Lesson 1: Layout and Structure of the Torah
Objective: This lesson will explain the layout and structure of the Torah with its books, portions, and sections.
Materials: Student Torah Reader, Koren Publishing
Materials: Student Torah Reader, Koren Publishing
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Title Page: The Title Page is entitled Ḥamishah Ḥumshei Torah meaning - five fifths of Torah - or five parts or five books of Torah.
חמישה - Hamishah - Five
חומשי - Humshei - Fifths תורה - Torah - Law חֲמִישָה חוּמָשִי תוֹרָה |
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Table of Contents: The Table of Contents lists the the five books of Torah, the parshahs and page numbers for each parshah in Hebrew.
Starting from the top right and reading down -
Beresheet (בְּרֵאשִׁית, literally "In the beginning")--Genesis
and followed by 12 parshahs and page numbers to the left. Shemot (שְׁמוֹת, literally "Names")--Exodus and followed by 11 parshahs and page numbers. Vayikra (וַיִּקְרָא, literally "And He called")--Leviticus and followed by 3 parshahs and 7 parshahs on the next column to the top left. Bemidbar (בְּמִדְבַּר, literally "In the desert [of]")--Numbers and followed by 10 parshahs and page numbers. Devarim (דְּבָרִים, literally "Things" or "Words")--Deuteronomy and followed by 11 parshahs and page numbers. |
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Body: The Body of the Torah when opened with print on pages on the left side and right side look like this.
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Left Side:
Outside Margin: Top: Name of the parshah - Beresheet -בְּרֵאשִׁית. Center: Section number. Bottom: Page nmber. -------------- Inside Margin: Chapter and verse number in Hebrew. |
Right Side:
Outside Margin: Top: Name of the book of the Torah - Beresheet -בְּרֵאשִׁית Center: Section number - each parshah has 8 sections called aliyot which are read on Shabbat. The section number here is שני and is the Hebrew word for 2. Section 1 comes before section 2 and is not printed. Bottom: Page number - ב or page 2. -------------- Inside Margin: Chapter and verse number in Hebrew. |
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Exercises:
1. Sound out loud the main title of the book in Hebrew. Write it down in Hebrew and translate.
2. Sound out loud the five books of the Torah in Hebrew. Write them down in Hebrew and translate.
3. Identify where you would find the following.
Name of the one of the five books:
Name of the parshah:
Number of the the parshah section:
Page number:
Chapter and verse numbers:
1. Sound out loud the main title of the book in Hebrew. Write it down in Hebrew and translate.
2. Sound out loud the five books of the Torah in Hebrew. Write them down in Hebrew and translate.
3. Identify where you would find the following.
Name of the one of the five books:
Name of the parshah:
Number of the the parshah section:
Page number:
Chapter and verse numbers: