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COMPLETE CHART OF JEWISH SCRIPTURE

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• Torah: This is the part that was given directly to Moshe Rabbeinu (Moses our Teacher) at Mount Sinai by HaShem (God). It is made up of five books. Each book is called a Chumash.
  • B’reishis (Genesis)
    Shemos (Exodus)
    Vayikra (Leviticus)
    Bamidbar (Numbers)
    Devarim (Deuteronomy)
• Nevi’im (Prophets): Prophets are great and saintly people who communicate with HaShem. These books are recordings of some of what HaShem said to His prophets.
  • Yehoshua (Joshua)
    Shoftim (Judges)
    Shmuel (Samuel) - two books
    Melachim (Kings) - two books
    Yirmiyahu (Jeremiah)
    Yechezkel (Ezekiel)
    Yeshayahu (Isaiah)
    The following twelve are combined in one book called Trey Asar (The Twelve):
    • Hoshaia (Hosea)
      Yoel (Joel)
      Amos
      Ovadiah (Obadiah)
      Yonah (Jonah)
      Michah (Micah)
      Nachum (Nahum)
      Chabakkuk (Habakkuk)
      Tzefaniah (Zephaniah)
      Chaggai (Haggai)
      Zechariah (Zachariah)
      Malachi
• Kesuvim (Writings): These books were written by prophets with HaShem’s guidance but are not direct prophecies.
  • Tehillim (Psalms)
    Mishlei (Proverbs)
    Iyov (Job)
  • The following five books are called Megillos:
  • 1 Shir HaShirim (Song of Songs)
    2 Rus (Ruth)
    3 Eichah (Lamentations)
    4 Koheles (Eccelesiastes)
    5 Esther
    Daniel
    Ezra & Nechemiah (Nehemiah)
    Divrei HaYomim (Chronicles) two books

  Many things are not explained in the Torah Shebiksav. Hashem gave the explanations to Moshe Rabbeinu on Mount Sinai together with the written Torah. These explanations are called the Torah Sheb’al Peh, the Oral Torah, because they were meant to be passed from teacher to student. In the years after the destruction of the second Beis HaMikdash (Holy Temple) there was a danger that the Torah Sheb’al Peh would be forgotten. Therefore, our Sages, led by Rabbi Yehudah HaNasi (The Prince), assembled a basic outline of the Torah Sheb’al Peh into a series of books called the Mishna. The Mishna was completed in the year 188 CE. The Mishna was intended to serve as a memory aid so that it would be easier for students to remember the Torah Sheb’al Peh. The Mishna was primarily an outline and did not include the in-depth analysis and explanation behind the laws. These explanations are called gemara. About three hundred years after the completion of the Mishna there was a risk that the gemara would be forgotten. Once again, our sages, now led by Rav Ashi and Ravina, compiled the gemara into a written work as a commentary on the Mishna. This completed work is called the Talmud. The Talmud is therefore the complete collection of the Mishna and the gemara.

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