Parashat Mishpatim 5776 / פָּרָשַׁת מִּשְׁפָּטִים
/ 27 Sh’vat 5776
Parashat Mishpatim is the 18th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.
Torah Portion: Exodus 21:1-24:18
Mishpatim (“Laws”) recounts a series of God’s laws that Moses gives to the Israelites. These include laws about treatment of slaves, damages, loans, returning lost property, the Sabbath, the sabbatical year, holidays, and destroying idolatry. The portion ends as Moses ascends Mount Sinai for 40 days. [1]
Full Kriyah
- 1: 21:1-19 · 19 p’sukim
- 2: 21:20-22:3 · 21 p’sukim
- 3: 22:4-26 · 23 p’sukim
- 4: 22:27-23:5 · 9 p’sukim
- 5: 23:6-19 · 14 p’sukim
- 6: 23:20-25 · 6 p’sukim
- 7: 23:26-24:18 · 26 p’sukim
- maf: 24:15-18 · 4 p’sukim
Haftarah: Jeremiah 34:8-22, 33:25-26 · 17 p’sukim
Triennial year 3
- 1: 23:20-25 · 6 p’sukim
- 2: 23:26-30 · 5 p’sukim
- 3: 23:31-33 · 3 p’sukim
- 4: 24:1-6 · 6 p’sukim
- 5: 24:7-11 · 5 p’sukim
- 6: 24:12-14 · 3 p’sukim
- 7: 24:15-18 · 4 p’sukim
- maf: 24:15-18 · 4 p’sukim
Haftarah: Jeremiah 34:8-22, 33:25-26 · 17 p’sukim
Alternate Haftarah: Joshua 24:16-28 · 13 p’sukim
Commentary and Divrei Torah
Mishpatim: The JPS B’nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary by Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin (paid link)
List of Dates
Parashat Mishpatim is read in the Diaspora on:References
- Parashat Mishpatim from Sefaria.org
- Sefaria, Inc.
- Mishpatim (Exodus 21:1-24:18) and Haftarah (Jeremiah 34:8-22, 33:25-26): 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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