Wikipedia's first sentence called it “the 27th weekly torah portion”. Today it says “the 13th word—and the first distinctive word—in the parashah”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “The Poor Widow's Offering (illustration by Frederick Goodall ) Tazria , Thazria , Thazri'a , Sazria , or Ki”. It now reads “27th weekly Torah portion The Poor Widow's Offering (illustration by Frederick Goodall )”.
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27th weekly Torah portion The Poor Widow's Offering (illustration by Frederick Goodall ) Tazria , Thazria , Thazri'a , Sazria , or Ki Tazria ' ( Hebrew : תַזְרִיעַ , '[she] conceives', is the 13th word—and the first distinctive word—in the parashah , wherein the root word זֶרַע means "seed") is the 27th weekly Torah portion ( פָּרָשָׁה , parashah ) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the fourth in the Book of Leviticus . The parashah deals with ritual impurity. It constitutes Leviticus 12:1–13:59. The parashah is made up of 3,667 Hebrew letters, 1,010 Hebrew words, 67 verses , and 128 lines in a Torah Scroll ( סֵפֶר תּוֹרָה , sefer Torah ). Jews read it the 27th or 28th Shabbat after Simchat Torah , generally in April or, rarely, in late March or early May. The lunisolar Hebrew calendar contains up to 55 weeks , the exact number varying between 50 in common years and 54 or 55 in leap years. In leap years (e.g., 2024 and 2027), parashat Tazria is read independently. In common years (e.g., 2025, 2026, and 2028), parashat Tazria is combined with the parashah following it, Metzora , to help achieve the number of weekly readings needed.
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Tazria , Thazria , Thazri’a , Sazria , or Ki Tazria’ (תַזְרִיעַ — Hebrew for “she conceives,” the 13th word, and the first distinctive word, in the parshah) is the 27th weekly Torah portion ( parshah ) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the fourth in the book of Leviticus . It constitutes Leviticus 12:1–13:59. Jews in the Diaspora read it the 27th or 28th Sabbath after Simchat Torah , generally in April. The lunisolar Hebrew calendar contains up to 55 weeks , the exact number varying between 50 in common years and 54 or 55 in leap years. In leap years (for example, 2011, 2014, and 2016), parshah Tazria is read separately. In common years (for example, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, and 2018), parshah Tazria is combined with the next parshah, Metzora , to help achieve the number of weekly readings needed. The Poor Widow's Offering (illustration by Frederick Goodall )
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Tazria , Thazria , Thazri'a , Sazria , or Ki Tazria ' ( – Hebrew for "she conceives", the 13th word, and the first distinctive word, in the parashah) is the 27th weekly Torah portion ( , parashah ) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the fourth in the book of Leviticus . It constitutes Leviticus 12:1–13:59. The parashah is made up of 3,667 Hebrew letters, 1,010 Hebrew words, and 67 verses , and can occupy about 128 lines in a Torah Scroll ( , Sefer Torah ). Jews read it the 27th or 28th Sabbath after Simchat Torah , generally in April. The lunisolar Hebrew calendar contains up to 55 weeks , the exact number varying between 50 in common years and 54 or 55 in leap years. In leap years (for example, 2014 and 2016), parashah Tazria is read separately.In common years (for example, 2015, 2017, and 2018), parashah Tazria is combined with the next parashah, Metzora , to help achieve the number of weekly readings needed.The Poor Widow's Offering (illustration by Frederick Goodall ) "Torah Stats – VaYikra" .
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The opening as it stood in 2020
The Poor Widow's Offering (illustration by Frederick Goodall ) Tazria , Thazria , Thazri'a , Sazria , or Ki Tazria ' ( — Hebrew for "she conceives", the 13th word, and the first distinctive word, in the parashah) is the 27th weekly Torah portion ( , parashah ) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the fourth in the Book of Leviticus . The parashah deals with ritual impurity. It constitutes Leviticus 12:1–13:59. The parashah is made up of 3,667 Hebrew letters, 1,010 Hebrew words, 67 verses , and 128 lines in a Torah Scroll ( , Sefer Torah ).Jews read it the 27th or 28th Sabbath after Simchat Torah , generally in April or, rarely, in late March or early May. The lunisolar Hebrew calendar contains up to 55 weeks , the exact number varying between 50 in common years and 54 or 55 in leap years. In leap years (for example, 2019, 2022, 2024, and 2027), parashah Tazria is read separately.In common years (for example, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2025, 2026, and 2028), parashah Tazria is combined with the next parashah, Metzora , to help achieve the number of weekly readings needed.
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27th weekly Torah portion The Poor Widow's Offering (illustration by Frederick Goodall ) Tazria , Thazria , Thazri'a , Sazria , or Ki Tazria ' ( תַזְרִיעַ — Hebrew for "childbirth", the 13th word, and the first distinctive word, in the parashah , where the root word זֶרַע means "seed") is the 27th weekly Torah portion ( פָּרָשָׁה , parashah ) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the fourth in the Book of Leviticus . The parashah deals with ritual impurity. It constitutes Leviticus 12:1–13:59. The parashah is made up of 3,667 Hebrew letters, 1,010 Hebrew words, 67 verses , and 128 lines in a Torah Scroll ( סֵפֶר תּוֹרָה , Sefer Torah ). Jews read it the 27th or 28th Sabbath after Simchat Torah , generally in April or, rarely, in late March or early May. The lunisolar Hebrew calendar contains up to 55 weeks , the exact number varying between 50 in common years and 54 or 55 in leap years. In leap years (for example, 2024 and 2027), Parashat Tazria is read separately.In common years (for example, 2025, 2026, and 2028), Parashat Tazria is combined with the next parashah , Metzora , to help achieve the number of weekly readings needed.
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “the 27th weekly torah portion”. Today it says “the 13th word—and the first distinctive word—in the parashah”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “The Poor Widow's Offering (illustration by Frederick Goodall ) Tazria , Thazria , Thazri'a , Sazria , or Ki”. It now reads “27th weekly Torah portion The Poor Widow's Offering (illustration by Frederick Goodall )”. Read the current article and compare.
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the 27th weekly torah portion
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the 13th word—and the first distinctive word—in the parashah
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