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The Parashat HaShavuah is the portion of the Torah that is designated for study each week of the year - the "Torah Portion of the Week". The Pentateuch is divided into 52 logical story-and-study divisions that complete the reading of the five books of the Torah in one year. Each portion is given a name that reflects the first significant word of the portion. Thus the first portion of the book of Genesis is named Parashat Bereshit, Bereshit being the Hebrew word 'beginning' used in Genesis 1:1 ...'In the beginning'.

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O Lord, our God, teach us Your Torah.
Enable us to live by your Torah so that we may proclaim You
as our Sovereign, in all that we do, say, and are.
Grant that our commitment to You and your Torah may enable
others to deepen their knowledge that
You are God and Your Name is One.
We ask this through Your servant, Jesus,
who commanded us to seek first the Kingdom of God,
and promised that all else would be added unto us.
Amen.

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