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 V'Zot HaBerachah 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) is coincident with the first reading (עליה, aliyah), and the second open portion (פתוחה, petuchah) spans the balance of the parshah. Parshah V'Zot HaBerachah has several further subdivisions, called "closed portion" (סתומה, setumah) (abbreviated with the Hebrew letter ס (samekh), roughly equivalent to the English letter "S"), within the open portion (פתוחה, petuchah) divisions. The closed portion (סתומה, setumah) subdivisions often set apart discussions of separate tribes.
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