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Why does the Torah omit such a large portion of Moses' biography?

by Rabbi Shalom Hazan

  

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Indeed several decades of Moses' life -- from when he left Egypt as a young adolescent until he returned at the age of eighty -- are curiously absent from the Torah.

The literal meaning of the word "Torah" is "lesson." Torah is not a history book, but rather is a book of life-instruction for the Jewish people. Therefore, we will find many gaps in the history related in the Torah, because it only relates to us those stories and events from which we can -- and must -- derive life-lessons.

The literal meaning of the word "Torah" is "lesson." Therefore, we find many gaps in the history related in the Torah, because only those stories and events from which we can - and must - derive life-lessons are relevant

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Torah
Torah is G–d’s teaching to man. In general terms, we refer to the Five Books of Moses as “The Torah.” But in truth, all Jewish beliefs and laws are part of the Torah.
Moses
[Hebrew pronunciation: Moshe] Greatest prophet to ever live. Led the Jews out of Egyptian bondage amidst awesome miracles; brought down the Tablets from Mount Sinai; and transmitted to us word-for-word the Torah he heard from G-d's mouth. Died in the year 1272 BCE.