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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.
The Weekly Torah portion in synagogues on Shabbat, Saturday, 6 Kislev, 5785—December 7, 2024 "And let all among you who are skilled come and make all that the Lord has commanded." (Exodus 35:10.)
The Weekly Torah portion in synagogues on Shabbat, Saturday, 1 Cheshvan, 5785—November 2, 2024 “You shall not profane My holy name, that I may be sanctified in the midst of the Israelite people — I the Lord who sanctify you, I who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God."
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 ...
The modern Hebrew calendar has been designed to ensure that certain holy days and festivals do not fall on certain days of the week. As a result, there are only four possible patterns of days on which festivals can fall. (Note that Jewish days start at sunset of the preceding day indicated in this article.)
The Weekly Torah portion in synagogues on Shabbat, Saturday, 1 Cheshvan, 5785—November 2, 2024 “For this commandment . . . is not in heaven, that you should say: ‘Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it to us . . . ?’”
The Weekly Torah portion in synagogues on Shabbat, Saturday, 1 Cheshvan, 5785—November 2, 2024 "The Presence of the Lord appeared in the sight of the Israelites as a consuming fire on the top of the mountain."
The Weekly Torah portion in synagogues on Shabbat, Saturday, 1 Cheshvan, 5785—November 2, 2024 “Who is like You, O Lord, among the mighty? Who is like You, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?” (Exodus 15:11.)