present form. Use The work is often used by busy working people who do not have time for in-depth Talmud study, particularly in Sephardic and Mizrahi Jews. The approved method is to read the section for the day immediately after morning prayers, while still wearing tallit and tefillin. Hayyim Vital, in his Sha'ar Ha-mitsvot, parashat Va-etchanan, states "And this was the custom of my teacher (meaning Isaac Luria): after coming out of synagogue and eating his breakfast, he would wrap himself in tsitsit and put on tefillin, and afterwards read the readings as set out below, with the preliminary meditations set out below." Editions and translations Hok L'Yisrael Edmond J. Safra Edition, Hebrew and English [Rabbi Yoseph Milstein + Various editors.] 10 volumes published by Machon Yisrael Trust, available online at eChok.com. The older Berkowitz softcover edition is available on amazon.com See also Torah study Seder ha-Mishmarah Shnayim mikra ve-echad targum Daf Yomi Other study cycles under Torah study #Study cycles External links Hebrew/English Chok L'Yisrael site Volume 1 - Genesis Volume 2 - Exodus Volume 3 - Leviticus Volume 4 - Numbers Volume 5 - Deuteronomy (all from 1880 Brody edition) Endnotes Jewish prayer and ritual texts Hebrew words and phrases in Jewish prayers and blessings