A parashah (Hebrew: "portion," plural: parashot or parashiyyot) formally means a section of a biblical book in the masoretic text of the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible). In common usage today the word often refers to the Weekly Torah portion (a shortened form of Parashat ha-Shavua). This article deals with the first, formal meaning of the word. In the masoretic text, parashah sections are designated by various types of spacing between them, as found in: Torah scrolls Scrolls of the books of Nevi'im or… (More on Parashah)