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ProudAndZionist:
Let's vote.  :) I read of course, and Im reading again to understand it more.

muman613:
ProudZionist?

Dont you ever go to Shul for Shabbat? Every week we read a Parasha of Torah. It is part of the yearly cycle. This Shabbat we are reading the second Parasha of Shemot {Exodus}. Every New Year {Rosh Hashana} we finish the Torah and begin again at Beresheis.

I have read the Torah fully at least seven times {since my return to Judaism}.

http://www.torah.org/learning/yomtov/shavuos/vol6no04.html


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On each Shabbos we read a Parasha, a portion, of the Torah. We start each yearly cycle on the Shabbos following the holiday of Simchas Torah, with the very first Parasha, that of Bereshis. However, come the holidays, there are special portions of the Torah read. These portions deviate from the yearly cycle. Instead, the subject of the portion read relates to the particular holiday in some fashion. Rav Moshe Chayim Luzzato, in his Derech Hashem (4:8) explains further the concept of reading the Torah.

He writes "the reason for (the reading of the Torah) is that the Torah consists of something that was given to us by G-d to read. It was furthermore designated so that His holy light should be transmitted to us through such reading . . .. On certain special days, it is also appropriate that special portions be read, relating to the concepts of those days. In this way, the special holy light of these days is strengthened through the power of the Torah, which is the strongest power that we have."

The Torah was given to us to read, to study, and to explore. So that we maximize our spiritual benefit from this reading, it was ordained that we read the Torah every week and on special days. On these special days, our spiritual benefit is increased: we receive not only the holiness that comes from the reading of the Torah, but also that from the holiday itself.

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ProudAndZionist:
I didn't get so too much religious upbringing, but my grandfather, and mother does it more.

q_q_:

--- Quote from: muman613 on January 22, 2009, 06:19:07 PM ---ProudZionist?

Dont you ever go to Shul for Shabbat? Every week we read a Parasha of Torah. It is part of the yearly cycle. This Shabbat we are reading the second Parasha of Shemot {Exodus}. Every New Year {Rosh Hashana} we finish the Torah and begin again at Beresheis.<snip>

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a few mistakes there.

muman613:

--- Quote from: q_q_ on January 23, 2009, 12:28:04 AM ---
--- Quote from: muman613 on January 22, 2009, 06:19:07 PM ---ProudZionist?

Dont you ever go to Shul for Shabbat? Every week we read a Parasha of Torah. It is part of the yearly cycle. This Shabbat we are reading the second Parasha of Shemot {Exodus}. Every New Year {Rosh Hashana} we finish the Torah and begin again at Beresheis.<snip>

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a few mistakes there.

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It is not that we start Beresheis right after Rosh Hashanah, after Simchah Torah. I meant to say that we finish Torah around Rosh Hashanah. I am looking at the hebrew calendar from last year and it was about 3 weeks from Rosh Hashana till Shabbat Parasha Beresheit.

That is about the only 'mistake' in my posting. If there is another please inform me.

I should have mentioned that the name of this Shabbats parasha is Vaera.

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