Parashat Achrei Mot 5660 / פָּרָשַׁת אַחֲרֵי מוֹת

/ 29 Nisan 5660 (Diaspora)

Parashat Achrei Mot is the 29th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.

This page displays the Diaspora Torah reading for Achrei Mot 5660. The Israel schedule is used by Jews living in modern Israel.

Torah Portion: Leviticus 16:1-18:30

Achrei Mot (“After The Death”) opens by describing the ritual service of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. It then details the prohibitions of offering sacrifices outside of the Mishkan (Tabernacle) and of eating animal blood, and ends with a list of forbidden sexual relations. [1]

Full Kriyah
  1. 1: 16:1-17 · 17 p’sukim
  2. 2: 16:18-24 · 7 p’sukim
  3. 3: 16:25-34 · 10 p’sukim
  4. 4: 17:1-7 · 7 p’sukim
  5. 5: 17:8-18:5 · 14 p’sukim
  6. 6: 18:6-21 · 16 p’sukim
  7. 7: 18:22-30 · 9 p’sukim
  8. maf: 18:28-30 · 3 p’sukim

Haftarah*: I Samuel 20:18-42 · 25 p’sukim
*Shabbat Machar Chodesh

Commentary and Divrei Torah

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

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

List of Dates

Parashat Achrei Mot is read in the Diaspora on:

References

Parashat Achrei Mot from Sefaria.org
Sefaria, Inc.
Achrei Mot (Leviticus 16:1-18:30) and Haftarah (Amos 9:7-15): 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

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