The Parashot

בּראשׁית -"In the Beginning"

Weekly parashah #1: Bereshit

• Torah: Bereshit (Genesis) 1:1-6:8
• Haftarah:
  • Yeshayahu (Isaiah) 42:5-43:10 (Ashkenaz)
  • Yeshayahu (Isaiah) 42:5-42:21 (Sephard)
• Gospels: Matityahu (Matthew) 1 & 2

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. (Genesis 1:1)

נח -"Noah"

Weekly parashah #2: Noach

• Torah: Bereshit (Genesis) 6:9-11:32
• Haftarah: Yesha'yahu (Isaiah) 54:1-55:5
• Gospels: Matityahu (Matthew) 3 & 4

These are the records of the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his time; Noah walked with God. (Genesis 6:9)

לך לך -"Go Out"

Weekly parashah #3: Lech Lecha

• Torah: Bereshit (Genesis) 12:1-17:27
• Haftarah: Yeshayahu (Isaiah) 40:27-41:16
• Gospels: Matityahu (Matthew) 5-7

Now the LORD said to Abram, "Go forth from your country, And from your relatives And from your father's house, To the land which I will show you; (Genesis 12:1)

וירא -"And (He) Appeared"

Weekly parashah #4: Vayera

• Torah: Bereshit (Genesis) 18:1-22:24
• Haftarah: Malak'him Bet (2 Kings) 4:1-37
• Gospels: Matityahu (Matthew) 8-10

Now the LORD appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, while he was sitting at the tent door in the heat of the day. (Genesis 18:1)

חיי שׂרה -"Sarah Lived"

Weekly parashah #5: Chayei Sarah

• Torah: Bereshit (Genesis) 23:1-25:18
• Haftarah: Malak'him Alef (1 Kings) 1:1-31
• Gospels: Matityahu (Matthew) 11-12

Now Sarah lived one hundred and twenty-seven years; these were the years of the life of Sarah. (Genesis 23:1)

תולדת -"Generations"

Weekly parashah #6: Toldot

• Torah: Bereshit (Genesis) 25:19-28:9
• Haftarah: Mal'akhi (Malachi) 1:1-2:7
• Gospels: Matityahu (Matthew) 13-14

Now these are the records of the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham became the father of Isaac; (Genesis 25:19)

ויצא -"And He Went Out"

Weekly parashah #7: Vayetze

• Torah: Bereshit (Genesis) 28:10-32:2
• Haftarah: Hoshea (Hosea) 12:12-14:10
• Gospels: Matityahu (Matthew) 15-16

Then Jacob departed from Beersheba and went toward Haran. (Genesis 28:10)

וישׁלח -"And He Sent"

Weekly parashah #8: Vayishlach

• Torah: Bereshit (Genesis) 32:3-36:43
• Haftarah:
  • Hoshea (Hosea) 11:7-12:12 (Ashkenaz)
  • Ovadyah (Obadiah) 1-21 (Sefard)
• Gospels: Matityahu (Matthew) 17 & 18

Then Jacob sent messengers before him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom. (Genesis 32:3)

וישׁב -"And He Lived"

Weekly parashah #9: Vayeshev

• Torah: Bereshit (Genesis) 37:1-40:23
• Haftarah: Amos 2:6-3:8
• Gospels: Matityahu (Matthew) 19 & 20

Now Jacob lived in the land where his father had sojourned, in the land of Canaan. (Genesis 37:1)

מקץ -"At the End"

Weekly parashah #10: Miketz

• Torah: Bereishit (Genesis) 41:1-44:17
• Haftarah: Melakhim Aleph (1 Kings) 3:15 -4:1
• Gospels: Matityahu (Matthew) 21 & 22

Now it happened at the end of two full years that Pharaoh had a dream, and behold, he was standing by the Nile. (Genesis 41:1)

ויגשׁ -"And (He) Came Near"

Weekly parashah #11: Vayigash

• Torah: Bereishit (Genesis) 44:18-47:27
• Haftarah: Yechetzk'el (Ezekiel) 37:15-28
• Gospels: Matityahu (Matthew) 23-25

Then Judah approached him, and said, "Oh my lord, may your servant please speak a word in my lord's ears, and do not be angry with your servant; for you are equal to Pharaoh. (Genesis 44:18)

ויחי - "And (He) Lived"

Weekly parashah #12: Vayechi

• Torah: Bereishit (Genesis) 47:28-50:26
• Haftarah: 1 Melakhim (1 Kings) 2:1-2:12
• Gospels: Matityahu (Matthew) 26 - 28

Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years; so the length of Jacob's life was one hundred and forty-seven years. (Genesis 47:28)

שׁמוֹת -"Names"

Weekly parashah #13: Shemot

• Torah: Shemot (Exodus) 1:1-6:1
• Haftarah:
  • Yesha'yahu (Isaiah) 27:6-28:13; 29:22-23 (A)
  • Yirmeyahu (Jeremiah) 1:1-2:3 (S)
• Gospels: Mark 1-2

Now these are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob; they came each one with his household. (Exodus 1:1)

וארא -"And I Appeared"

Weekly parashah #14: Va'eira

• Torah: Shemot (Exodus) 6:2-9:35
• Haftarah: Yechezk'el (Ezekiel) 28:25-29:21
• Gospels: Mark 3

G-d spoke further to Moses and said to him, "I am the LORD; and I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as G-d Almighty, but by My name, LORD, I did not make Myself known to them. (Exodus 6:2-3)

בֹּא -"Go"

Weekly parashah #15: Bo

• Torah: Shemot (Exodus) 10:1-13:16
• Haftarah: Yirmeyahu (Jeremiah) 46:13-46:28
• Gospels: Mark 4-5

Then the LORD said to Moses, "Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the heart of his servants, that I may perform these signs of Mine among them, (Exodus 10:1)

בּשׁלח -"He Sent Out"

Weekly parashah #16: Beshalach

• Torah: Shemot (Exodus) 13:17-17:16
• Haftarah:
  • Shoftim (Judges) 4:4-5:31 (Ashkenaz)
  • Shoftim (Judges) 5:1-5:31 (Sefard)
• Gospels: Mark 6

Now when Pharaoh had let the people go, G-d did not lead them by the way of the land of the Philistines, even though it was near; for G-d said, "The people might change their minds when they see war, and return to Egypt." (Exodus 13:17)

יתרוֹ -"Jethro"

Weekly parashah #17: Yitro

• Torah: Shemot (Exodus) 18:1-20:26
• Haftarah:
  • Yesha'yahu (Isaiah) 6:1-7:6,9:6-7 (A)
  • Yesha'yahu (Isaiah) 6:1-6:13 (S)
• Gospels: Mark 7-8

Now Jethro the priest of Midian, Moses' father-in-law, heard of all that G-d had done for Moses and for Israel His people, how the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt. (Exodus 18:1)

משׁפּטים -"Judgments"

Weekly parashah #18: Mishpatim

• Torah: Shemot (Exodus) 21:1-24:18
• Haftarah: Yirmeyahu (Jeremiah) 34:8-34:22, 33:25-26
• Gospels: Mark 9

"Now these are the ordinances which you are to set before them:" (Exodus 21:1)

תרוּמה -"Contribution"

Weekly parashah #19: Terumah

• Torah: Shemot (Exodus) 25:1-27:19
• Haftarah: Malakhim Alef (1 Kings) 5:12-6:13
• Gospels: Mark 10-11

Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, "Tell the sons of Israel to raise a contribution for Me; from every man whose heart moves him you shall raise My contribution. (Exodus 25:1-2)

תצוה -"You Shall Command"

Weekly parashah #20: Tetzaveh

• Torah: Shemot (Exodus) 27:20-30:10
• Haftarah: Yechezk'el (Ezekiel) 43:10-43:27
• Gospels: Mark 12

You shall charge the sons of Israel, that they bring you clear oil of beaten olives for the light, to make a lamp burn continually. (Exodus 27:20)

כּי תשׂא -"When You Take"

Weekly parashah #21: Ki Tisa

• Torah: Shemot (Exodus) 30:11-34:35
• Haftarah:
  • Melakhim Alef (1 Kings) 18:1-39 (A)
  • Melakhim Alef (1 Kings) 18:20-39 (S)
• Gospels: Mark 13-14

The LORD also spoke to Moses, saying, "When you take a census of the sons of Israel to number them, then each one of them shall give a ransom for himself to the LORD, when you number them, so that there will be no plague among them when you number them. (Exodus 30:11-12)

ןיקהל -"And (He) Assembled"

Weekly parashah #22: Vayakhel

• Torah: Shemot (Exodus) 35:1-38:20
• Haftarah:
  • Melakhim Alef (1 Kings) 7:40-50 (A)
  • Melakhim Alef (1 Kings) 7:13-26Melakhim Alef (1 Kings) 7:13-26 (S)
• Gospels: Luke 1-3

(In regular years, read with the next parashah.  In leap years read by itself.)

