What is Vayakhel Pekudei?
Vayakhel–Pekudei (ויקהל-פקודי) Exodus 35:1–40:38. The Weekly Torah portion in synagogues on Shabbat, Saturday, 16 Kislev, 5782—November 20, 2021. “And let all among you who are skilled come and make all that the Lord has commanded.” (Exodus 35:10.)
What is the longest Torah portion?
The parashah
The parashah is the longest of the weekly Torah portions in the book of Exodus (although not the longest in the Torah, which is Naso), and is made up of 7,424 Hebrew letters, 2,002 Hebrew words, 139 verses, and 245 lines in a Torah scroll (Sefer Torah).
What is the shortest portion of the Torah?
The parashah is the shortest of the weekly Torah portions in the Book of Exodus (although not the shortest in the Torah), and is made up of 4,022 Hebrew letters, 1,105 Hebrew words, and 75 verses.
What portion of the Torah is read at a bar mitzvah?
The Bar/Bat Mitzvah (the child) is called up, usually to read the final lines of the Torah portion, called the maftir, followed by the Haftarah reading.
What are the 3 parts of the Torah?
The Hebrew Bible is organized into three main sections: the Torah, or “Teaching,” also called the Pentateuch or the “Five Books of Moses”; the Neviʾim, or Prophets; and the Ketuvim, or Writings. It is often referred to as the Tanakh, a word combining the first letter from the names of each of the three main divisions.
Can a minor read from the Torah?
The Talmud states that “anyone can be called up to read from the Torah, even a minor and even a woman, but our sages taught that we do not call a woman on account of Kevod Hatzibur” (the dignity of the congregation; Megillah 23a).
What do you memorize for bar mitzvah?
They must memorize hours of Scripture, then recite and sing it in Hebrew whether they understand the language or not. “The singing really takes kids out of their comfort zone.” His book addresses various “nightmare scenarios,” including the fear of fainting in public.
What are the four major divisions of the New Testaments?
The New Testament contains 27 books written in Greek by 15 or 16 different authors between 50 C.E and 120 C.E. It can be divided into 4 groups: Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, Epistles, and Apocalypse. The New Testament contains 4 Gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.
What is the haftarah portion?
The haftarah or (in Ashkenazic pronunciation) haftorah (alt. haphtara, Hebrew: הפטרה) “parting,” “taking leave”, (plural form: haftarot or haftoros) is a series of selections from the books of Nevi’im (“Prophets”) of the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) that is publicly read in synagogue as part of Jewish religious practice.