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parashah.

A section of a book in the Hebrew text of the Tanakh, which may be open (a petuhah) or closed (a setumah).

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Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A section of a book in the Hebrew text of the Tanakh, which may be open (a petuhah) or closed (a setumah).

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  2. One of 54 sections of the Torah read weekly by religious Jews, particularly in the synagogue on the morning of the Jewish Sabbath

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Where this word comes from

From Hebrew פָּרָשָׁה (“portion”).

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