Parashat Matot / פָּרָשַׁת מַּטּוֹת
Parashat Matot is the 42nd weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading. Next read on / 1 Av 5785.
Torah Portion: Numbers 30:2-32:42
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. [1]
Full Kriyah
- 1: 30:2-17 · 16 p’sukim
- 2: 31:1-12 · 12 p’sukim
- 3: 31:13-24 · 12 p’sukim
- 4: 31:25-41 · 17 p’sukim
- 5: 31:42-54 · 13 p’sukim
- 6: 32:1-19 · 19 p’sukim
- 7: 32:20-42 · 23 p’sukim
- maf: 32:39-42 · 4 p’sukim
N.B. special maftir in years 5785, 5805
Haftarah: Jeremiah 1:1-2:3 · 22 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
Matot: The JPS B’nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary by Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin (paid link)
List of Dates
Parashat Matot is read in Israel on:References
- Parashat Matot from Sefaria.org
- Sefaria, Inc.
- Matot (Numbers 30:2-32:42) and Haftarah (Jeremiah 1:1-2:3): 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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