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 Vayelech has two "open portion" (פתוחה, petuchah) divisions (roughly equivalent to paragraphs, often abbreviated with the Hebrew letter פ (peh), roughly equivalent to the English letter “P”). The first open portion (פתוחה, petuchah) spans the first four readings (עליות, aliyot). The second open portion (פתוחה, petuchah) spans the remaining three readings (עליות, aliyot). Within the first open portion (פתוחה, petuchah), a further subdivision, called a "closed portion" (סתומה, setumah) (abbreviated with the Hebrew letter ס (samekh), roughly equivalent to the English letter "S"), spans the first two readings (עליות, aliyot).
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