well it effected them by telling them how to act behave and think it helped them understand what god wanted from them as of behavior. it aslo helped them by letting them know when they had done wrong and how to repeant and move on.
Jewish religious law is called 'halacha' and is found in the Talmud.Halacha is based on the 613 commandments of the Torah, but all of the laws can be summed up on one statement:What is hateful to...