- Parashah (disambiguation)
The Hebrew word "parashah" (plural: "parashot" or "parashiyyot") narrowly means "section", "portion", or "event". It usually refers to one of the following:
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rabbinic literature ,halakhah and biblical studies, "parashah" properly refers to a section in themasoretic text of theHebrew Bible , somewhat resembling a modernparagraph .
#In popular parlance, "parashah" is usually used as a shortened form of the term "parashat ha-shavua", theWeekly Torah portion read in thesynagogue . (Some Ashkenazim traditionally use the word "Sidra" or "Sedra" with the same meaning rather than "parashah", but "parashah" is by far the more popular term and the only one used in modern spoken Hebrew.)
#A "parashah" can also mean one of the seven sub-divisions of theWeekly Torah portion , to which an individual is called up in the reading of the Torah.
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