Then Moses assembled all the congregation of the sons of Israel, and said to them, "These are the things that the LORD has commanded you to do: (Exodus 35:1)

פקוּדי -"Number"

Weekly parashah #23: Pekudei

• Torah: Shemot (Exodus) 38:21-40:38
• Haftarah:
  • Melakhim Alef (1 Kings) 7:51-8:21 (A)
  • Melakhim Alef (1 Kings) 7:40-7:50 (S)
• Gospels: Mark 16

(In regular years, read with the previous parashah. In leap years read by itself.)

This is the number of the things for the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the testimony, as they were numbered according to the command of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. (Exodus 38:21)

ויקרא- "And (He) Called"

Weekly parashah #24: Vayikra (or Vayiqra)

• Torah: Vayikra (Leviticus) 1:1-6:7
• Haftarah: Yesha'yahu (Isaiah) 43:21-44:23
• Gospels: Luke 1-3

Then the LORD called to Moses and spoke to him from the tent of meeting, saying, (Leviticus 1:1)

צו- "Command"

Weekly parashah #25: Tzav

• Torah: Vayikra (Leviticus) 6:8-8:36
• Haftarah: Mal'akhi (Malachi) 3:4-24
• Gospels: Luke 4-6

Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, "Command Aaron and his sons, saying, 'This is the law for the burnt offering: the burnt offering itself shall remain on the hearth on the altar all night until the morning, and the fire on the altar is to be kept burning on it. (Leviticus 6:8)

שׁמיני- "Eighth"

Weekly parashah #26: Shemini

• Torah: Vayikra (Leviticus) 9:1-11:47
• Haftarah:
  • Sh'mu'el Bet (2 Samuel) 6:1-7:17 (A)
  • Sh'mu'el Bet (2 Samuel) 6:1-19 (S)
• Gospels: Luke 7-9

Now it came about on the eighth day that Moses called Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel; (Leviticus 9:1)

תזךיע- "Conceived"

Weekly parashah #27: Tazria

• Torah: Vayikra (Leviticus) 12:1-13:59
• Haftarah: M'lakhim Bet (2 Kings) 4:42-5:19
• Gospels: Luke 10-11

(In regular years, read with the next parashah.  In leap years, read by itself.)

Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, "Speak to the sons of Israel, saying: 'When a woman conceives and bears a male child, then she shall be unclean for seven days, as in the days of her menstruation she shall be unclean. (Leviticus 12:1)

מצרע- "Leper"

Weekly parashah #28: Metzora

• Torah: Vayikra (Leviticus) 14:1-15:33
• Haftarah: M'lakhim Bet (2 Kings) 7:3-20
• Gospels: Luke 12-13

(In regular years, read with the previous parashah. In leap years, read by itself.)

Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, "This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing. Now he shall be brought to the priest, (Leviticus 14:1-2)

אחרי מוֹת- "After the Death"

Weekly parashah #29: Acharei Mot

• Torah: VayikraVayikra (Leviticus) 16:1-18:30
• Haftarah: Yechezk'el Yechezk'el (Ezekiel) 22:1-19
• Gospels: Luke 14-15

Now the LORD spoke to Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they had approached the presence of the LORD and died. (Leviticus 16:1)

קדשׁים- "Holy Ones"

Weekly parashah #30: Kedoshim (or Qedoshim)

• Torah: VayikraVayikra (Leviticus) 19:1-20:27
• Haftarah:
  • AmosAmos (Amos) 9:7-15 (A)
  • Yechezk'el Yechezk'el (Ezekiel) 20:2-20 (S)
• Gospels: Luke 16-17

Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying: "Speak to all the congregation of the sons of Israel and say to them, 'You shall be holy, for I the LORD your G-d am holy. (Leviticus 19:1-2)

אמר- "Speak"

Weekly parashah #31: Emor

• Torah: Vayikra (Leviticus) 21:1-24:23
• Haftarah: Yechezk'el (Ezekiel) 44:15-31
• Gospels: Luke 18-20

Leviticus 21:1-2

Then the LORD said to Moses, "Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them: 'No one shall defile himself for a dead person among his people,

בּהר- "At Mount"

Weekly parashah #32: Behar

• Torah: Vayikra (Leviticus) 25:1-26:2
• Haftarah: Yirme'yahu (Jeremiah) 32:6-27
• Gospels: Luke 21-22

(In regular years, read with the next parashah.  In leap years, read by itself.)

