Parashat Shemot 5250 / פָּרָשַׁת שְׁמוֹת
/ 18 Tevet 5250
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Parashat Shemot is the 13th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.
Torah Portion: Exodus 1:1-6:1
Shemot (“Names”) is the first Torah reading in the Book of Exodus. It opens describing the enslavement of the Israelites in Egypt. Moses is born, placed in a basket on the Nile, and adopted into Pharaoh’s household. He later encounters God at a burning bush and begins his mission of demanding that Pharoah let the Israelites go. [1]
Full Kriyah
- 1: 1:1-17 · 17 p’sukim
- 2: 1:18-2:10 · 15 p’sukim
- 3: 2:11-25 · 15 p’sukim
- 4: 3:1-15 · 15 p’sukim
- 5: 3:16-4:17 · 24 p’sukim
- 6: 4:18-31 · 14 p’sukim
- 7: 5:1-6:1 · 24 p’sukim
- maf: 5:22-6:1 · 3 p’sukim
Haftarah for Ashkenazim: Isaiah 27:6-28:13, 29:22-23 · 23 p’sukim
Haftarah for Sephardim: Jeremiah 1:1-2:3 · 22 p’sukim
Commentary and Divrei Torah
Shemot: The JPS B’nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary by Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin (paid link)
List of Dates
Parashat Shemot is read in the Diaspora on:References
- Parashat Shemot from Sefaria.org
- Sefaria, Inc.
- Shemot (Exodus 1:1-6:1) and Haftarah (Isaiah 27:6-28:13, 29:22-23): 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
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