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Humash or '''Chumash''' ( in Judaism . The word comes from "chamesh (masc.)/ chamisha (fem.)", the Hebrew word for "five", because of the '''Five Books of Moses''' that comprise the Torah . The word ''chumash'' generally only refers to "book" bound editions of the Pentateuch, whereas the "scroll" form is called a Sefer Torah . A more common use for the word, in modern Jewish parlance, is for an arrangement of the Torah, separated by Parsha , and containing, in addition to the text of each parsha, the text for each parsha from the Targum of Onkelos , as well as commentaries and interpretations from various sources, along with the Haftarah for each parsha ( Mikraot Gedolot ). SEVERAL CHUMASHIM
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