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parasha

(pl.: parashiyot.) Portion of the Torah read weekly in the Synagogue. List of 54 Parashiyot of the Torah.

Usage: Parashat Bereshit, parashat hashavua

פָּרָשָׁה‎ / פרשה
pa~ra~sha

Alternate: parashah.

Common usage: parsha / parshah / Parshat Bereishit / Parshiyot of the Torah. Parsha actually means “affair”.

Parashiyot of the Torah

Chumash
Bereshit
Chumash
Shemot
Chumash
Vayikra
Chumash
Bemidbar
Chumash
Devarim
BereshitShemotVayikraBemidbarDevarim
NoachVa’eraTzavNasoVa’etchanan
Lech LechaBoSheminiBeha’alotechaEkev
VayeraBeshalachTazriaShelachRe’eh
Chayei SarahYitroMetzoraKorachShofetim
ToledotMishpatimAcharei MotChukatKi Tetzeh
VayetzehTerumaKedoshimBalakKi Tavo
VayishlachTetzavehEmorPinechasNitzavim
MiketzKi TisaBeharMatotVayelech
VayigashVayakhelBechukotaiMaseiHa’azinu
VaichiPekudeiVezot Haberacha
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Sarah

aka Sarai. Wife of Avraham. Mother of Yizchak.

Hebrew: שָׂרָה / שרה (milra)

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Tevat Noach

Noach’s Ark.

Hebrew: תֵּבַת נֹחַ / תיבת נוח

Academic: Tevat Noʾaḥ

Ashkenazi: Teivas Noach

English: Noah’s Ark

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Toledot

Sixth parasha in Chumash Bereshit

תּוֹלְדֹת / תולדת 
To~~le~dot

Alternate: Toldot
The sheva under the lamed has to be a sheva na due to the meteg under the first tav of the word.

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Vayera

Fourth parasha of Chumash Bereshit

וירא / וַיֵּרָא
Va~~ye~ra

Alternate: Vayeira

People

Avraham
Sarah
Yitzchak

Places

Amora
Sedom

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Israel People in Israel People in Tanakh Places in Israel Places in Tanakh Torah

Yisrael

Name of country and name given to Yaakov in parashat Vayishlach

Hebrew: יִשְׂרָאֵל / ישראל
Yis~ra~~el

Ashkenazi: Yisroel

English: Israel