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Each Torah portion consists of two to six chapters to be read during the week. There are 54 weekly portions or parashot.Torah reading mostly follows an annual cycle beginning and ending on the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah, with the divisions corresponding to the lunisolar Hebrew calendar, which contains up to 55 weeks, the exact number varying between leap years and regular years.
A d'var Torah (Hebrew: דבר תורה, "word of Torah"; plural: divrei Torah), also known as a drasha or drash in Ashkenazic communities, is a talk on topics generally relating to a parashah (section) of the Torah – typically the weekly Torah portion. A typical d'var Torah imparts a life lesson, backed up by passages from texts such as the ...
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Simchat Torah, Hebrew for “Rejoicing of the Torah” is a Jewish religious holiday that commemorates the completion of the yearly cycle of Torah reading.. The Torah is a central part of Judaism ...
English. Read; Edit; View history; Tools. ... Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Pages in category "Weekly Torah readings from Deuteronomy" The following 11 ...