Simchat Torah

What is the weekly Torah portion?

The weekly Torah portion, "Parashat Hashavua", is one of 54 "Parshot" into which it is customary in the Jewish tradition to divide the five books of Moses, the Torah.

The purpose of the division into weekly portions is to allow continuous reading, in order, of the entire Torah each year, beginning and ending on Simchat Torah – which follows immediately after the festival of Sukkot (The Feast of Tabernacles).

It is customary to read the weekly portion in the synagogue every Shabbat, study it and interpret it.

For a list of the Weekly Torah Portions for this Jewish year, which began 2 Oct 2021:

Weekly Portion Calendar

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Simchat Torah Simchat Torah is a unique Hebrew tuition service, that teaches non-Hebrew speakers to read the weekly Torah portion in a relaxed, community like environment, and makes the Torah more accessible to people with affinity to Judaism, whose mother tongue is not Hebrew.

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Simchat Torah Simchat Torah is a unique Hebrew tuition service, that teaches non-Hebrew speakers to read the weekly Torah portion in a relaxed, community like environment, and makes the Torah more accessible to people with affinity to Judaism, whose mother tongue is not Hebrew.

From this week's Torah portion - Toldot:

Gioachino Assereto
Isaac Blessing Jacob, 1640s
The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

From this week's Torah portion - Toldot:

Hendrick Terbrugghen
Esau Selling His Birthright, c. 1625
Staatliche Museen, Berlin