"Judaism rests on two pillars. One is the Hebrew Bible, particularly the Pentateuch, or the five books of Moses, known as the Torah. It is the revelation of God, divine in origin and containing the earliest written laws and traditions of the Jewish people. The other pillar is the Talmud, a rabbinic commentary and enlargement of the Torah. It is an elaborate, discursive compendium that contains the written and oral laws of the faith.

In the Torah and Talmud are found the Jewish foundation principles of justice, purity, hope, thanksgiving, righteousness, love, freedom of will, divine providence and human responsibility, repentance, prayer, and messianic hope.

Handbook of Denominations, p.158-9