1.  torah(n = noun.communication) - the whole body of the Jewish sacred writings and tradition including the oral tradition;
is a kind of religious text, religious writing, sacred text, sacred writing

2.  torah(n = noun.communication) laws, pentateuch - the first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Hebrew Bible considered as a unit;
is a kind of religious text, religious writing, sacred text, sacred writing
is a part of old testament, hebrew scripture, tanach, tanakh
has parts: book of genesis, genesis, book of exodus, exodus, book of leviticus, leviticus, book of numbers, numbers, book of deuteronomy, deuteronomy

3.  torah(n = noun.communication) - (Judaism) the scroll of parchment on which the first five books of the Hebrew Scripture is written; is used in a synagogue during services;
is a kind of roll, scroll

   A law; a precept.
"A considerable body of priestly Toroth."
"Tora, . . . before the time of Malachi, is generally used of the revelations of God's will made through the prophets."
"The Hebrew Bible is divided into three parts: (1) The Torah, “Law,” or Pentateuch. (2) The Prophets (Nevi'im in Hebrew) . . . (3) The Kethubim, or the “Writings,” generally termed Hagiographa. From the first letters of these three parts, the word “Tanakh” is derived, and used by Jews as the name of their Bible, the Christian Old Testament." [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

torah, n.
1 (usu. prec. by the) a the Pentateuch. b a scroll containing this.
2 the will of God as revealed in Mosaic law.

Etymology:
Heb. torah instruction

shimchath torah, simchas torah, simchat torah, simhat torah, simhath torah