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  2. Shemot (parashah) - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Weekly Torah portion - Wikipedia

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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.

  4. Portal:Judaism/Weekly Torah portion/Shemot - Wikipedia

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    The Weekly Torah portion in synagogues on Shabbat, Saturday, 29 Cheshvan, 5785—November 30, 2024 "The Israelites were groaning under the bondage and cried out; and their cry for help from the bondage rose up to God."

  5. Parashah - Wikipedia

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    A page from the Aleppo Codex, Deuteronomy 32:50–33:29. Parashah breaks visible on this page are as follows: {P} 33:1–6 (right column blank line 8th from top) {S} 33:7 (right column indentation line 23) {P} 33:8–11 (right column blank line 2nd from bottom) {S} 33:12 (middle column 1st indentation) {S} 33:13–17 (middle column 2nd indentation) {S} 33:18–19 (left column indentation at ...

  6. Va'eira - Wikipedia

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    The Seventh Plague of Egypt (1823 painting by John Martin). Va'eira, Va'era, or Vaera (וָאֵרָא ‎—Hebrew for "and I appeared," the first word that God speaks in the parashah, in Exodus 6:3) is the fourteenth weekly Torah portion (פָּרָשָׁה ‎, parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the second in the Book of Exodus.

  7. Vayakhel - Wikipedia

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    The Erection of the Tabernacle and the Sacred Vessels (illustration from the 1728 Figures de la Bible). Vayakhel, Wayyaqhel, VaYakhel, Va-Yakhel, Vayak'hel, Vayak'heil, or Vayaqhel (וַיַּקְהֵל ‎—Hebrew for "and he assembled," the first word in the parashah) is the 22nd weekly Torah portion (פָּרָשָׁה ‎, parashah) in the weekly Torah portion and the 10th of the Book of ...

  8. Shnayim mikra ve-echad targum - Wikipedia

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    Rav Huna bar Yehuda says in the name of Rabbi Ammi: "one should always complete the reading of one's weekly Torah portion with the congregation, twice from the mikra (i.e. Torah) and once from the Targum." [4] This statement was interpreted as the ritual of Shnayim mikra ve-echad targum and is codified in the Shulchan Aruch: [5]

  9. Bricks without straw - Wikipedia

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    In Exodus 5 (Parshat Shemot in the Torah), Moses and Aaron meet with the pharaoh and deliver God's message, "Let my people go". [1] The pharaoh not only refuses, but punishes the Israelites by telling his overseers, "Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves", but still requiring the same daily output of bricks as before. [2]