The Introductory Torah Books You'll Need to Start Learning Torah: Part 1: The Revealed Torah

If you are beginning your journey in learning Torah or trying to get a start in understanding Judaism, you're going to need to make a start somewhere! For further introductory books to Torah, see my full playlist: Torah Books Needed to Start Learning Torah Which books are going to be the best to get started? What type of path should you take? What direction in your learning should you go? This is the start of a series of videos to help you make a start in building up your Jewish library and getting to learn the basics of Torah and Judaism and to move onwards into even higher levels of learning. Here is a timestamp for each part of the video to help you navigate easily! 00:00 - Introduction: Where does a beginner start their Jewish journey? 01:30 - The challenge of choice: Facing the vastness of the Torah 03:12 - Building a structured approach to learning 05:40 - The importance of finding a Rabbi and mentor 07:15 - The inspiration of Rabbi Akiva: The power of consistent small steps 09:15 - Understanding the finiteness of the Talmud (2711 pages) 11:40 - Book Recommendation #1: Parsha in Just Two Minutes by Rabbi Eliyahu Shear 12:30 - Overview of the Five Books of Moses (Chumash) 14:35 - Using summaries to see the "flow" of the written Torah 16:45 - Book Recommendation #2: The Living Torah by Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan 19:00 - The goal of fluency in the Five Books 20:15 - Advice for non-Jewish seekers on finding reliable translations 22:15 - Exploring the ArtScroll Edition of the Chumash 23:05 - Practical tips for following the Torah reading in Synagogue 24:40 - Introduction to the Tanakh (Torah, Prophets, and Writings) 26:15 - Overview of the Prophets (Nevi'im) 28:10 - Overview of the Writings (Ketuvim) 28:45 - A suggested one-year program for mastering the Tanakh 30:30 - Becoming familiar with the Five Megillot (Song of Songs, Ruth, etc.) 32:15 - Conclusion and looking ahead to Part 2 Feel free to be in touch with me regarding your own personal journey and I'll be happy to guide you in a direction that's best for you! For more info, please see my site http://www.lovingkindness.co and feel free to be in touch about anything Torah and life! ----- For more information about Rabbi Eliyahu Shear’s activities, see: http://bit.ly/chessedveemet PATREON SUPPORT To help me to be able to continue teaching and providing these videos please support me on my Patreon page with any amount you can help with: https://bit.ly/EliyahuShearPatreon (or become a member on my main website: https://bit.ly/MemberOfChessedVeEmet MY BOOK - PARSHAH IN JUST TWO MINUTES To purchase my book “Parshah In Just Two Minutes! Concise Summaries of the Weekly Parshah” see: http://bit.ly/ParshahInJustTwoMinutes STUDY THE LAWS OF FAMILY PURITY For men wishing to study the laws of Family Purity online – and prepare for marriage, see: http://bit.ly/ChatanLessons For women preparing to marry and who wish to study the laws of Taharat HaMishpachah (Family Purity / Niddah) online with Rebbetzin Shoshanah, see http://bit.ly/KallahLessons BECOME A SOFER STAM Would you like to become a Sofer Stam? Click on this link and have the opportunity to learn the laws online with Rabbi Eliyahu (qualified Sofer Stam): http://bit.ly/SoferLessons Study any area of Torah online with Rabbi Eliyahu – any Torah book of your choice: https://bit.ly/TorahStudy MISHNAH STUDY FOR A LOVED ONE OR A FRIEND To have Mishnah learning done for you by Rabbi Eliyahu for the sake of an Aliyat Neshamah for a beloved family member or friend: http://bit.ly/MishnahLearningForALove... BARMITZVAH LESSONS For boys preparing for their Barmitzvah, you can learn your Parshah, and much more with Rabbi Eliyahu: http://bit.ly/BarMitzvahLessons