Weekly Torah portion

Parasha (Hebrew פרשה, classification, segregation; plural פרשות Paraschot or פרשיות Paraschijot ) is a reading section after the Babylonian order in the Masoretic text of the Torah. After order of Palestine, the Torah is also divided into sections, called Sidra ( Aramaic סדרא, order, to the Hebrew plural סדרות, Sidrot ).

Sabbath

On the Sabbath, the Torah is read as continuous text. According to the weeks of the Jewish year (see Jewish Calendar ) was assigned the Masoretic text in the 3rd century AD in 54 sections. Therefore, a parasha in English is also called part of the week. After the name of the Paraschijot the Sabbaths are called even in Judaism.

The cycle of Torah readings ends and begins on the holiday of Simchat Torah ( "Joy of the Torah " ), which also is the last day of the Jewish festival of Sukkot pilgrimage ( " Tabernacles " ) is. If the year due to seasonal periods or switching arrangements has less Sabbaths, as for 54 readings would be necessary, even two consecutive readings are recited together.

History

In Talmudic times, relatively short pieces have been read as parts of the week on the Sabbath in the synagogues. In the Land of Israel, the communities took three to three and a half years for the course of the whole Torah.

In the Babylonian exile, however, the annual lecture of the whole Torah prevailed; the week sections are correspondingly much longer. This week sections called parasha.

Benjamin of Tudela, a Jewish traveler from the 12th century, observed in Alexandria with its very diverse Jewish life both synagogues with the Palestinian (ie, the three-year ) as the Babylonian (ie, the one-year ) tradition.

The Palestinian tradition has prevailed with changes in many liberal and some conservative communities. The Palestinian Sedarim are assigned to the Babylonian Parshiyos today. Babylonian and Palestinian Regulations are harmonized; the entire Torah is read during the course of three years, read once, by each of the Sidra of the relevant reading year is carried forward from the current Babylonian parashah.

List of parts of the week

The Paraschijot are named in Hebrew, in the words with which they start, or after the first important concept.

Bereshit (1st book of Moses - Genesis)

בראשית Bereshit "In the beginning " (Gen 1.1 to 6.8 )
Noah נח " Noah " (Gen. 6.9 to 11.32 )
Lech Lecha לך לך " go for you" (Gen 12.1 to 17.27 )
Wajera וירא " And there appeared " (Gen 18.1 to 22.24 )
Chaje Sara חיי שרה "Life of Sarah " (Gen 23.1 to 25.18 )
Toledot תולדות " gender " (Gen 25.19 to 28.9 )
Vayeitzei ויצא " And he went out " (Gen 28.10 to 32.3 )
Wajischlach וישלח " And he sent " (Gen 32.4 to 36.43 )
Vayeshev וישב " And he lived " (Gen 37.1 to 40.23 )
Mikez מקץ "In the end " (Gen 41.1 to 44.17 )
ויגש Vayigash " He approached " (Gen 44.18 to 47.27 )
ויחי Vayechi " And he lived " gene from 47.28 to 50.26 )

Sch'mot (2nd Book of Moses - Exodus )

Shemot שמות " name " (Ex 1.1 to 6.1 )
Wa'era וארא " And I appeared " (Ex 6.2 to 9.35 )
Bo בא "Come " (Ex 10.1 to 13.16 )
Beschalach בשלח " When he let her go " (Ex 13.17 to 17.16 )
Jethro יתרו " Jethro " (Ex 18.1 to 20.23 )
Mishpatim משפטים " rights " (Ex 21.1 to 24.18 )
Teruma תרומה " heave offering " (Ex. 25.1 to 27.19 )
Tezawe תצוה "You shall command " (Ex 27.20 to 30.10 )
Ki Tissa כי תשא "If you rise " (Ex 30.11 to 34.35 )
Wajakhel ויקהל " And he gathered " (Ex 35.1 to 38.20 )
Pekude פקודי " Counts " (Ex 38.21 to 40.38 )

Vayikra (3rd Book of Moses - Leviticus )

ויקרא Vayikra " And he cried " ( Lev 1.1 to 5.26 )
Zaw צו "territories " ( Lev 6.1 to 8.36 )
Shemini שמיני "roller " ( Lev 9.1 to 11.47 )
Tazria תזריע " You receive a" ( Lev 12.1 to 13.59 )
Mezora מצורע " leper " ( Lev 14.1 to 15.33 )
Achare Mot אחרי מות " After the death " ( Lev 16.1 to 18.30 )
Kedoshim קדושים "holy " ( Lev 19.1 to 20.27 )
Emor אמור "Sage" ( Lev 21.1 to 24.23 )
בהר Behar " On the mount " ( Lev 25.1 to 26.2 )
Bechukotaj בחוקותי "In my ordinances" (Lev. 26.3 to 27.34 )

Bemidbar (4th book of Exodus - Numbers )

Bemidbar " In the desert " (Num 1.1 to 4.20 )
Nasso "Rise " (Num 4.21 to 7.89 )
Beha'alotcha "If you light " (Num 8.1 to 12.16 )
Shelah Lecha " Send! " (Num 13.1 to 15.41 )
Korach " Korah " (Num 16.1 to 18.32 )
Chukkat "Articles" (Num 19.1 to 22.1 )
Balak " Balak " (Num 22.2 to 25.9 )
Pinchas " Pinchas " (Num 25.10 to 30.1 )
Matot " tribes " (Num 30.2 to 32.42 )
Mass "Travel" (Num 33.1 to 36.13 )

Devarim (5th book of Genesis - Deuteronomy)

Devarim " speeches " (Deut 1.1 to 3.22 )
Waetchanan "And I besought " (Deut 3.23 to 7.11 )
Ekev " If " (Deut 7.12 to 11.25 )
Re'eh "Look! " (Deut 11.26 to 16.17 )
Shoftim "judge" (Deut 16.18 to 21.9 )
Ki Teze " When thou goest " (Deut 21.10 to 25.19 )
Ki Tavo " When you come " (Deut 26.1 to 29.8 )
Nitzavim " You are standing " (Deut 29.9 to 30.20 )
Wajelech " And he went " ( Deuteronomy 31.1 to 30 )
Ha'asinu " Hear! " ( Deuteronomy 32.1 to 52 )
Wesot Habracha "And this is the blessing " (Deut 33.1 to 34.12 )

Holidays and Fast Days

Sukkot Day 1 Lev 22.26 to 23.44 & Num 29.12 to 29.16
Day 2 ( is observed in Orthodoxy outside of Israel ) Lev 22.26 to 23.44 & Num 29.12 to 29.16

Following the parashah the Haftarah ( text from the biblical books of the prophets ) is read.

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