The LORD then spoke to Moses at Mount Sinai, saying, (Leviticus 25:1)

בּחקתי- "In My Statutes"

Weekly parashah #33: B'chukotai

• Torah: Vayikra (Leviticus) 26:3-27:34
• Haftarah: Yirme'yahu (Jeremiah) 16:19-17:14
• Gospels: Luke 23-24

(In regular years, read with the previous parashah.  In leap years, read by itself.)

'If you walk in My statutes and keep My commandments so as to carry them out... (Leviticus 26:3)

בּמדבּר- "In The Wilderness"

Weekly parashah #34: Bamidbar

• Torah: Bamidbar (Numbers) 1:1-4:20
• Haftarah: Hoshea (Hosea) 2:1-22
• Gospels: John 1-2

Then the LORD spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tent of meeting, on the first of the second month, in the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying, (Numbers 1:1)

נשׂא- "Take (a Census)"

Weekly parashah #35: Naso

• Torah: Bamidbar (Numbers) 4:21-7:89
• Haftarah: Shof'tim (Judges) 13:2-25
• Gospels: John 3-4

Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, "Take a census of the sons of Gershon also, by their fathers' households, by their families; (Numbers 4:21-22)

בּהעלתך- "When You Mount"

Weekly parashah #36: Beha'alotkha

• Torah: B'midbar (Numbers) 8:1-12:15
• Haftarah: Z'kharyah (Zechariah) 2:14-4:7
• Gospels: John 5-6

Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, "Speak to Aaron and say to him, 'When you mount the lamps, the seven lamps will give light in the front of the lampstand.'" (Numbers 8:1-2)

שׁלח- "Send Out"

Weekly parashah #37: Shelach

• Torah: Bamidbar (Numbers) 13:1-15:41
• Haftarah: Y'hoshua (Joshua) 2:1-24
• Gospels: John 7-8

Then the LORD spoke to Moses saying, "Send out for yourself men so that they may spy out the land of Canaan, which I am going to give to the sons of Israel; you shall send a man from each of their fathers' tribes, every one a leader among them." (Numbers 13:1-2)

קרח- "Korah"

Weekly parashah #38: Korach

• Torah: B'midbar (Numbers) 16:1-18:32
• Haftarah: Sh'mu'el Alef (1 Samuel) 11:14-12:22
• Gospels: John 9-10John 9-10

Now Korah the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, with Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took action,  (Numbers 16:1)

חקת- "Statute"

Weekly parashah #39: Chukat

• Torah: Bamidbar (Numbers) 19:1-22:1
• Haftarah: Shof'tim (Judges) 11:1-33
• Gospels: John 11-12

(In regular years, read with the next parashah.  In leap years, read by itself.)

Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, "This is the statute of the law which the LORD has commanded, saying, 'Speak to the sons of Israel that they bring you an unblemished red heifer in which is no defect and on which a yoke has never been placed.  (Numbers 19:1-2)

בּלק- "Balak"

Weekly parashah #41: Balak

• Torah: Bamidbar (Numbers) 22:2-25:9
• Haftarah: Mikhah (Micah) 5:6-6:8
• Gospels: John 13-14

(In regular years, read with the previous parashah. In leap years, read by itself.)

Now Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.  (Numbers 22:2)

פּינחס- "Phineas"

Weekly parashah #41: Pinchas

• Torah: Bamidbar (Numbers) 25:10-29:40
• Haftarah: M'lakhim Alef (1 Kings) 18:46-19:41
• Gospels: John 15-17

Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, "Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned away My wrath from the sons of Israel in that he was jealous with My jealousy among them, so that I did not destroy the sons of Israel in My jealousy.  (Numbers 25:10-11)

מטות- "Tribes"

Weekly parashah #42: Mattot

• Torah: Bamidbar (Numbers) 30:1-32:42
• Haftarah: Yirmeyahu (Jeremiah) 1:1-2:3
• Gospels: John 18-19

(In regular years, read with the next parashah.  In leap years, read by itself.)

Then Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes of the sons of Israel, saying, "This is the word which the LORD has commanded. (Numbers 30:1)

מסעי- "Journeys"

Weekly parashah #43: Masaei

• Torah: Bamidbar (Numbers) 33:1-36:13
• Haftarah: Yirmeyahu (Jeremiah) 2:4-28,3:4
• Gospels: John 20-21

(In regular years, read with the previous parashah.  In leap years, read by itself.)

