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{{Short description| Fasting in Judaism}}<!--Stubs-->{{For|information on the tractate with this name|Ta'an ...עֲנִית}} ''taʿaniṯ'' or צוֹם ''ṣom'') is a [[Fasting|fast]] in [[Judaism]] in which one abstains from all food and drink, including water. ...

...ption|Series of selections from the books of Nevi'im that is publicly read in synagogue}} ...Yemen (ca. 19th century) A section from Micah 6|alt=Sefer Haftarah written in Yemen (c. 19th century)]] ...

{{Short description|5th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading}} ...rew|פָּרָשָׁה}}, ''parashah'') in the annual [[Judaism|Jewish]] cycle of [[Torah reading]]. It constitutes [[Book of Genesis|Genesis]] 23:1–25:18. The paras ...

...t]]s'' and the schedule of [[Weekly Torah portion|public Torah readings]]. In Israel, it is used for religious purposes, provides a time frame for agricu ...postponement rules|several other rules]], while leap months are now added in 7 out of every 19 years according to the [[Metonic cycle]]. ...

{{short description|Sixth portion in the annual Jewish cycle of weekly Torah reading}} ...flict between [[Jacob]] and [[Esau]], [[Isaac]]'s [[Wife-sister narratives in Genesis|passing off his wife]] [[Rebecca|Rebekah]] as his sister, and Isaac ...

{{Short description|2nd weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading}} ...rew|פָּרָשָׁה}}, ''parashah'') in the annual [[Judaism|Jewish]] cycle of [[Torah reading]]. It constitutes [[Book of Genesis|Genesis]] 6:9–11:32. The parash ...

{{Short description|Third portion in the annual Jewish cycle of weekly Torah reading}} ...פָּרָשָׁה}}, ''[[parashah]]'') in the annual [[Judaism|Jewish]] cycle of [[Torah reading]]. It constitutes [[Book of Genesis|Genesis]] 12:1–17:27. ...

{{Short description|4th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading}} ...pregnant by their father, how Abraham once again [[Wife–sister narratives in the Book of Genesis|passed off his wife]] [[Sarah]] as his sister, the birt ...