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Encampment of Israelites, Mount Sinai (1836 intaglio print after J. M. W. Turner from Landscape illustrations of the Bible). Masei, Mas'ei, or Masse (מַסְעֵי —Hebrew for "journeys," the second word, and the first distinctive 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 Weekly Torah portion in synagogues on Shabbat, Saturday, 20 Kislev, 5785—December 21, 2024 "You shall not defile the land in which you live, in which I Myself abide, for I the Lord abide among the Israelite people.’" (Numbers 35:34.)
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.
Matot, Mattot, Mattoth, or Matos (מַּטּוֹת —Hebrew for "tribes", the fifth word, and the first distinctive word, in the parashah) is the 42nd weekly Torah portion (פָּרָשָׁה , parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the ninth in the Book of Numbers. It comprises Numbers 30:2–32:42.
The Golden Calf (gouache on board, c. 1896–1902 by James Tissot). Ki Tisa, Ki Tissa, Ki Thissa, or Ki Sisa (כִּי תִשָּׂא —Hebrew for "when you take," the sixth and seventh words, and first distinctive words in the parashah) is the 21st weekly Torah portion (parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the ninth in the Book of Exodus.
Large numbers of those calling themselves Messianic Jews are not of Jewish descent, [100] but join the movement as they "enjoy the Messianic Jewish style of worship". [101] Messianic perspectives on "Who is a Jew?" vary. The Messianic Jewish Rabbinical Council says a Jew is one born to a Jewish mother or who has converted to Judaism.
Miketz or Mikeitz (מִקֵּץ —Hebrew for "at the end," the second word and first distinctive word of the parashah) is the tenth weekly Torah portion (פָּרָשָׁה , parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading. It constitutes Genesis 41:1–44:17.
Toledot, Toldot, Toldos, or Toldoth (תּוֹלְדֹת —Hebrew for "generations" or "descendants," the second word and the first distinctive word in the parashah) is the sixth weekly Torah portion (פָּרָשָׁה , parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.