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24 AdarI 5770. - Scheduled completion of sefer Torah:
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Was out of town over the weekend – but am back at at the writing table again. Today I wrapped up Parshas Bereishis – the first section of the traditional division of the Torah.
The Torah is read publicly every Shabbos of the Jewish year. The Rambam (known to the rest of the world as Maimonidies), in his Mishna Torah, Laws of Tefillin, Mezuza, and Sifrei Torah, Chapter 8, provides a division of the Torah into 54 parshiyos (divisions) based upon Masoretic traditions evidenced by the Aleppo Codex. Following this division, the public reading of the entire Torah is completed each year of the Hebrew Calendar with adjustments made to accommodate leap years and the schedule of holidays.
The first of these 54 divisions is Bereishis (Genesis 1:1 – 6:8), which spans the creationg of the world to the generation of Noach.
I will be posting photos of the completed parsha tomorrow afternoon along with some new videos.
Check back then!
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Chazak, Chazak, v’nitchazek!
Yasher koyach to Rabbi Bloomenstiel.
Comment by Yehudah Palmer — July 22, 2009 @ 9:33 am