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Contents 1 Combined parshot 2 misspelling?? 3 Parsha or Parasha? 4 Date? 5 {{Torah portion}}

[edit] Combined parshot

Among other changes, I just marked with an asterisk those portions which can be combined with the succeeding portion in order to fit the right number of weeks in a year with less than 54 weeks. I'm not completely certain how this works and would certainly love to have more information. My source for this was [1]; I just cross-referenced the names and Scripture references to see which ones were combined. Something I read implied all leap years were 54 weeks and all non-leap years were 50 weeks, but my initial thoughts from what I understand of the Hebrew calendar are that there would have to occasionally be slightly different numbers of weeks. So is there a precedence on how this combination is done, or what? Jdavidb 18:19, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] misspelling??

I think this is a misspellng of pārāšāh, pārāšath-hašŠābhūa‘. parshan means a "commentator". (I'm japanese)

--Sheynhertz_געשׁ״ך 18:26, 26 November 2005 (UTC)

• Parsha and parshan are not really necessarily derived from the same Hebrew root word (although there may be a philological connection on some level). The Hebrew word parsha is related to the word parash (liphrosh) = "to separate or divide" because the Torah portions are separated/divided from each other into 54 PORTIONS (parshiot) in the original Torah scroll they are written in. Similarly the name sidra is from the root seder which means "order" or "organized" (meaning the 54 Torah portions or "organized" in an "orderly" fashion). Whereas the parshan is related to the word perush = "explanation" and the job of a parshan would be to "explain" (the Torah) = to be a "commentator" (see rabbinical literature, where only the very learned classical rabbis are called meforshim = "[providers of] explanations / reasons"). Thus: Rabbis = Tannaim = Amoraim = Parshanim = meforshim = "commentators". Hope this helps. IZAK 10:30, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Parsha or Parasha?

I'll assume it's under Parsha for a reason, and won't change it just yet, but parasha seems to be correct, according to the Even Shoshan Hebrew dictionary. This dictionary also contains Aramaic and Biblical words, but does not contain an entry for 'Parsha' at all, and does for Parasha with many meanings. So, is there any reason it's at 'parsha'? -- Ynhockey 08:19, 28 November 2005 (UTC)

• The most common usage today by Jews who attend synagogue every Shabbat (Saturday, the day of the Jewish Sabbath) to hear the weekly Torah reading (which is what this article is about: Torah reading = Parsha), is definitely Parsha, even though it could be Parasha (but it's used less frequently). Parsha alone denotes one singular "portion" whereas parashat also denotes the possessive "the portion of" (so one can hear it said in Hebrew: Parashat HaShavua = "[The Torah ] Portion of the Week"). But nevertheless parsha is used in the same sense as parashat. Parasha should be a redirect to Parsha. IZAK 10:17, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

I agree with IZAK, well put. --Eliezer | £€åV€ m€ å m€§§åg€ 17:37, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Date?

When did the calendar of readings stabilize in its current form? --Jim Henry 15:45, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] {{Torah portion}}

FYI: (1) The weekly Parsha (Torah portion) is the main Torah reading in all synagogues every Shabbat as well as on Monday and Thursday mornings. (2) The template {{Torah portion}} is at the bottom of the Maftir article's page, so essentially it's part of the "See also" section which is a legitimate way of connecting related and connected topics on an article. (3) If a reader finds the {{Torah portion}} to be "too intrusive" then any reader is free to click "Hide" on the top right section of the template's heading which shrinks it to an unobtrusive one liner. Finally, (4) the {{Torah portion}} is presently diligently updated weekly by User:Dauster early each Sunday so that any readers may learn more about the weekly Parsha. User:Dauster summarizes each week's Parsha and adds some interesting graphics which surely adds life and color to a page that may gain the attention of readers who don't know much about this subject and may want to learn more. Please refer all further comments and discussions to one centralized location at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Judaism#Template: Torah portion Thank you. IZAK 09:10, 4 July 2006 (UTC)