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     The Torah, foundation of all three religions was given to the Jews in a language that they spoke and understood.  This language is given the accolade of holy.  The holy tongue is Hebrew.  The sages teach us that this language specifically the Torah is the language of creation.  In the Torah there is a commandment that was given to the Jews on Mount Sinia.  This is the prohibition of profaning the Name of the Creator.  We are not aloud to use the name commonly or glibly.  The sin of chillul HaShem (profaning the name) is so great that we do not ever pronounce the name as it appears in the text.  Every one who reads Hebrew has seen this name countless times and can tell you that it is the name of the Creator.  The name of the Creator, is Yud, Heh, Vav, Hey.  Three different letters of the Hebrew Aleph-Beis (alpha bet).  Our Sages also tell us that really the entire Torah is one name of the Creator.  It is forbidden for a Jew to erase even one letter, or for that matter to make even the slightest defect in any of the writings of the Torah.  The Creator, Torah, and Israel are eternal never to fade, of vanish away.
      Hebrew is a language that is made up of 22 letters.  These letters have names , numerical value , and some have two forms.  Then there are vowels and marks that instruct on cadence and tone.  Through the combination of these we have the Hebrew language.  Hebrew is the garment of the wisdom of the Torah.  The letters are the vessels in which the ideas are contained.  If these vessels are broken the thought is not communicated properly.
        In the Talmud Mas. Shabbat 31a.  there is a story about a potential convert to Judaism and his exchange with the two leading Rabbis of his day.  These two Rabbi happened to be the famed Hillel and Shamia.
" Our Rabbis taught: A certain heathen once came before Shammai and asked him, "How many Torohs do you have?" "Two," he replied" 'the written Torah and the Oral Torah' I believe you with respect to the written, but not with respect to the Oral Torah; make me a proselyte on condition that you teach me the written Torah [only]. [But] he scolded and repulsed him in anger.  When he went before Hillel, he accepted him as a proselyte. On the first day,  he taught him, Alef, Beth, Gimmel, Dalet; the following day he reversed [them] to him. 'But yesterday you did not teach them to me thus, ' he protested. ' Must you then not rely upon me?  Then rely upon me with respect to the oral [Torah] too.
       This illustrates perfectly the nuance of the Oral Torah.  Just to read the Torah properly with all the right meaning takes a vast knowledge of the Oral Torah.  A Torah scroll is not written with vowel or cantilation marks.  In order to understand what the Torah says literally you must know the Oral Torah Perfectly.  The Oral Torah is the explanation of the written Torah.