Parashat Chayei Sara 5756 / פָּרָשַׁת חַיֵּי שָֹרָה
/ 25 Cheshvan 5756
Parashat Chayei Sara is the 5th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.
Torah Portion: Genesis 23:1-25:18
Chayei Sarah (“The Life of Sarah”) opens as Sarah dies and Abraham buys the Cave of Machpelah to bury her. Abraham sends his servant to find a wife for Isaac. The servant meets Rebecca at a well, and Rebecca returns with the servant to marry Isaac. Abraham remarries, has more children, and dies at age 175. [1]
Full Kriyah
- 1: 23:1-16 · 16 p’sukim
- 2: 23:17-24:9 · 13 p’sukim
- 3: 24:10-26 · 17 p’sukim
- 4: 24:27-52 · 26 p’sukim
- 5: 24:53-67 · 15 p’sukim
- 6: 25:1-11 · 11 p’sukim
- 7: 25:12-18 · 7 p’sukim
- maf: 25:16-18 · 3 p’sukim
Haftarah: I Kings 1:1-31 · 31 p’sukim
Triennial year 1
- 1: 23:1-4 · 4 p’sukim
- 2: 23:5-7 · 3 p’sukim
- 3: 23:8-12 · 5 p’sukim
- 4: 23:13-16 · 4 p’sukim
- 5: 23:17-20 · 4 p’sukim
- 6: 24:1-4 · 4 p’sukim
- 7: 24:5-9 · 5 p’sukim
- maf: 24:5-9 · 5 p’sukim
Haftarah: I Kings 1:1-31 · 31 p’sukim
Alternate Haftarah: Isaiah 51:1-11 · 11 p’sukim
Commentary and Divrei Torah
Chayei Sara: The JPS B’nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary by Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin (paid link)
List of Dates
Parashat Chayei Sara is read in the Diaspora on:References
- Parashat Chayei Sara from Sefaria.org
- Sefaria, Inc.
- Chayei Sara (Genesis 23:1-25:18) and Haftarah (I Kings 1:1-31): 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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