Q&A: Today, day two of the weekly portion, etc.
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Today, day two of the weekly portion, etc.
Question
To the Rabbi,
what does it mean when people write in letters, “Today, day two of the weekly portion, etc.…”? What is this “portion” referring to, what does it mean, and what would today’s portion be, for example?
Answer
A “portion” is a section of the Torah. “Today, day two of the weekly portion” means the second day of the weekly Torah portion, “And when Pharaoh sent out the people.”
See here for a short discussion of the reason for this:
https://mikyab.net/%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%AA/%d7%9c%d7%9e%d7%a0%d7%95%d7%AA-%d7%9c%d7%A9%D7%91%D7%AA/