May 16, 2008

• The Weekly Torah Portion

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  Weekly Torah portion

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  A Torah scroll

  The weekly Torah portion (Hebrew: Parashat ha-Shavua, popularly just parashah or parshah and also known as a Sidra) is a section of the Torah (Hebrew Bible) read in Jewish services. In Judaism, the Torah is read publicly over the course of a year, with one major portion read each week in the Shabbat morning service.

  Each weekly Torah portion usually takes its name from one of the first unique word or words in the Hebrew text. Dating roughly from the time of the Babylonian captivity (6th Century BCE),^{[citation needed]} public Torah reading mostly followed an annual cycle beginning and ending on the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah, with the Torah divided into 54 weekly portions to correspond to the lunisolar Hebrew calendar, which contains up to 55 weeks, the exact number varying between leap years and regular years.^[1]

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  Torah The 5 Books of Moses

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  Beresheet Genesis	Shemot Exodus	Vayikra Leviticus	Bamidbar Numbers	Devarim Deuteronomy
  1 Beresheet 2 Noach 3 Lekh L'kha 4 Vayera 5 Hayyei Sarah 6 Toledot 7 Vayetze 8 Vayishlach 9 Vayeshev 10 Mikketz 11 Vayigash 12 Vayechi	1 Shemot 2 Va'era 3 Bo 4 Beshallach 5 Yitro 6 Mishpatim 7 Terumah 8 Tetzaveh 9 Ki Tissa 10 Vayakhel 11 Pekudei	1 Vayikra 2 Tzav 3 Shemini 4 Tazria 5 Metzora 6 Acharei Mot 7 Kedoshim 8 Emor 9 Behar 10 Bechukkotai	1 Bamidbar 2 Naso 3 Beha'alo'tkha 4 Shelakh 5 Korach 6 Hukkat 7 Balak 8 Pinchas 9 Mattot 10 Masa'ei	1 Devarim 2 Va'etchanan 3 Ekev 4 Re'eh 5 Shoftim 6 Ki Tetze 7 Ki Tavo 8 Nitzavim 9 Vayelekh 10 Ha'azinu 11 Vezot HaBrachah

   

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