/ 20 Iyyar 4936 (Israel)
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 4936. The Diaspora schedule is used by Jews living outside of modern Israel.
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]
Haftarah: Jeremiah 32:6-27 · 22 p’sukim
Behar: The JPS B’nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary by Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin (paid link)
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