Readings
In traditional Sabbath Torah reading, the parashah is divided into seven readings, or עליות, aliyot. In the masoretic text of the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible), Parashah Eikev 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”). Parashah Eikev has several further subdivisions, called "closed portions" (סתומה, setumah) (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) spans the first, second and part of the third readings (עליות, aliyot). The second open portion (פתוחה, petuchah) goes from the middle of the third reading (עליה, aliyah) to the end of the fourth reading (עליה, aliyah). The third open portion (פתוחה, petuchah) spans the fifth and sixth readings (עליות, aliyot). The fourth, fifth, and sixth open portion (פתוחה, petuchah) divisions divide the seventh reading (עליה, aliyah). Closed portion (סתומה, setumah) divisions further divide each of the seven readings (עליות, aliyot).
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