These are the journeys of the sons of Israel, by which they came out from the land of Egypt by their armies, under the leadership of Moses and Aaron.  (Numbers 33:1)

דברים- "Words"

Weekly parashah #44: Devarim

• Torah: Devarim (Deuteronomy) 1:1-3:22
• Haftarah: Yesha'yahu (Isaiah) 1:1-27
• Gospels: Acts 1-2

These are the words which Moses spoke to all Israel across the Jordan in the wilderness, in the Arabah opposite Suph, between Paran and Tophel and Laban and Hazeroth and Dizahab.  (Deuteronomy 1:1)

ואתחנן- "And I Pleaded"

Weekly parashah #45: Va'etchanan

• Torah: Devarim (Deuteronomy) 3:23-7:11
• Haftarah: Yesha'yahu (Isaiah) 40:1-26
• Gospels: Acts 3-5

"I pleaded with the LORD at that time, saying, (Deuteronomy 3:23)

עקב- "Because"

Weekly parashah #46: Ekev

• Torah: Devarim (Deuteronomy) 7:12-11:25
• Haftarah: Yesha'yahu (Isaiah) 49:14-51:3
• Gospels: Acts 6-7

"Then it shall come about, because you listen to these judgments and keep and do them, that the LORD your G-d will keep with you His covenant and His lovingkindness which He swore to your forefathers. (Deuteronomy 7:12)

ראה- "See"

Weekly parashah #47: Re'eh

• Torah: Devarim (Deuteronomy) 11:26-16:17
• Haftarah: Yesha'yahu (Isaiah) 54:11-55:5
• Gospels: Acts 8-9

"See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse: (Deuteronomy 11:26)

שׁפטים- "Judges"

Weekly parashah #48: Shoftim

• Torah: Devarim (Deuteronomy) 16:18-21:9
• Haftarah: Yesha'yahu (Isaiah) 51:12-52:12
• Gospels: Acts 10-12

"You shall appoint for yourself judges, and officers in all your towns which the LORD your G-d is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.  (Deuteronomy 16:18)

כּי תצא- "When You Go Out"

Weekly parashah #49: Ki Tetze

• Torah: Devarim (Deuteronomy) 21:10-25:19
• Haftarah: Yesha'yahu (Isaiah) 54:1-10
• Gospels: Acts 13-15

"When you go out, to battle against your enemies, and the LORD your G-d delivers them into your hands and you take them away captive,  (Deuteronomy 21:10)

כּי תבוא- "When You Enter"

Weekly parashah #50: Ki Tavo

• Torah: Devarim (Deuteronomy) 26:1-29:8(9)
• Haftarah: Yesha'yahu (Isaiah) 60:1-22
• Gospels: Acts 16-18

(In regular years, read with the next parashah. In leap years, read by itself.)

"Then it shall be, when you enter the land which the LORD your G-d gives you as an inheritance, and you possess it and live in it,  (Deuteronomy 26:1)

נצבים- "You Stand"

Weekly parashah #51: Nitzavim

• Torah: Devarim (Deuteronomy) 29:10-30:20
• Haftarah: Yesha'yahu (Isaiah) 61:10-63:9
• Gospels: Acts 19-21

(In regular years, read with the next parashah.  In leap years, read by itself.)

"You stand today, all of you, before the LORD your G-d: your chiefs, your tribes, your elders and your officers, even all the men of Israel,  (Deuteronomy 29:10)

וילך- "And (He) Went"

Weekly parashah #52: Vayelech

• Torah: Devarim (Deuteronomy) 31:1-30
• Haftarah: Yesha'yahu (Isaiah) 55:6-56:8
• Gospels: Acts 22-23

(In regular years, read with the previous parashah.  In leap years, read by itself.)

So Moses went and spoke these words to all Israel.  (Deuteronomy 31:1)

האזינו- "Give Ear"

Weekly parashah #53: Ha'azinu

• Torah: Devarim (Deuteronomy) 32:1-52
• Haftarah: Sh'mu'el Bet (2 Samuel) 22:1-51
• Gospels: Acts 24-26

Give ear, O heavens, and let me speak; And let the earth hear the words of my mouth. (Deuteronomy 32:1)

וזאת הברכה- "And This Is the Blessing"

Weekly parashah #54: Vezot Ha'Brachah

• Torah: Devarim (Deuteronomy) 33:1-34:12
• Haftarah: Y'hoshua (Joshua) 1:1-18
• Gospels: Acts 27-28

Now this is the blessing with which Moses, the man of God, blessed the sons of Israel before his death.  (Deuteronomy 33:1)