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n. The parashat ha-shavua; the weekly section of the Torah read publicly on Shabbat.
n. (Orthodox) The period of dating for marriage.
n. A conversation.
n. A general realm of feasibility, ballpark.
n. A tedious, lengthy story.
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Example Sentences
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"The Parshah this week is Chayei Sarah."
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"Do you know what her bat mitzvah parsha is?"
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"Shidduchim are only valid the first year you are "in the parsha" so every 19 year girl gets matched with a 23 yr old boy and no other boy or girl could possibly be a match!" (source)
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"You're not even in this parsha, so don't offer your opinions." (Weiser)
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"Don't give up trying to win the contest; you're still in the parsha." (Weiser)
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"Rebbe gave me a whole parsha for coming late." (Weiser)
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"Which parasha will Daniel be reading for his Bar Mitzvah?" (Glinert)
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Languages of Origin
- Textual Hebrew
Etymology
פּרשה
- Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education
- Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)
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- Great Britain
- South Africa
- Australia / New Zealand
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- The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
- The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).
- Frumspeak: The First Dictionary of Yeshivish, by Chaim Weiser (Northvale, 1995).
- Dictionary of Jewish Usage: A Popular Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms, by Sol Steinmetz (Lanham, MD, 2005).
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Alternative Spellings
parshe, parshah, parashah, parasha, parsha, parshio
Notes
plural: 'parshas' or 'parshiyot'
Also used in the phrase parashat hashavua / parashat hashavua (the reading of the week).
When it comes before the name of a weekly Torah portion, 'parasha' becomes 'parashat' as in 'Parashat Bereshit'.
See also parashat ha-shavua and Torah portion.
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