Parashat Ki Tisa 5757 / פָּרָשַׁת כִּי תִשָּׂא

/ 22 Adar I 5757

Parashat Ki Tisa is the 21st weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.

Torah Portion: Exodus 30:11-34:35

Ki-Tisa (“When You Elevate”) opens as God tells Moses to collect a half-shekel donation from all Israelites and to anoint the Mishkan (Tabernacle), its vessels, and the priests. The Israelites worship the golden calf and Moses breaks the tablets. Moses beseeches God to forgive, and returns with a second set of tablets. [1]

Full Kriyah
  1. 1: 30:11-31:17 · 45 p’sukim
  2. 2: 31:18-33:11 · 47 p’sukim
  3. 3: 33:12-16 · 5 p’sukim
  4. 4: 33:17-23 · 7 p’sukim
  5. 5: 34:1-9 · 9 p’sukim
  6. 6: 34:10-26 · 17 p’sukim
  7. 7: 34:27-35 · 9 p’sukim
  8. maf: 34:33-35 · 3 p’sukim

Haftarah for Ashkenazim: I Kings 18:1-39 · 39 p’sukim

Haftarah for Sephardim: I Kings 18:20-39 · 20 p’sukim

Triennial year 2
  1. 1: 31:18-32:6 · 7 p’sukim
  2. 2: 32:7-11 · 5 p’sukim
  3. 3: 32:12-14 · 3 p’sukim
  4. 4: 32:15-24 · 10 p’sukim
  5. 5: 32:25-29 · 5 p’sukim
  6. 6: 32:30-33:6 · 12 p’sukim
  7. 7: 33:7-11 · 5 p’sukim
  8. maf: 33:9-11 · 3 p’sukim

Haftarah for Ashkenazim: I Kings 18:1-39 · 39 p’sukim

Haftarah for Sephardim: I Kings 18:20-39 · 20 p’sukim

Alternate Haftarah: I Kings 18:20-39 · 20 p’sukim

Commentary and Divrei Torah

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

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

List of Dates

Parashat Ki Tisa is read in Israel on:

References

Parashat Ki Tisa from Sefaria.org
Sefaria, Inc.
Ki Tisa (Exodus 30:11-34:35) and Haftarah (I Kings 18:1-39): 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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