para-shah
əˌʃɑ, ˈpɑr noun, plural Pa·ra·shoth, Pa·ra·shot 
[Sephardic Hebrew pah-rah-shawt] , Pa·ra·shi·oth, Pa·ra·shi·ot [Sephardic Hebrew pah-rah-shee-awt] . English, Ashkenazic Hebrew, Par·a·shahs
[Sephardic Hebrew pah-rah-shawt] , Pa·ra·shi·oth, Pa·ra·shi·ot [Sephardic Hebrew pah-rah-shee-awt] . English, Ashkenazic Hebrew, Par·a·shahs 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.
Origin:
< Hebrew pārāshāh literally, section, division
< Hebrew pārāshāh literally, section, division
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| —n , pl -shoth | |
| 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 |
| [from Hebrew, from pārāsh to divide, separate] | |
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