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 Noach has six "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 Noach 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 open portion (פתוחה, petuchah) divides the first reading (עליה, aliyah). The second open portion (פתוחה, petuchah), covers the balance of the first and all of the second through fifth readings (עליות, aliyot). The third and fourth open portion (פתוחה, petuchah) divisions divide the sixth reading (עליה, aliyah). And the fifth and sixth open portion (פתוחה, petuchah) divisions divide the seventh reading (עליה, aliyah). Closed portion (סתומה, setumah) divisions set off the third and fourth readings (עליות, aliyot), and further divide the sixth and seventh readings (עליות, aliyot).
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