Toledot

Toledot, Toldos, or Tol'doth (תּוֹלְדֹת — Hebrew for "generations" or "descendants," the second word and the first distinctive word in the parashah) is the sixth weekly Torah portion (פָּרָשָׁה, parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading. It constitutes Genesis 25:19–28:9. The parashah is made up of 5,426 Hebrew letters, 1,432 Hebrew words, and 106 verses, and can occupy about 173 lines in a Torah Scroll (סֵפֶר תּוֹרָה, Sefer Torah).Jews read it the sixth Sabbath after Simchat Torah, generally in November or, rarely, in early December.

The parashah tells of the conflict between Jacob and Esau, of Isaac's passing off his wife Rebekah as his sister, and of Isaac's blessing of his sons.

Readings

In traditional Sabbath Torah reading, the parashah is divided into seven readings, or עליות, aliyot. In the Masoretic Text of the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible), Parashah Toledot has two "open portion" (פתוחה, petuchah) divisions (roughly equivalent to paragraphs, often abbreviated with the Hebrew letter פ (peh)). Parashah Toledot has three "closed portion" (סתומה, setumah) divisions (abbreviated with the Hebrew letter ס (samekh)), that further divide the second open portion (פתוחה, petuchah). The first open portion (פתוחה, petuchah) divides the first reading (עליה, aliyah). The second open portion (פתוחה, petuchah) spans the balance of the parashah. Two closed portion (סתומה, setumah) divisions further divide the fifth reading (עליה, aliyah), setting apart the discussion of Esau's marriage to the two Hittite women.