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Beshalach, Beshallach, or Beshalah ( – Hebrew for "when () let go," the second word and first distinctive word in the parashah) is the sixteenth weekly Torah portion (, ''parashah'') in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the fourth in the book of Exodus. It constitutes The parashah is made up of 6,423 Hebrew letters, 1,681 Hebrew words, and 116 verses, and can occupy about 216 lines in a Torah Scroll (, ''Sefer Torah'').〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=March 30, 2013 )〕 Jews read it the sixteenth Sabbath after Simchat Torah, in January or February.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=January 19, 2015 )〕 As the parashah describes God's deliverance of the Israelites from Egypt, Jews also read part of the parashah, as the initial Torah reading for the seventh day of Passover. And Jews also read the part of the parashah about Amalek, on Purim, which commemorates the story of Esther and the Jewish people's victory over Haman's plan to kill the Jews, told in the book of Esther. identifies Haman as an Agagite, and thus a descendant of Amalek. identifies the Agagites with the Amalekites. A Midrash tells that between King Agag's capture by Saul and his killing by Samuel, Agag fathered a child, from whom Haman in turn descended.〔''Seder Eliyahu Rabbah'', chapter 20. Targum Sheni to Esther 4:13.〕 The parashah is notable for the "Song of the Sea," which is traditionally chanted using a different melody and is written by the scribe using a distinctive brick-like pattern in the Torah scroll. The Sabbath when it is read is known as ''Shabbat Shirah'', and some communities have various customs for this day, including feeding birds and reciting the "Song of the Sea" out loud in the regular prayer service. The song of the sea is sometimes known as the Shirah (song) in some western Jewish synagogues. Another notable feature of Beshalach is its haftarah. The haftarah tells the story of Deborah and totals 52 verses. It is the longest haftarah. ==Readings== In traditional Sabbath Torah reading, the parashah is divided into seven readings, or , ''aliyot''. In the Masoretic Text of the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible), Parashah Beshalach has eight "open portion" (, ''petuchah'') divisions (roughly equivalent to paragraphs, often abbreviated with the Hebrew letter (''peh'')). Parashah Beshalach has four further subdivisions, called "closed portion" (, ''setumah'') divisions (abbreviated with the Hebrew letter (''samekh'')) within the open portion (, ''petuchah'') divisions. The first open portion (, ''petuchah'') divides the first reading (, ''aliyah''). The second open portion (, ''petuchah'') covers the balance of the first and all of the second readings (, ''aliyot''). The third open portion (, ''petuchah'') is coincident with the third reading (, ''aliyah''). The fourth open portion (, ''petuchah'') covers the fourth and fifth readings (, ''aliyot''). The fifth open portion (, ''petuchah'') is coincident with the sixth reading (, ''aliyah''). The sixth and seventh open portion (, ''petuchah'') divisions divide the seventh reading (, ''aliyah''). And the eighth open portion (, ''petuchah'') is coincident with the ''maftir'' () reading that concludes the parashah. Closed portion (, ''setumah'') divisions separate the fourth and fifth readings (, ''aliyot''), and divide the fifth and sixth readings (, ''aliyot'').〔See, e.g., ''The Schottenstein Edition Interlinear Chumash: Shemos/Exodus''. Edited by Menachem Davis, pages 88–119. Brooklyn: Mesorah Publications, 2008. ISBN 1-4226-0204-4.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Beshalach」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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