Parashah
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The term parashah, formally means a section of a biblical book in the Masoretic Text of the Tanakh. In common usage today the word often refers to the weekly Torah portion. This article deals with the
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 top) {S} 33:20–21 (left column space in middle of 6th line) {S} 33:22 (left column 13th line indentation) {S} 33:24–39 (left column 17th line indentation).
Two consecutive pages of the Aleppo Codex from the now-missing part of Deuteronomy were photographed in 1910 by Joseph Segall, containing the Ten Commandments. The image shows Deuteronomy 4:38 (גדלים) to 6:3 (ואשר), including the following parashah breaks: {P} 4:41 אז יבדיל {P} 5:1 ויקרא משה {S} 5:6 אנכי {S} 5:10 לא תשא {S} 5:11 שמור {S} 5:15 כבד {S} 5:16a לא תרצח {S} 5:16b ולא תנאף {S} 5:16c ולא תגנב {S} 5:16d ולא תענה {S} 5:17a ולא תחמד {S} 5:21b ולא תתאוה {S} את הדברים 5:22. These
Image of a modern Torah scroll open to the Song of the Sea (Exodus 15:1–19) with special layout visible.
A page of the Aleppo Codex was photographed in 1887 by William Wickes, containing Genesis 26:35 (החתי) to 27:30 (ויהי אך). It shows a single closed parashah break {S} at 27:1 (ויהי כי זקן יצחק); that parashah is in bold within the list below for Parashat Toledot.
Ki Tavo
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Ki Tavo are the second and third words and the incipits of the 50th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the seventh in the Book of Deuteronomy. It comprises Deuteronom
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…24:7 {S} 24:8–9 {S} 24:10–13 {S} 24:14–15 {S} 24:16 {S} 24:17–18 {S} 24:19 {S} 24:20–22 {S} 25:1–4 {S} 25:5–10 {S} 25:11–12 {S} 25:13–16 {P} 25:17–19 Parashat Ki Tavo (Deuteronomy 26:1–29:8): {P} 26:1–11 {S} 26:12–15 {S} 26:16–19 {P} 27:1–8 {S} 27:9–10 {S} 27:11–14 {S} 27:15 {S} 27:16 {S} 27:17 {S} 27:18 {S} 27:19…
Offering of the Firstfruits (illustration from a Bible card published between 1896 and 1913 by the Providence Lithograph Company)
Offerings of thanksgiving (illustration from a Bible card published between 1896 and 1913 by the Providence Lithograph Company)
A large stone inscribed with the code of Hammurabi
panorama showing Mount Gerizim on the left, Mount Ebal on the right, and modern Nablus (ancient Shechem) between (photographed by and copyright Uwe A; for licensing information, double-click on the picture)