 Closed portion (, "setumah") divisions divide all of the readings (, "aliyot"), often setting apart separate laws.In the first reading (, "aliyah"), Moses directed the Israelites that when they took captives in war, and an Israelite saw among the captives a beautiful woman whom he wanted to marry, the Israelite was to bring her into his house and have her trim her hair, pare her nails, discard her captive's garb, and spend a month lamenting her parents.Thereafter, the Israelite could take her as his wife.