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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A section of a book in the Hebrew text of the Tanakh, which may be open (a petuhah) or closed (a setumah). Judaism
2. 2
   One of 54 sections of the Torah read weekly by religious Jews, particularly in the synagogue on the morning of the Jewish Sabbath Judaism

Etymology

From Hebrew פָּרָשָׁה (“portion”).

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