Class TorahReading


  • public final class TorahReading
    extends Object
    What is read from the Torah on a given day.

    Distinct from Chumash, which gives the daily portion a person learns through the week. This is what is read from the scroll: the aliyot and the maftir.

    Verified against opentorah's own answers — see ReadingsAgainstOpentorahTest and the fixture it reads.

    • Method Detail

      • forDay

        public static List<TorahReading.Result> forDay​(LocalDate date,
                                                       Custom custom,
                                                       boolean inIsrael)
        Every Torah reading that falls on this date, in the order they are read.
        • Shabbat morning -- the week's parsha in seven aliyot and a maftir, or the reading of a festival that has taken the day
        • a festival or fast on a weekday -- its own reading
        • Rosh Chodesh, and the weekdays of Chanukah -- theirs
        • Shabbat Mincha, and Monday and Thursday morning where nothing else claims them -- the first three aliyot of the parsha of the Shabbat ahead
        • Yom Kippur and the fasts -- an afternoon reading as well