parashah

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From Hebrew פָּרָשָׁה (“portion”).

noun parashahs · parashiyot · parashot · parashoth · parashiot · parashiyos

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

हिन्दी	पाराशा pārāśā
עברית	פָּרָשָׁה

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@misc{parashah_2026,
  title = {parashah},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/parashah},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}