פָּרָשָׁה I f. (פָּרַשׁ) 1) separation, branching off.—פָּרָשַׁת דרכים, פרשת עיבור, cross-road. Ber. IV, 4, v. עִיבּוּר. Sot. 21ᵃ הגיע לפ׳ דרכים וכ׳ when the traveller reaches the cross-road (where there is a guide-post), he is saved from all dangers. Ib. מהו פ׳ ד׳ וכ׳ what is meant by cross-road (in this parable)? A scholar on his dying day.—Ḥull. 46ᵃ פ׳ ראשונה the first branching off of the spinal column towards the legs, שניה the second branching off in the prolongation which forms the tail. Ib. פי פ׳ the starting point of the branching off; פ׳ עצמה the branch itself; a. e.—Pl. פָּרָשׁוֹת. Ib. 45ᵇ עד היכך חוט השדרה … עד בין הפ׳ how far does the spinal cord go (the severance of which causes the animal to be ṭ’refah)?… To ‘between the ramifications’; ליחוי לן מר בין הפ׳ show us the place called ‘between the ramifications’; a. e. —2) crossing the ocean, sea-voyage. Lev. R. s. 35, v. אַפְרָשָׁה. —3) (in writing) division, section, Parashah, the weekly Scripture lesson. Ber. 9ᵇ אשרי … חדא פ׳ היא Ashré (Ps. I) and Lammah rag’shu (Ps. II) are one section (psalm). Ib. 63ᵃ איזוהי פ׳ קטנה שכל וכ׳ which is the small section (verse) on which all essentials of the Law depend? (Answ. Prov. III, 6) ‘In all thy ways &c.’ Ib. II, 2 (13ᵃ) למה קדמה פרשת שמע וכ׳ Bab. ed. (Mish. a. Y. ed. only שמע) why is the section Sh’mʿa (Deut. VI, 4-9) recited before V’hayah (ib. XI, 13-21)? B. Bath. 14ᵇ פרשת בלעם the section treating of Balaam (Num. XXII, 2-XXIV, 25); a. v. fr.—Pl. פָּרָשִׁיּוֹת (fr. פָּרָשׁוּת). Ber. 9ᵇ י"ה פ׳ eighteen psalms. Gen. R. s. 90. Lev. R. s. 24. Tosef. Sabb. I, 12 תינוקות … פָּרָשִׁיּוֹתֵיהֶן children and teacher may prepare their verses by lamp-light &c.; (Y. ib. I, 3ᵇ bot. ראשי פסוקיהן). Ber. 8ᵇ המשלים פָּרָשִׁיּוֹתָיו עם הצבור he who finishes the reading of the weekly lessons so as to keep up with the public reading in the synagogue. Meg. 29ᵇ לסדר פ׳ הוא חוזר the interrupted order of Scriptural reading is taken up again; a. v. fr.