Parashat Behar 3918 / פָּרָשַׁת בְּהַר
/ 20 Iyyar 3918 (Israel)
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Parashat Behar is the 32nd weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.
This page displays the Israel Torah reading for Behar 3918. The Diaspora schedule is used by Jews living outside of modern Israel.
Torah Portion: Leviticus 25:1-26:2
Behar (“On The Mountain”) details the laws of the sabbatical year (Shemita), when working the land is prohibited and debts are forgiven. It also sets out laws of indentured servitude and of the Jubilee year (Yovel), when property reverts to its original ownership. [1]
Full Kriyah
- 1: 25:1-13 · 13 p’sukim
- 2: 25:14-18 · 5 p’sukim
- 3: 25:19-24 · 6 p’sukim
- 4: 25:25-28 · 4 p’sukim
- 5: 25:29-38 · 10 p’sukim
- 6: 25:39-46 · 8 p’sukim
- 7: 25:47-26:2 · 11 p’sukim
- maf: 25:55-26:2 · 3 p’sukim
Haftarah: Jeremiah 32:6-27 · 22 p’sukim
Commentary and Divrei Torah
Behar: The JPS B’nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary by Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin (paid link)
List of Dates
Parashat Behar is read in Israel on:References
- Parashat Behar from Sefaria.org
- Sefaria, Inc.
- Behar (Leviticus 25:1-26:2) and Haftarah (Jeremiah 32:6-27): 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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