Noach (parsha)  Noach, Noiach, Nauach, Nauah, or Noah (, Hebrew for the name "Noah", the third word, and first distinctive word, of the parashah) is the second weekly Torah portion (, "parashah") in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading. It constitutes The parashah tells the stories of the Flood and Noah's Ark, of Noah's subsequent drunkenness and cursing of Canaan, and of the Tower of Babel. The parashah has the most verses of any weekly Torah portion in the Book of Genesis (but not the most letters or words). It is made up of 6,907 Hebrew letters, 1,861 Hebrew words, 153 verses, and 230 lines in a Torah Scroll (, "Sefer Torah"). In the Book of Genesis, Parashah Miketz has the most letters, Parashah Vayeira has the most words, and Parashah Vayishlach has an equal number of verses as Parashah Noach. Jews read it on the second Sabbath after Simchat Torah, generally in October or early November. In traditional Sabbath Torah reading, the parashah is divided into seven readings, or , "aliyot". In the Masoretic Text of the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible), Parashah Noach has five "open portion" (, "petuchah") divisions (roughly equivalent to paragraphs, often abbreviated with the Hebrew letter ("peh")). Parashah Noach has several further subdivisions, called "closed portion" (, "setumah") divisions (abbreviated with the Hebrew letter ("samekh")) within the open portion (, "petuchah") divisions. The first open portion (, "petuchah") is from the first reading (, "aliyah") through the fifth readings (, "aliyot"). The second and third open portion (, "petuchah") divisions divide the sixth reading (, "aliyah"). And the fourth and fifth open portion (, "petuchah") divisions divide the seventh reading (, "aliyah"). Closed portion (, "setumah") divisions divide the first reading, set off the third and fourth readings (, "aliyot"), and further divide the sixth and seventh readings (, "aliyot"). In the first reading (, "aliyah"), the Torah writes that Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his age, who walked with God (in one of many of His original translated names).