(lit., "revealed"): The exoteric dimension of the Torah. Those parts of the Torah that address those aspects of man's relationship with G-d that are the same for all individuals (or classes of individuals, such as kohanim, kings, etc.). In its most narrow sense: Jewish law and its Talmudic process of derivation. Contrasted with "nistar" ("hidden"), the parts of the Torah that address personal or private aspects of man's relationship with G-d, the inner life of the soul, and so forth.-- Nigleh