Torah Judaism


Torah Judaism is an English term used by Orthodox Jewish groups to describe their Judaism as being based on an adherence to the laws of the Torah's mitzvot, as expounded in Orthodox Halakha. These laws include both the Biblical and rabbinic mitzvot.
Torah Judaism is also an ideological concept used by many Orthodox thinkers to describe their movement as the sole Jewish denomination faithful to traditional Jewish values.
Followers of Torah Judaism may also follow the Daat Torah, i. e., the guidelines of rabbis or hakhamim based on the Talmud. In recent time, these hakhamim may include the followers' rebbes, rosh yeshivas, or a posek, often identified as an expert in the Shulkhan Arukh.
The phrase Torah Judaism implies a belief and practice of Judaism that is based on the inclusion of the entire Tanakh and Talmud, as well as later rabbinic authorities, as sources of conducting oneself in life, and on the premise that the Torah emanates directly from God, as revealed at Biblical Mount Sinai.
The term "Torah Judaism" is a conscious intent to label non-Orthodox Jewish movements as being divorced from the Torah.