Victor a hopeless student in some body of Jewish teaching (5)
I believe the answer is:
torah
'some body of jewish teaching' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'victor a hopeless student in' is the wordplay.
'in' indicates a hidden word.
'TORAH' is hidden in the letters of 'victor a hopeless student'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for torah that I've seen before include "The whole body of Jewish religious literature" , "Jewish scripture" , "The law of God as revealed to Moses" , "Pentateuch" , "The will of God as revealed in Mosaic law" .)