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.
Bereshit (parashah)
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Bereshit, Bereishit, Bereshis, Bereishis, or B'reshith is the first weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading. The parashah consists of Genesis 1:1–6:8. In the parashah, God cre
Parashah
…SONG} = Special format for songs; details of the special layout will be described in separate sections. Parashat Bereshit (Genesis 1:1–6:8): Seven days:1:1–5 {P} 1:6–8 {P} 1:9–13 {P} 1:14–19 {P} 1:20–23 {P} 1:24–31 {P} 2:1–3 {P} 2:4–2:25; 3:1–3:15 {S} 3:16 {S} 3:17–21 {P…
The first chapter of the book of Genesis written on an egg at the Israel Museum
The Garden of Eden (1828 painting by Thomas Cole)
The Fall of Man (16th-century painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder)
Adam and Eve Driven out of Eden (engraving by Gustave Doré from the 1865 La Sainte Bible)