Parashat Mishpatim 5781 / פָּרָשַׁת מִּשְׁפָּטִים

/ 1 Adar 5781

Parashat Mishpatim is the 18th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.

Torah Portion: Exodus 21:1-24:18; Numbers 28:9-15; Exodus 30:11-16

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. 1: 21:1-19 · 19 p’sukim
  2. 2: 21:20-22:3 · 21 p’sukim
  3. 3: 22:4-26 · 23 p’sukim
  4. 4: 22:27-23:5 · 9 p’sukim
  5. 5: 23:6-19 · 14 p’sukim
  6. 6: 23:20-24:18 · 32 p’sukim
  7. 7*: Numbers 28:9-15 · 7 p’sukim
    *Shabbat Shekalim (on Rosh Chodesh)
  8. maf*: 30:11-16 · 6 p’sukim
    *Shabbat Shekalim (on Rosh Chodesh)

Haftarah for Ashkenazim*: II Kings 12:1-17 · 17 p’sukim
*Shabbat Shekalim (on Rosh Chodesh)

Haftarah for Sephardim*: II Kings 11:17-12:17 · 21 p’sukim
*Shabbat Shekalim (on Rosh Chodesh)

Triennial year 2
  1. 1: 22:4-8 · 5 p’sukim
  2. 2: 22:9-12 · 4 p’sukim
  3. 3: 22:13-18 · 6 p’sukim
  4. 4: 22:19-26 · 8 p’sukim
  5. 5: 22:27-23:5 · 9 p’sukim
  6. 6: 23:6-19 · 14 p’sukim
  7. 7*: Numbers 28:9-15 · 7 p’sukim
    *Shabbat Shekalim (on Rosh Chodesh)
  8. maf*: 30:11-16 · 6 p’sukim
    *Shabbat Shekalim (on Rosh Chodesh)

Commentary and Divrei Torah

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

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

List of Dates

Parashat Mishpatim is read in Israel 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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