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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.
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Bechukotai, Bechukosai, or Bəḥuqothai (בְּחֻקֹּתַי bəḥuqqōṯay—Hebrew for "by my decrees," the second word, and the first distinctive word, in the parashah) is the 33rd weekly Torah portion (פָּרָשָׁה , parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the 10th and last in the Book of Leviticus.
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.)
This is the only instance in which Bereshit is not read during the Torah reading on the preceding Thursday. If the previous gate was also 1, this is a leap year; and, Nitzavim-Vayelech are the only doubled-up parshiot during the year (Tishrei-Elul). If this is a leap year and the previous gate was 2, the following occur:
The Weekly Torah portion in synagogues on Shabbat, Saturday, 10 Tishrei 5785—November 30, 2024 “For on this day atonement shall be made for you to cleanse you of all your sins.” (Leviticus 16:30.)
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 ...