query: religion shemaryahu gurary
supports: The Torah ("instruction, teaching"), or in Christianity, the Pentateuch ("five books"), is the central reference of the religious Judaic tradition. It has a range of meanings. It can most specifically mean the first five books of the twenty-four books of the Tanakh, and it usually includes the rabbinic commentaries ('). The term "Torah" means instruction and offers a way of life for those who follow it; it can mean the continued narrative from Book of Genesis to the end of the Tanakh, and it can even mean the totality of Jewish teaching, culture and practice. Common to all these meanings, Torah consists of the foundational narrative of Jewish peoplehood: their call into being by God, their trials and tribulations, and their covenant with their God, which involves following a way of life embodied in a set of moral and religious obligations and civil laws ('). Judaism (from , derived from Greek , originally from Hebrew , "Yehudah", "Judah"; in Hebrew: , "Yahadut", the distinctive characteristics of the Judean ethnos) encompasses the religion, philosophy, culture and way of life of the Jewish people. Judaism is an ancient monotheistic religion, with the Torah as its foundational text (part of the larger text known as the Tanakh or Hebrew Bible), and supplemental oral tradition represented by later texts such as the Midrash and the Talmud. Judaism is considered by religious Jews to be the expression of the covenantal relationship that God established with the Children of Israel. With between 14.5 and 17.4 million adherents worldwide, Judaism is the tenth-largest religion in the world. Rebbe or , is a Yiddish word derived from the Hebrew word "rabbi", which means "master, teacher, or mentor". Like the title "rabbi" it refers to teachers of Torah or leaders of Judaism. Rabbi Shemaryahu Gurary , also known by his Hebrew initials as Rashag , ( 1898 - 1989 ) was an Orthodox rabbi belonging to the Chabad - Lubavitch Hasidic movement . His father was Rabbi Menachem Mendel Gurary . He was the older son - in - law of Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn ( 1880 - 1950 ) , known as Rebbe Rayatz , the sixth Rebbe of the Chabad - Lubavitch Hasidic movement , and the brother - in - law of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson , the seventh Lubavitcher Rebbe . He worked with his father - in - law in communal service in both Russia and Poland and then arrived in the U.S. in 1940 , where he continued this work until his death . Gurary had a comprehensive knowledge of Chassidic philosophy and was a devoted follower of his father - in - law Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn , and later of his brother - in - law , Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson . In Judaism, a rabbi is a teacher of Torah. This title derives from the Hebrew word ' , meaning "My Master" (irregular plural ' ), which is the way a student would address a master of Torah. The word "master" "" literally means "great one".
candidates: christianity judaism
answer: judaism