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===Alternative triennial cycle=== In ancient times some Jewish communities practiced a [[triennial cycle]] of readings.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Moses |first=Lionel E. |date=29 April 1987 |title=Is there an Authentic Triennial Cycle of Torah Readings? |url=https://www.rabbinicalassembly.org/sites/default/files/assets/public/halakhah/teshuvot/19861990/moses_triennial.pdf |journal=Proceedings of the Committee on Jewish Law and Standards |publisher=The Committee on Jewish Law and Standards of the Rabbinical Assembly |pages=334-336}}</ref> In the 19th and 20th centuries, many congregations in the [[Reform Judaism|Reform]] and [[Conservative Judaism|Conservative]] Jewish movements implemented an alternative triennial cycle in which only one-third of each weekly ''parashah'' was read in a given year; and this pattern continues.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Which part of the Torah portion is chanted on Shabbat each week? {{!}} Reform Judaism |url=https://reformjudaism.org/learning/answers-jewish-questions/which-part-torah-portion-chanted-shabbat-each-week |access-date=2024-09-27 |website=reformjudaism.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=mradwin |date=2023-06-19 |title=Triennial Torah Readings β Hebcal |url=https://www.hebcal.com/home/50/triennial-torah-reading-cycle |access-date=2024-09-27 |language=en-US}}</ref> The ''parashot'' read are still consistent with the annual cycle, but the entire Torah is completed over three years. [[Orthodox Judaism]] does not follow this practice.<ref name=":0" />
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