Parashat Korach 5781 / פָּרָשַׁת קוֹרַח
/ 2 Tamuz 5781
Parashat Korach is the 38th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.
Torah Portion: Numbers 16:1-18:32
Parashat Korach recounts the rebellion of Korach (a cousin of Moses and Aaron), Dathan, Abiram, and 250 of their followers. Some rebels are swallowed by the ground, while others are consumed by a fire from God and others die in a plague. The portion ends by describing gifts given to priests and Levites. [1]
Full Kriyah
- 1: 16:1-13 · 13 p’sukim
- 2: 16:14-19 · 6 p’sukim
- 3: 16:20-17:8 · 24 p’sukim
- 4: 17:9-15 · 7 p’sukim
- 5: 17:16-24 · 9 p’sukim
- 6: 17:25-18:20 · 24 p’sukim
- 7: 18:21-32 · 12 p’sukim
- maf: 18:30-32 · 3 p’sukim
Haftarah: I Samuel 11:14-12:22 · 24 p’sukim
Triennial year 2
- 1: 16:20-27 · 8 p’sukim
- 2: 16:28-35 · 8 p’sukim
- 3: 17:1-5 · 5 p’sukim
- 4: 17:6-8 · 3 p’sukim
- 5: 17:9-15 · 7 p’sukim
- 6: 17:16-20 · 5 p’sukim
- 7: 17:21-24 · 4 p’sukim
- maf: 17:21-24 · 4 p’sukim
Haftarah: I Samuel 11:14-12:22 · 24 p’sukim
Alternate Haftarah: I Samuel 12:13-22 · 10 p’sukim
Commentary and Divrei Torah
Korach: The JPS B’nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary by Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin (paid link)
List of Dates
Parashat Korach is read in Israel on:References
- Parashat Korach from Sefaria.org
- Sefaria, Inc.
- Korach (Numbers 16:1-18:32) and Haftarah (I Samuel 11:14-12:22): 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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