Parashat Noach 5756 / פָּרָשַׁת נֹחַ
/ 4 Cheshvan 5756
Parashat Noach is the 2nd weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.
Torah Portion: Genesis 6:9-11:32
Noach (“Noah”) begins as God decides to destroy mankind with a flood. At God’s command, the righteous Noah builds an ark, where Noah, his family, and select animals survive the flood. Noah’s children bear children, and several generations develop. God confounds the speech of people building the Tower of Babel. [1]
Full Kriyah
- 1: 6:9-22 · 14 p’sukim
- 2: 7:1-16 · 16 p’sukim
- 3: 7:17-8:14 · 22 p’sukim
- 4: 8:15-9:7 · 15 p’sukim
- 5: 9:8-17 · 10 p’sukim
- 6: 9:18-10:32 · 44 p’sukim
- 7: 11:1-32 · 32 p’sukim
- maf: 11:29-32 · 4 p’sukim
Haftarah for Ashkenazim: Isaiah 54:1-55:5 · 22 p’sukim
Haftarah for Sephardim: Isaiah 54:1-10 · 10 p’sukim
Triennial year 1
- 1: 6:9-16 · 8 p’sukim
- 2: 6:17-19 · 3 p’sukim
- 3: 6:20-22 · 3 p’sukim
- 4: 7:1-9 · 9 p’sukim
- 5: 7:10-16 · 7 p’sukim
- 6: 7:17-24 · 8 p’sukim
- 7: 8:1-14 · 14 p’sukim
- maf: 8:12-14 · 3 p’sukim
Haftarah for Ashkenazim: Isaiah 54:1-55:5 · 22 p’sukim
Haftarah for Sephardim: Isaiah 54:1-10 · 10 p’sukim
Alternate Haftarah: Isaiah 54:11-55:5 · 12 p’sukim
Commentary and Divrei Torah
Noach: The JPS B’nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary by Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin (paid link)
List of Dates
Parashat Noach is read in Israel on:References
- Parashat Noach from Sefaria.org
- Sefaria, Inc.
- Noach (Genesis 6:9-11:32) and Haftarah (Isaiah 54:1-55:5): 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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