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Chumash (Hebrew: חומש‎, pronounced [xuˈmɑʃ]; also Humash) is one of the Hebrew names for the Five Books of Moses, also known as the Pentateuch or Torah. The word comes from the Hebrew word for five, chamesh. A more formal term is Chamishah Chumshei Torah, "five fifths of the Law".