shivim panim latora

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Pronunciations

shivim panim latora (shee-VEEM pah-NEEM lah-toh-RAH) listen

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Definitions

  • sent. 'The Torah has seventy faces'; there are many ways to interpret the Torah.

Example Sentences

  • "In Midrash Rabba, our sages teach that discovering many explanations for a mitzvah is not something unique to the mitzvah of shofar. Rather, as a general Torah principal, Shivim panim laTorah — the Torah has 70 different faces, or aspects." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew

Etymology

  • שבעים פנים לתורה

      • Who Uses This

      • Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).

      Alternative Spellings

      shivim panim latorah, shivim panim la-torah, shivim panim la-tora, shivim panim latore, shivim panim latoreh, shivim panim la-toreh, shivim panim la-tore, shivim panim la'tora, shivim panim la'torah, shivim panim la'toreh, shivim panim la'tore

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