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    The weekly Torah portion refers to a lectionary custom in Judaism in which a portion of the Torah (or Pentateuch) is read during Jewish prayer services...
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  • Baltimore Aliyah (Torah) Weekly Torah portion Hebrew cantillation Haftarah Minyan Sefer Torah Torah ark Yom Tov Torah readings Torah study Yad Qur'an reading...
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    deserving of punishment by beating. The whole chapter is part of the weekly Torah portion (parashah) Acharei Mot (אַחֲרֵי מוֹת‎) which comprises Leviticus...
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    ritually unclean, are required to study the Torah. It is the duty of everyone to read the entire weekly portion twice (the law of shnayim mikra ve-echad...
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    Publication Society of America Tanakh Torah Judaism Samaritan Torah Torah scroll (Yemenite) Weekly Torah portion "Torah". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed...
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    Balak (category Monarchs in the Torah)
    Orthodox Tewahedo Church. Balak is the name of the weekly parshah or portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading, constituting Numbers 22:2–25:9 which...
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  • mentioned in Genesis 36:5 Korach (parsha), the 38th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading Ken Korach (born 1952), play-by-play announcer...
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    Parashah (redirect from Open portion)
    (Hebrew Bible). In common usage today the word often refers to the weekly Torah portion (a shortened form of Parashat HaShavua). This article deals with...
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    Chukat (category Weekly Torah readings in Sivan)
    word, in the parashah) is the 39th weekly Torah portion (פָּרָשָׁה‎, parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the sixth in the Book of...
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    Hebrew Bible (section Torah)
    Tanakh Non-canonical books referenced in the Bible Shem Tov Bible Weekly Torah portion Footnotes Also spelled Tanach and Tenakh. See Exodus 17:14, 24:4...
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    to the Weekly Torah portion, and are studied regularly by Chabad Chassidim. The work was published originally in two parts. The first part, Torah Or, was...
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    Torah (Hebrew: שמחת תורה), meaning "rejoicing with the Torah". This name originally referred to a special "ceremony": the last weekly Torah portion is...
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  • Book of Genesis (category Torah books)
    thousand years. It is a custom among religious Jewish communities for a weekly Torah portion, popularly referred to as a parashah, to be read during Jewish prayer...
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    weekly Torah portions Lekh-lekha, 3rd weekly Torah portion containing the first part of the story of Abram and Lot Vayeira, 4th weekly Torah portion:...
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    Masei (category Weekly Torah readings in Av)
    word, in the parashah) is the 43rd weekly Torah portion (פָּרָשָׁה‎, parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the 10th and last in the...
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  • Book of Genesis Bereshit (parashah), the first weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading Beresheet and Beresheet 2, both lunar landers...
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  • Shabbat depends on the theme, story, or main message of the Sabbath weekly Torah portion. The cantor, or hazzan, of the congregation leads the worshippers...
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  • Book of Exodus (category Torah books)
    p. 148. Meyers, pp. 149–150. Meyers, p. 150. Dempster, p. 100. Weekly Torah Portions. Alephbeta Barmash, Pamela (2015). "Out of the Mists of History:...
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  • type of squash grown for its edible seeds, fruit, and greens The Weekly Torah portion in Judaism A variation on Seder, a subdivision of the biblical books...
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    insights and customs, addressed to the masses and arranged by the weekly Torah portion. Hayim initially studied in his father's library, and, at the age...
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    in Deuteronomy). In Judaism, the poem forms part of the sixteenth weekly Torah portion, or parshat Beshalach. The Sabbath on which it is read is known as...
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    Book of Deuteronomy (category Torah books)
    lit. 'second law'; Latin: Liber Deuteronomii) is the fifth book of the Torah (in Judaism), where it is called Devarim (Biblical Hebrew: דְּבָרִים‎, romanized: Dəḇārīm...
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    Behar (category Weekly Torah readings in Iyar)
    word, in the parashah) is the 32nd weekly Torah portion (פָּרָשָׁה‎, parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the ninth in the Book of...
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    11:13–21, and Numbers 15:37–41. These sections of the Torah are read in the weekly Torah portions Va'etchanan, Eikev, and Shlach, respectively. The recitation...
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  • Book of Leviticus (category Torah books)
    Wayyīqrāʾ, 'And He called'; Latin: Liber Leviticus) is the third book of the Torah (the Pentateuch) and of the Old Testament, also known as the Third Book...
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    Abraham Isaac (2013). Sapphire from the Land of Israel: A new light on weekly Torah portion from the writings of Rabbi Abraham Isaac HaKohen Kook. Chanan Morrison...
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    Book of Numbers (category Torah books)
    fourth book of the Hebrew Bible and the fourth of five books of the Jewish Torah. The book has a long and complex history; its final form is possibly due...
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  • Known for the infamous Lavon affair. Pinechas (parsha), the 41st weekly Torah portion Phineas Priesthood, a Christian Identity movement Phinehas (band)...
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  • Shnayim mikra ve-echad targum (category Torah study)
    Jewish practice of reading the weekly Torah portion in a prescribed manner. In addition to hearing the Torah portion read in the synagogue, a person...
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    Noach (category Weekly Torah readings from Genesis)
    (/ˈnoʊ.ɑːk/, /ˈnoʊ.ɑːx/) is the second weekly Torah portion (פָּרָשָׁה‎, parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading. It constitutes Genesis 6:9–11:32...
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