Parashat Shemot / פָּרָשַׁת שְׁמוֹת

Parashat Shemot is the 13th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading. Next read on / 18 Tevet 5785.

Torah Portion: Exodus 1:1-6:1

Shemot (“Names”) is the first Torah reading in the Book of Exodus. It opens describing the enslavement of the Israelites in Egypt. Moses is born, placed in a basket on the Nile, and adopted into Pharaoh’s household. He later encounters God at a burning bush and begins his mission of demanding that Pharoah let the Israelites go. [1]

Full Kriyah
  1. 1: 1:1-17 · 17 p’sukim
  2. 2: 1:18-2:10 · 15 p’sukim
  3. 3: 2:11-25 · 15 p’sukim
  4. 4: 3:1-15 · 15 p’sukim
  5. 5: 3:16-4:17 · 24 p’sukim
  6. 6: 4:18-31 · 14 p’sukim
  7. 7: 5:1-6:1 · 24 p’sukim
  8. maf: 5:22-6:1 · 3 p’sukim

Haftarah for Ashkenazim: Isaiah 27:6-28:13, 29:22-23 · 23 p’sukim

Haftarah for Sephardim: Jeremiah 1:1-2:3 · 22 p’sukim

Triennial Year 1
  1. 1: 1:1-7 · 7 p’sukim
  2. 2: 1:8-12 · 5 p’sukim
  3. 3: 1:13-17 · 5 p’sukim
  4. 4: 1:18-22 · 5 p’sukim
  5. 5: 2:1-10 · 10 p’sukim
  6. 6: 2:11-15 · 5 p’sukim
  7. 7: 2:16-25 · 10 p’sukim
  8. maf: 2:23-25 · 3 p’sukim

Alternate Haftarah: Isaiah 27:6-13, 29:22-23 · 10 p’sukim

Triennial Year 2
  1. 1: 3:1-6 · 6 p’sukim
  2. 2: 3:7-10 · 4 p’sukim
  3. 3: 3:11-15 · 5 p’sukim
  4. 4: 3:16-22 · 7 p’sukim
  5. 5: 4:1-5 · 5 p’sukim
  6. 6: 4:6-9 · 4 p’sukim
  7. 7: 4:10-17 · 8 p’sukim
  8. maf: 4:14-17 · 4 p’sukim

Alternate Haftarah: Joshua 5:13-6:5, 6:15-16 · 10 p’sukim

Triennial Year 3
  1. 1: 4:18-20 · 3 p’sukim
  2. 2: 4:21-26 · 6 p’sukim
  3. 3: 4:27-31 · 5 p’sukim
  4. 4: 5:1-5 · 5 p’sukim
  5. 5: 5:6-9 · 4 p’sukim
  6. 6: 5:10-14 · 5 p’sukim
  7. 7: 5:15-6:1 · 10 p’sukim
  8. maf: 5:22-6:1 · 3 p’sukim

Alternate Haftarah: I Samuel 9:15-21, 9:27-10:1 · 9 p’sukim

Weekday for Shabbat afternoon, Monday & Thursday
  1. 1: 1:1-7 · 7 p’sukim
  2. 2: 1:8-12 · 5 p’sukim
  3. 3: 1:13-17 · 5 p’sukim

Commentary and Divrei Torah

Shemot: The JPS B’nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary by Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin (paid link)

Shemot: The JPS B’nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary (JPS Study Bible)

List of Dates

Parashat Shemot is read in the Diaspora on:

References

Parashat Shemot from Sefaria.org
Sefaria, Inc.
Shemot (Exodus 1:1-6:1) and Haftarah (Isaiah 27:6-28:13, 29:22-23): The JPS B’nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary (JPS Study Bible) (paid link)
Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin, Jewish Publication Society, 2017
The Chumash: The Stone Edition (Artscroll Series) (paid link)
Nosson Scherman, Mesorah Publications, 1993
A Complete Triennial System for Reading the Torah
Committee on Jewish Law and Standards of the Rabbinical Assembly, 1988
Haftarot for a Triennial Cycle Torah Reading
Avram Israel Reisner, 2014

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