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A d'var Torah (Hebrew: דבר תורה, "word of Torah"; plural: divrei Torah), also known as a drasha or drash in Ashkenazic communities, is a talk on topics generally relating to a parashah (section) of the Torah – typically the weekly Torah portion. A typical d'var Torah imparts a life lesson, backed up by passages from texts such as the ...
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.
Chayei Sarah. Chayei Sarah, Chaye Sarah, Ḥayye Sarah, or Ḥayyei Sara (חַיֵּי שָׂרָה — Hebrew for "life of Sarah," the first words in 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.
The result is that all dates from 1 Nisan through 29 (or 30) Cheshvan can each fall on one of four days of the week. Dates during Kislev can fall on any of six days of the week; during Tevet and Shevat, five days; and dates during Adar (or Adar I and II, in leap years) can each fall on one of four days of the week. Gate.
Devarim, Dvarim, or Debarim (Hebrew: דְּבָרִים, romanized: Dəwārim, lit. 'things' or 'words') is the 44th weekly Torah portion (פָּרָשָׁה, parašāh) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the first in the Book of Deuteronomy. It comprises Deuteronomy 1:1–3:22. The parashah recounts how Moses appointed chiefs, the ...
Not to be confused with Mishpatim or Book of Judges. "Justice, justice shall you pursue." (Deuteronomy 16:20.) Shofetim or Shoftim (Hebrew: שֹׁפְטִים, romanized:shofəṭim " judges ", the first word in the parashah) is the 48th weekly Torah portion (פָּרָשָׁה , parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the ...
Simchat Torah (שִׂמְחַת תּוֹרָה , lit., "Torah celebration", Ashkenazi: Simchas Torah), also spelled Simhat Torah, is a Jewish holiday that celebrates and marks 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 of Shemini ...
Coastal Landscape with Balaam and the Ass (1636 painting by Bartholomeus Breenbergh). Balak (בָּלָק —Hebrew for "Balak," a name, the second word, and the first distinctive word, in the parashah) is the 40th weekly Torah portion (פָּרָשָׁה , parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the seventh in the Book of Numbers.