The Torah is a central sacred text of Judaism, divinely revealed to the Jewish people and taught to them by Moses. It is the substance of divine revelation to Israel, the Jewish people, and is Gods revealed teaching or guidance for humankind. The term "Torah" can mean different things in different contexts. In its most limited sense, it refers to the Five Books of Moses: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. However, the word "Torah" can also be used to refer to the entire Jewish Bible (the body of scripture known to non-Jews as the Old Testament and to Jews as the Tanakh or Written Torah), or in its broadest sense, to the whole body of Jewish law and teachings. The Torah is preserved in all Jewish synagogues on handwritten parchment scrolls that reside inside the ark of the Law. Readings from the Torah form an important part of Jewish liturgical services. The Torahs stories, laws, and poetry stand at the center of Jewish culture, and they chronicle Gods creation of the world, the selection and growth of the family of Abraham and Sarah in relationship to God in the land of Canaan, the exile and redemption from Egypt of that "family-become-nation" known as Israel, and their travels through the desert until they return to the land of Canaan.