Editing Weekly Torah portion (section)

==Name==
Each weekly Torah portion takes its name from the first distinctive word or two in the Hebrew text of the portion in question, often from the first verse.
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|+Examples
!Parshah name
!Passage<ref>{{Cite web |title=Torah Readings - Judaism 101 (JewFAQ) |url=https://www.jewfaq.org/torah_readings#Weekly |access-date=2024-09-27 |website=www.jewfaq.org |language=en}}</ref>
!Name origin
|-
|''[[Bereshit (parashah)|Bereishit]]'' ({{lang|he|בְּרֵאשִׁ֖ית}})
|Genesis 1:1-6:8
|First word of the passage
|-
|''[[Noach]]'' ({{lang|he|נֹ֔חַ}})
|Genesis 6.9-11.32
|Noach ([[Noah]]), the central figure of the passage<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010 |title=Noach in a Nutshell |url=https://www.chabad.org/parshah/article_cdo/aid/3155/jewish/Noach-in-a-Nutshell.htm |access-date=27 September 2024 |website=Chabad |quote=The Parshah is named 'Noach' (Noah) after the protagonist of its major event: The Great Flood.}}</ref>
|-
|''[[Lech-Lecha|Lech Lecha]]'' ({{lang|he|לֶךְ־לְךָ֛}})
|Genesis 12:1-17:27
|''Lech lecha'' means "go forth," a key phrase in the first line: <br/>"[God] said to [[Abraham|Abram]], 'Go forth from your native land...'"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gewirtz |first=Bracha |date=2020 |title=Parshas Lech Lecha, 5780 {{!}} Sefaria |url=https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/199824?lang=bi |access-date=2024-09-27 |website=Sefaria}}</ref>
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