Parashat Bamidbar 5779 / פָּרָשַׁת בְּמִדְבַּר

/ 27 Iyyar 5779 (Israel)

Parashat Bamidbar is the 34th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.

This page displays the Israel Torah reading for Bamidbar 5779. The Diaspora schedule is used by Jews living outside of modern Israel.

Torah Portion: Numbers 1:1-4:20

Bamidbar (“In The Desert”) is the first Torah portion in the Book of Numbers. It describes God's command to take a census and details the camping formation of the Israelites in the desert. It also begins to enumerate the responsibilities of the Levites when transporting the Mishkan (Tabernacle). [1]

Full Kriyah
  1. 1: 1:1-19 · 19 p’sukim
  2. 2: 1:20-54 · 35 p’sukim
  3. 3: 2:1-34 · 34 p’sukim
  4. 4: 3:1-13 · 13 p’sukim
  5. 5: 3:14-39 · 26 p’sukim
  6. 6: 3:40-51 · 12 p’sukim
  7. 7: 4:1-20 · 20 p’sukim
  8. maf: 4:17-20 · 4 p’sukim

Haftarah: Hosea 2:1-22 · 22 p’sukim

Triennial year 3

N.B. the following is read in Israel for 5779.
See also Bamidbar 5779 Diaspora

  1. 1: 3:14-20 · 7 p’sukim
  2. 2: 3:21-26 · 6 p’sukim
  3. 3: 3:27-39 · 13 p’sukim
  4. 4: 3:40-43 · 4 p’sukim
  5. 5: 3:44-51 · 8 p’sukim
  6. 6: 4:1-10 · 10 p’sukim
  7. 7: 4:11-20 · 10 p’sukim
  8. maf: 4:17-20 · 4 p’sukim

Haftarah: Hosea 2:1-22 · 22 p’sukim

Alternate Haftarah: Joshua 8:30-35, 8:33 · 7 p’sukim

Commentary and Divrei Torah

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

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

List of Dates

Parashat Bamidbar is read in Israel on:

References

Parashat Bamidbar from Sefaria.org
Sefaria, Inc.
Bamidbar (Numbers 1:1-4:20) and Haftarah (Hosea 2:1-22): 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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