THE GOAL OF THE TORAH

To lay a foundation... as we seek to understand what the Torah teaches us, one must first try to grasp the general purpose for the giving of the Torah for the Jew. Jewish tradition explains that the Torah‘s source originates in HaShem’s Wisdom (Proverbs 2-4). As a result, when interpreted and applied properly, Torah’s purpose is realized within the Torah Jew through the transformation of thought, speech and action. By it, a person aims at completely ridding oneself of all idolatrous thoughts, concepts, beliefs and behavior (Deut. 30:11-20)...thereby revealing the one true G-d. Through the Torah, a Jew learns that HaShem is totally “other” than anything found within the material world (Deut. 4:12-20; Deut. 12: 29-31; Deut. 14:1-2).