Parashat Masei / פָּרָשַׁת מַסְעֵי
Parashat Masei is the 43rd weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading. Next read on / 1 Av 5785.
Torah Portion: Numbers 33:1-36:13
Masei (“Travels”), the final Torah portion in the Book of Numbers, opens with a list of places that the Israelites traveled in the desert. God commands the Israelites to destroy idolatry in the Land of Israel, outlines Israel’s boundaries, and details the laws of cities of refuge for accidental killers. [1]
Full Kriyah
- 1: 33:1-10 · 10 p’sukim
- 2: 33:11-49 · 39 p’sukim
- 3: 33:50-34:15 · 22 p’sukim
- 4: 34:16-29 · 14 p’sukim
- 5: 35:1-8 · 8 p’sukim
- 6: 35:9-34 · 26 p’sukim
- 7: 36:1-13 · 13 p’sukim
- maf: 36:11-13 · 3 p’sukim
N.B. special maftir in years 5785, 5805
Haftarah for Ashkenazim: Jeremiah 2:4-28, 3:4 · 26 p’sukim
Haftarah for Sephardim: Jeremiah 2:4-28, 4:1-2 · 27 p’sukim
Triennial Year 1
See Matot-Masei 5783
Triennial Year 2
See Matot-Masei 5784
Triennial Year 3
See Matot-Masei 5785
Commentary and Divrei Torah
Masei: The JPS B’nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary by Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin (paid link)
List of Dates
Parashat Masei is read in Israel on:References
- Parashat Masei from Sefaria.org
- Sefaria, Inc.
- Masei (Numbers 33:1-36:13) and Haftarah (Jeremiah 2:4-28, 3:4): 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
- Modification of the Triennial Cycle Readings for Combined Parashot in Certain Years
- Rabbi Miles B. Cohen, 2020
- Haftarot for a Triennial Cycle Torah Reading
- Avram Israel Reisner, 2014
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