Parashat Matot-Masei 5799 / פָּרָשַׁת מַּטּוֹת־מַסְעֵי

/ 2 Av 5799

Parashat Matot-Masei is the 42nd and 43rd weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.

Torah Portion: Numbers 30:2-36:13

Matot (“Tribes”) opens with laws about vows, and continues to describe the Israelites’ war against the Midianites and the allocation of spoils. The tribes of Reuben and Gad request to dwell outside of the Land of Israel, and Moses acquiesces on the condition that they help conquer it. 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. 1: 30:2-31:12 · 28 p’sukim
  2. 2: 31:13-54 · 42 p’sukim
  3. 3: 32:1-19 · 19 p’sukim
  4. 4: 32:20-33:49 · 72 p’sukim
  5. 5: 33:50-34:15 · 22 p’sukim
  6. 6: 34:16-35:8 · 22 p’sukim
  7. 7: 35:9-36:13 · 39 p’sukim
  8. maf: 36:11-13 · 3 p’sukim

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 2
  1. 1: 32:1-4 · 4 p’sukim
  2. 2: 32:5-19 · 15 p’sukim
  3. 3: 32:20-27 · 8 p’sukim
  4. 4: 32:28-42 · 15 p’sukim
  5. 5: 33:1-6 · 6 p’sukim
  6. 6: 33:7-36 · 30 p’sukim
  7. 7: 33:37-49 · 13 p’sukim
  8. maf: 33:47-49 · 3 p’sukim

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

Alternate Haftarah: Jeremiah 2:14-28, 3:4 · 16 p’sukim

Commentary and Divrei Torah

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

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

List of Dates

Parashat Matot-Masei is read in the Diaspora on:

References

Parashat Matot from Sefaria.org
Sefaria, Inc.
Matot (Numbers 30:2-32:42) 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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