant Bible translations divide the same material into 39 books. Modern scholars seeking title: Halakha text: Halakha Halakha (; , ; also transliterated as halacha, halakhah, halachah or halocho) ( ) is the collective body of Jewish religious laws derived from the Written and Oral Torah. Halakha is based on biblical laws or "commandments" ("mitzvot") (traditionally numbered as 613), subsequent Talmudic and rabbinic law, and the customs and traditions compiled in the many books, one of the most famous of which is the 16th-century "Shulchan Aruch" (literally "Prepared Table"). "Halakha" is often translated as "Jewish Law", although a more literal translation might be "the way to behave" or "the way of walking". The word derives from