Talk:Humash
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[edit] Article title
Should this be Chumash? I mean, I've never seen it spelled humash. -Reuvenk[T][C] 03:41, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
- OK, I see that Chumash is the name of an tribe. Maybe we should make Chumash be a disambiguation page and make the articles Chumash (tribe) and Chumash (Pentateuch)
- Please do not change this page. Both ways are correct. Humash is the correct Anglicization. This is also the case for Hakham; Halizah; Hazzan and others. See Category:Hebrew words which has both types "Ch" and "H" altho "Ch" has more entries for now. IZAK 03:52, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
- We all know that WP has a California tilt. Every county, city, town, and truck stop in California has a Wiki page, and the Chumash tribe is mentioned in most of them. Having [[Chumash]] direct other than the tribe is just a mess. We could have a page titled "Chumash (Pentateuch)" or "Chumash (Torah)" or something like that if we didn't have the name "Humash", but the "H" spellings are more common these days (eg Hanukkah).
- I did a "what links here" on Chumash and fixed all articles that appeared to have Jewish topics. If Humash was meant in some California community page, I didn't check that.Barticus88 00:05, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
- Please do not change this page. Both ways are correct. Humash is the correct Anglicization. This is also the case for Hakham; Halizah; Hazzan and others. See Category:Hebrew words which has both types "Ch" and "H" altho "Ch" has more entries for now. IZAK 03:52, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] {{Torah portion}}
{{Torah portion}} does not belong on this page. It's irrelevant (and too long, btw).—msh210℠ 19:08, 2 July 2006 (UTC)
- Hi msh: (1) Humash is the Hebrew name for the Pentateuch. The Humash refers to a "Hebrew Pentateuch". A Humash is almost always divided not only by verses and chapters (which is of non-Jewish origins) but by the 54 Parshas (parshiyot) which is the tradition of Judaism. The Humash thus contains each week's Torah reading of the weekly Parsha (Torah portion) read as part of the services on Shabbat, and the Monday and Thursday Torah readings. (2) The template {{Torah portion}} is at the bottom of the Humash article's page, so essentially it's part of the "See also" section which is a legitimate way of connecting related and connected topics on an article. (3) If a reader finds the {{Torah portion}} to be "too intrusive" then any reader is free to click "Hide" on the top right section of the template's heading which shrinks it to an unobtrusive one liner. Finally, (4) the {{Torah portion}} is presently diligently updated weekly by User:Dauster early each Sunday so that any readers may learn more about the weekly Parsha. User:Dauster summarizes each week's Parsha and adds some interesting graphics which surely adds life and color to a page that may gain the attention of readers who don't know much about this subject and may want to learn more. Please refer all further comments and discussions to one centralized location at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Judaism#Template: Torah portion Thank you. IZAK 07:50, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
