Parashat Emor 5796 / פָּרָשַׁת אֱמוֹר

/ 20 Iyyar 5796 (Diaspora)

Parashat Emor is the 31st weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.

This page displays the Diaspora Torah reading for Emor 5796. The Israel schedule is used by Jews living in modern Israel.

Torah Portion: Leviticus 21:1-24:23

Emor (“Say”) opens with laws regulating priestly behavior, working in the Mishkan (Tabernacle), and consuming sacrifices and priestly food. It describes the biblical holidays of Passover, Shavuot, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and Sukkot, and ends with a story about a blasphemer and his punishment. [1]

Full Kriyah
  1. 1: 21:1-15 · 15 p’sukim
  2. 2: 21:16-22:16 · 25 p’sukim
  3. 3: 22:17-33 · 17 p’sukim
  4. 4: 23:1-22 · 22 p’sukim
  5. 5: 23:23-32 · 10 p’sukim
  6. 6: 23:33-44 · 12 p’sukim
  7. 7: 24:1-23 · 23 p’sukim
  8. maf: 24:21-23 · 3 p’sukim

Haftarah: Ezekiel 44:15-31 · 17 p’sukim

Triennial year 2

N.B. the following is read in the Diaspora for 5796.
See also Emor 5796 Israel

  1. 1: 22:17-20 · 4 p’sukim
  2. 2: 22:21-25 · 5 p’sukim
  3. 3: 22:26-33 · 8 p’sukim
  4. 4: 23:1-3 · 3 p’sukim
  5. 5: 23:4-8 · 5 p’sukim
  6. 6: 23:9-14 · 6 p’sukim
  7. 7: 23:15-22 · 8 p’sukim
  8. maf: 23:19-22 · 4 p’sukim

Haftarah: Ezekiel 44:15-31 · 17 p’sukim

Alternate Haftarah: Malachi 2:1-10, 2:7 · 11 p’sukim

Commentary and Divrei Torah

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

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

List of Dates

Parashat Emor is read in the Diaspora on:

References

Parashat Emor from Sefaria.org
Sefaria, Inc.
Emor (Leviticus 21:1-24:23) and Haftarah (Ezekiel 44:15-31): 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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