Parashah
[pahr-uh-shah, pahr-shuh; Sephardic Hebrew pah-rah-shah; Ashkenazic Hebrew pahr-shuh] /ˈpɑr əˌʃɑ, ˈpɑr ʃə; Sephardic Hebrew pɑ rɑˈʃɑ; Ashkenazic Hebrew ˈpɑr ʃə/
noun, plural Parashoth, Parashot
[Sephardic Hebrew pah-rah-shawt] /Sephardic Hebrew pɑ rɑˈʃɔt/ (Show IPA), Parashioth, Parashiot
[Sephardic Hebrew pah-rah-shee-awt] /Sephardic Hebrew pɑ rɑ ʃiˈɔt/ (Show IPA). English, Ashkenazic Hebrew, Parashahs
[pahr-uh-shahz, pahr-shuh z; Ashkenazic Hebrew pahr-shuh z] /ˈpɑr əˌʃɑz, ˈpɑr ʃəz; Ashkenazic Hebrew ˈpɑr ʃəz/ (Show IPA). Judaism.
1.
a portion of the Torah chanted or read each week in the synagogue on the Sabbath.
2.
a selection from such a portion, chanted or read in the synagogue on Mondays, Thursdays, and holy days.
/ˈpærəˌʃɑː; Hebrew paraˈʃa/
noun (Judaism) (pl) -shoth (-ˌʃəʊt; Hebrew) (-ˈʃɔt)
1.
any of the sections of the Torah read in the synagogue
2.
any of the subsections of the weekly lessons read on Sabbaths in the synagogue
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