The word Torah means "direction." It is God's direction for life. While the five books of Moses are traditionally referred to as "The Torah," the Torah is actually all God's revelation, primarily and authoritatively contained in the Bible (both Old and New Covenant writings).
Torah is not about rules, but about the ways of God. It requires the wisdom of God (see the Book of Proverbs) to understand how to apply what God says to our lives.
That doesn't mean God has no rules - far from it! But his rules are his directions for successful living, not cold restrictions to prevent us from living well. Some of his directions are restrictive, but that is because we need to learn that not all potential activity is good for us. All God's directives are for our good and for our true freedom.
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