Parashat Shemot 5954 / פָּרָשַׁת שְׁמוֹת

/ 19 Tevet 5954 (Israel)

Parashat Shemot is the 13th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.

This page displays the Israel Torah reading for Shemot 5954. The Diaspora schedule is used by Jews living outside of modern Israel.

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: 1:1-17 · 17 p’sukim
  2. 2: 1:18-2:10 · 15 p’sukim
  3. 3: 2:11-25 · 15 p’sukim
  4. 4: 3:1-15 · 15 p’sukim
  5. 5: 3:16-4:17 · 24 p’sukim
  6. 6: 4:18-31 · 14 p’sukim
  7. 7: 5:1-6:1 · 24 p’sukim
  8. 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

Triennial year 1

N.B. the following is read in Israel for 5954.
See also Shemot 5954 Diaspora

  1. 1: 1:1-7 · 7 p’sukim
  2. 2: 1:8-12 · 5 p’sukim
  3. 3: 1:13-17 · 5 p’sukim
  4. 4: 1:18-22 · 5 p’sukim
  5. 5: 2:1-10 · 10 p’sukim
  6. 6: 2:11-15 · 5 p’sukim
  7. 7: 2:16-25 · 10 p’sukim
  8. maf: 2:23-25 · 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

Alternate Haftarah: Isaiah 27:6-13, 29:22-23 · 10 p’sukim

Commentary and Divrei Torah

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

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

List of Dates

Parashat Shemot is read in Israel 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
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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