. . . . . "Torah (/\u02C8t\u0254\u02D0r\u0259\u02CC\u02C8to\u028Ar\u0259/; Hebrew: \u05EA\u05BC\u05D5\u05B9\u05E8\u05B8\u05D4, \"Instruction, Teaching\"), or the Pentateuch (/\u02C8p\u025Bnt\u0259\u02CCtu\u02D0k, -\u02CCtju\u02D0k/), 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."@en .