Readings
In traditional Sabbath Torah reading, the parshah is divided into seven readings, or עליות, aliyot. In the Masoretic Text of the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible), Parshah Ki Tisa has ten "open portion" (פתוחה, petuchah) divisions (roughly equivalent to paragraphs, often abbreviated with the Hebrew letter פ (peh), roughly equivalent to the English letter “P”). Parshah Ki Tisa has several further subdivisions, called "closed portion" (סתומה, setumah) divisions (abbreviated with the Hebrew letter ס (samekh), roughly equivalent to the English letter "S") within the open portion (פתוחה, petuchah) divisions. The first three open portion (פתוחה, petuchah) divisions divide the long first reading (עליה, aliyah), and the next three open portion (פתוחה, petuchah) divisions divide the long second reading (עליה, aliyah). The seventh open portion (פתוחה, petuchah) corresponds to the short third reading (עליה, aliyah), and the eighth open portion (פתוחה, petuchah) corresponds to the short fourth reading (עליה, aliyah). The ninth open portion (פתוחה, petuchah) spans the fifth and sixth readings (עליות, aliyot). And the tenth open portion (פתוחה, petuchah) begins in the seventh reading (עליה, aliyah). Closed portion (סתומה, setumah) divisions further divide the first and second readings (עליות, aliyot), and conclude the seventh reading (עליה, aliyah).
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