What is the weekly Torah portion called?

Parashat HaShavua
The full name, Parashat HaShavua (Hebrew: פָּרָשַׁת הַשָּׁבוּעַ), is popularly abbreviated to parashah (also parshah /pɑːrʃə/ or parsha), and is also known as a Sidra or Sedra /sɛdrə/.

What Torah portion is read on Rosh Chodesh?

Reading 7: Numbers 28:9–15 (second scroll). This is the maftir that is usually read on Rosh Chodesh.

What does the word Chabad mean?

The organization is the largest Jewish organization in the world today. The name “Chabad” is an acronym for Chochmah, Binah, Da’at: “Wisdom, Understanding, and Knowledge.” The name “Lubavitch” is taken from the name of the Russian village Lyubavichi where the movement’s leaders lived for over 100 years.

What days are the Torah read?

Occasions when the Torah is read The first segment (of seven) of each weekly parashah from the Torah is read during the morning services on Mondays and Thursdays. The entire weekly parashah is read on Saturdays. Most major and minor festival and fast days have a unique Torah reading devoted to that day.

What is the meaning of Rosh Chodesh?

head of the month
Rosh Chodesh – Hebrew for “head of the month” – is the monthly holiday that celebrates the arrival of the new moon, marking the start of a new month in the Jewish calendar. Because each lunar month is 29.5 days, the Jewish calendar “splits the difference”: some months are 29 days and others 30.

Do you read the Torah right to left?

Hebrew is read from right to left, just the opposite of English and many modern languages which are read from left to right.

What does the Bible say about Rosh Chodesh?

In Psalm 81:4, both new and full moon are mentioned as a time of recognition by the Hebrews: Blow the horn on the new moon, on the full moon for our feast day. The occurrence of Rosh Chodesh was originally confirmed on the testimony of witnesses observing the new moon.

Is Rosh Chodesh in the Torah?

Like all other biblical holidays, Rosh Chodesh is not observed today as required by biblical law.