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In addition to hearing the Torah portion read in the synagogue, a person should read it himself twice during that week, together with a translation usually by Targum Onkelos and/or Rashi's commentary. [1] [2] In addition, while not required by law, there exists an Ashkenazi custom to also read the portion from the Prophets with its targum. [3]
The work is based on the rules of study laid down in the Peri Etz Chaim of Hayyim ben Joseph Vital, in the Sha'ar Hanhagat Limmud (chapter on study habits). In this he recommends that, in addition to studying the Torah portion for the forthcoming Shabbat each week, one should study daily excerpts from the other works mentioned, and lays down a formula for the number of verses or the topic to ...
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 ...
Deuteronomy 32:50–33:29 in the Aleppo Codex. V'Zot HaBerachah, VeZos HaBerachah, VeZot Haberakha, V'Zeis Habrocho, V'Zaus Haberocho, V'Zois Haberuchu, Wazoth Habborocho, or Zos Habrocho (וְזֹאת הַבְּרָכָה —Hebrew for "and this is the blessing," the first words in the parashah) is the 54th and final weekly Torah portion (פָּרָשָׁה , parashah) in the annual ...
The Weekly Torah portion in synagogues on Shabbat, Saturday, 29 Cheshvan, 5785—November 30, 2024 "As an eagle that stirs up her nest, hovers over her young, spreads abroad her wings, takes them, bears them on her pinions, the Lord alone did lead [Israel], and there was no strange god with Him."
By learning Rambam, one effectively learns the entire Torah. If all Jewish people united in the daily study cycle, Jewish unity could be accomplished. This study aims to bring about Torah unity and Jewish unity simultaneously. The completion of each cycle is celebrated with a Siyum Harambam. Such events are held worldwide with the participation ...
Shemot, Shemoth, or Shemos (שְׁמוֹת —Hebrew for 'names', the second word, and first distinctive word, of the parashah) is the thirteenth weekly Torah portion (פָּרָשָׁה , parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the first in the Book of Exodus. It constitutes Exodus 1:1–6:1.