• Torah reading (Hebrew: קריאת התורה, K'riat haTorah, "Reading [of] the Torah"; Ashkenazic pronunciation: Kriyas haTorah) is a Jewish religious tradition...
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    year. 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...
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    males above the age of thirteen. Reading the Torah publicly is one of the bases of Jewish communal life. The Torah is also considered a sacred book outside...
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    the conclusion of the annual cycle of public Torah readings, and the beginning of a new cycle. Simchat Torah is a component of the Biblical Jewish holiday...
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    Haftara (redirect from Half torah)
    synagogue as part of Jewish religious practice. The haftara reading follows the Torah reading on each Sabbath and on Jewish festivals and fast days. Typically...
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    Moses (the first books of the Hebrew Bible). The Torah scroll is mainly used in the ritual of Torah reading during Jewish prayers. At other times, it is stored...
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  • of a Jewish congregation up to the bimah for a segment of the formal Torah reading. A person receiving an aliyah is called an oleh (male) or olah (female)...
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  • On Yom Tov the Torah is read during Shacharit services. On the first day of Passover, Exodus 12:21–51 is read. This reading describes the Exodus from Egypt...
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  • different occasions. For example, different chants may be used for Torah readings on Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur than for the same text on a normal Shabbat...
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    Chayei Sarah (category Weekly Torah readings in Cheshvan)
    the parashah), is the fifth weekly Torah portion (פָּרָשָׁה‎, parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading. It constitutes Genesis 23:1–25:18...
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    twice-daily recitation of the Shema, the Amidah, and the cycle of public Torah reading. The Amidah (or Shemoneh Esreh) prayer is traditionally ascribed to...
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    Torah study is the study of the Torah, Hebrew Bible, Talmud, responsa, rabbinic literature, and similar works, all of which are Judaism's religious texts...
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  • Shlach, the 37th weekly parshah or portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the fourth in the book of Numbers Shelah (disambiguation) This disambiguation...
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  • Genesis Bereshit (parashah), the first weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading Beresheet and Beresheet 2, both lunar landers...
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    Yad (redirect from Torah pointer)
    stylus, popularly known as a Torah pointer, used by the reader to follow the text during the Torah reading from the parchment Torah scrolls. It is often shaped...
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    Masei (category Weekly Torah readings in Av)
    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 Book of...
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    Shavuot (redirect from Feast of the Torah)
    Torah, and Israel that is read publicly in Ashkenazic synagogues in the middle of – or in some communities right before – the morning Torah reading on...
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    Bo (parashah) (category Weekly Torah readings in Shevat)
    Exodus 10:1) is the fifteenth weekly Torah portion (פָּרָשָׁה‎, parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the third in the book of Exodus...
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    Bereshit (parashah) (category Weekly Torah readings from Genesis)
    the parashah) is the first weekly Torah portion (פָּרָשָׁה‎, parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading. The parashah consists of Genesis 1:1–6:8...
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    Vayeira (category Weekly Torah readings from Genesis)
    the parashah) is the fourth weekly Torah portion (פָּרָשָׁה‎, parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading. It constitutes Genesis 18:1–22:24...
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  • is read during the Torah reading of Saturday afternoon. This is the only instance in which Bereshit is read during the Torah reading on the preceding Monday...
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    Korach (parashah) (category Weekly Torah readings in Sivan)
    in the parashah) is the 38th weekly Torah portion (פָּרָשָׁה‎, parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the fifth in the Book of Numbers...
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    Pinechas (parashah) (category Weekly Torah readings in Tammuz (Hebrew month))
    in the parashah) is the 41st weekly Torah portion (פָּרָשָׁה‎, parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the eighth in the Book of Numbers...
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    turns 13, they are called up for an aliyah, the ceremony of reading a portion of the Torah section of the day. On the Sabbath, there are seven main sections...
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  • other observances throughout the year Weekly Torah reading, describing the annual cycle of Torah readings on the Sabbaths of the year Jewish prayer provides...
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  • Genesis 36:5 Korach (parsha), the 38th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading Ken Korach (born 1952), play-by-play announcer...
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    Kedoshim (category Weekly Torah readings in Iyar)
    in the parashah) is the 30th weekly Torah portion (פָּרָשָׁה‎, parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the seventh in the Book of Leviticus...
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    Bemidbar (parashah) (category Weekly Torah readings in Iyar)
    the parashah), is the 34th weekly Torah portion (פָּרָשָׁה‎, parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the first in the Book of Numbers...
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    Ki Tissa (category Weekly Torah readings in Adar)
    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. The...
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    Noach (category Weekly Torah readings from Genesis)
    /ˈnoʊ.ɑːx/) is the second weekly Torah portion (פָּרָשָׁה‎, parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading. It constitutes Genesis 6:9–11:32....
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