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Pinechas (parsha)

Pinechas, Pinchas, Pinhas, or Pin'has ( — Hebrew for " Phinehas," a name, the sixth word and the first distinctive word in the parashah) is the 41st weekly Torah portion (, parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the eighth in the Book of Numbers. It constitutes The parashah is made up of 7,853 Hebrew letters, 1,887 Hebrew words, and 168 verses, and can occupy about 280 lines in a Torah scroll (, Sefer Torah).

Jews generally read it in July, or rarely in late June or early August. As the parashah sets out laws for the Jewish holidays, Jews also read parts of the parashah as Torah readings for many Jewish holidays. is the Torah reading for the New Moon (, Rosh Chodesh) on a weekday (including when the sixth or seventh day of Hanukkah falls on Rosh Chodesh). is the maftir Torah reading for Shabbat Rosh Chodesh. is the maftir Torah reading for the first two days of Passover. is the maftir Torah reading for the intermediate days (, Chol HaMoed) and seventh and eighth days of Passover. is the maftir Torah reading for each day of Shavuot. is the maftir Torah reading for each day of Rosh Hashanah. is the maftir Torah reading for the Yom Kippur morning (, Shacharit) service. is the maftir Torah reading for the first two days of Sukkot. is the Torah reading for the first intermediate day of Sukkot. is the Torah reading for the second intermediate day of Sukkot. is the Torah reading for the third intermediate day of Sukkot. is the Torah reading for the fourth intermediate day of Sukkot, as well as for Hoshana Rabbah. And is the maftir Torah reading for both Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah.