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Naso is the longest Torah-portion, with 176 pesukim (verses). If we include combined Torah-portions, then Mattos-Mass'ei is the longest, with 244 pesukim.
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What book of the Torah is ki tisa found in?
It's the third-last parsha in Sh'mot.
What is the shortest parsha in the Torah?
v'Zos Habracha . . . 41 psukim, 70 lines in the klaf.
What is this week's parsha?
About weekly parsha readingThe parsha, or weekly Torah reading, changes every week and goes in a set order. There are times when there is a double-parsha, two parshot read on the same week. It depends on whether the year is a leap year.Use a Hebrew calendar to figure out the weekly parsha. It is usually listed on Erev Shabbat.
What is your birthday Torah portion?
Your birthday Torah portion is the weekly Torah-parsha (Torah-reading) which occurs on the first Shabbat after (or on) your birthday. Usually we calculate this on the birthday of your bar mitzva year, not the year you were born.
What is the Torah portion for Rosh Hashanna?
The Torah reading for Shacharis (morning) on Yom Kippur is the beginning of the parsha 'Acharei Mos' (Leviticus, Ch. 16), which describes the service in the Tabernacle, and later in the Holy Temple, performed by the Kohanim (Priests) on Yom Kippur. The Torah reading for Mincha (afternoon) on Yom Kippur is a section taken from the end of the same parsha (Leviticus, Ch. 18), which deals with moral standards, and in particular, with an enumeration of forbidden relationships and marriages.
What is a parsha?
A parsha is a section of a biblical book in the Masoretic Text of the Tanakh.
Who divided up the parshas in the Torah?
We don't know precisely, but the division of Parshas (weekly portions) goes back to Mishnaic times (c.1800 years ago), if not earlier. The word "parsha" can also mean "paragraph". The Torah's paragraphs (not chapters) go all the way back to Moses.
Why do you read from the Torah 3 days a week?
Around the 400-500's BCE, the elders decided that not enough people were attending schul on Saturdays when the entire parsha was read. So they decided to also read parts of the parsha in the marketplace (while everyone was shopping) to reach more people .... marketplace days occurred twice a week. Current practices echo that tradition.
What is the parsha for Yom Kippur?
Both morning and afternoon Torah readings come from parsha Acharei Mos. The morning reading starts at the beginning of the parsha, and details the Yom Kippur service of the Kohen Gadol in the mishkan and later in the Beit Hamikdash, including the korbanos, the entry into the kodshei kodoshim, the goat to Azazel, etc. The morning reading is rendered in the special nusach of the Yomim Noraim. The reading for minchah is a selection from later in the same parsha, where the various forbidden marriage relationships are listed ... possibly in recognition of the fact that Yom Kippur in ancient times was a kind of "Sadie Hawkins" day, when the gals approached the boys and there was considerable merriment. The reading in the afternoon is rendered in the regular nusach of the Torah trop year-around. The afternoon haftara is the entire book of Jonah, complete with giant fish, withered gourd, dry bones, etc. It's enough to take your mind off of hunger.
Which one of the five books of the Torah is the longest And which is the shortest?
Book . . . . . . Columns (pages) in the Hebrew Torah scrollGenesis . . . . . . . . 60Exodus . . . . . . . . . 51Leviticus . . . . . . . . 361/2Numbers . . . . . . . . 521/2Deuteronomy . . . . 45
What is the meaning of haftarah?
The haftorah is a section from the prophetic books recited in the synagogue. There are different explanations as to how the tradition of the haftorah came about, however, for the most part, they share a common theme with that day's Torah parsha. Please see the related link for more information.
What is a shabbat meal?
After Friday night services and on Shabbat morning after services, we come home, often with guests, make kiddush (blessing over wine) and a blessing over two loaves of bread, and have a leisurely multi-course Shabbat meal including singing and words of Torah. Customarily, that week's Torah-reading (parsha) will be a topic of conversation; and the children of the family will have a chance to speak of what they've learned in school. Eating the traditional Shabbat meals is a mitzva (a Torah-precept), to which the sages of the Talmud (Shabbat 117b) found an allusion in the Torah (Exodus 16:25).
