Annual Torah Cycle

In the observance of the annual cycle of Torah Reading, each week is assigned its own portion of Scripture, or what we refer to as a Parashah.  This year, 5780,  began on 1 Tishrei or October 1, 2019. There are 54 Parshiyot (Parashah plural), one for each week of a leap year, so that in the course of one year, we complete the entire Torah from B'resheet to D'varim (Genesis to Deuteronomy). A leap-year adds an additional 4 weeks (one month) to the usual 12 months, and we refer to this month as: ADAR II. During non-leap years (regular), there are 50 weeks, as a result some of the shorter Parshiyot are doubled up.

The weeks of Pesach (Passover) and Sukkot have different Torah portions assigned to them, so on leap years that leaves 52 weeks to accomplish 54 Parshiyot. This is achieved by doubling up 2 portions, and for non-leap years there remain 48 weeks to accomplish 54 Parshiyot and this is achieved by having 6 double Parshiyot.

This Week's Parashah

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Parashah 46 Ekev (Because)
Portion Summary The forty-sixth reading from the Torah and the third reading from the book of Deuteronomy is named Ekev (עקב), a word from the firs...

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Parashah 45 Va'etchanan (And I besought)
Torah: Devarim(Deuteronomy) 3:23-7:11 Haftara: Isaiah 40:1-26 Brit Chadashah: Luke 3:2-15   Portion Summary The forty-fifth readin...

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Parashah 43 Devarim (Words)
Torah: Devarim(Deuteronomy) 1:1-3:22 Haftara: Isaiah 1:1-27 Brit Chadashah: Matthew 24:1-22   Portion Summary Devarim (דברים) is b...

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Parashah 42 Mattot-Massei
Torah: Bamidbar(Numbers) 30:2-36:13 Haftara: Jeremiah 2:4-28, 3:4 Brit Chadashah: Luke 13:1-9; Mark 11:12-23   Portion Summary Mat...

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