parashah

noun, plural Pa·ra·shoth, Pa·ra·shot [Sephardic Hebrew pah-rah-shawt] /Sephardic Hebrew pɑ rɑˈʃɔt/, Pa·ra·shi·oth, Pa·ra·shi·ot [Sephardic Hebrew pah-rah-shee-awt] /Sephardic Hebrew pɑ rɑ ʃiˈɔt/, English, Ashkenazic Hebrew Par·a·shahs [pahr–uh-shahz, pahr-shuh z; Ashkenazic Hebrew pahr-shuh z] /ˈpɑr əˌʃɑz, ˈpɑr ʃəz; Ashkenazic Hebrew ˈpɑr ʃəz/. Judaism.

1. a portion of the Torah chanted or read each week in the synagogue on the Sabbath.
2. a selection from such a portion, chanted or read in the synagogue on Mondays, Thursdays, and holy days.

noun plural -shoth (-ˌʃəʊt, Hebrew -ˈʃɔt) Judaism

1. any of the sections of the Torah read in the synagogue
2. any of the subsections of the weekly lessons read on Sabbaths in the synagogue