Parashat Tazria 5738 / פָּרָשַׁת תַזְרִיעַ

/ 1 Nisan 5738

Parashat Tazria is the 27th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.

Torah Portion: Leviticus 12:1-13:59; Numbers 28:9-15; Exodus 12:1-20

Tazria (“She Bears Seed”) opens by describing the purification process for a woman after childbirth. It then describes different forms of tzaraat, a discoloration condition on skin or clothing, and the requirement of an infected person to dwell alone outside the camp and be inspected by a priest. [1]

Full Kriyah
  1. 1: 12:1-13:5 · 13 p’sukim
  2. 2: 13:6-17 · 12 p’sukim
  3. 3: 13:18-23 · 6 p’sukim
  4. 4: 13:24-28 · 5 p’sukim
  5. 5: 13:29-39 · 11 p’sukim
  6. 6: 13:40-59 · 20 p’sukim
  7. 7*: Numbers 28:9-15 · 7 p’sukim
    *Shabbat HaChodesh (on Rosh Chodesh)
  8. maf*: Exodus 12:1-20 · 20 p’sukim
    *Shabbat HaChodesh (on Rosh Chodesh)

Haftarah for Ashkenazim*: Ezekiel 45:16-46:18 · 28 p’sukim
*Shabbat HaChodesh (on Rosh Chodesh)

Haftarah for Sephardim*: Ezekiel 45:18-46:15 · 23 p’sukim
*Shabbat HaChodesh (on Rosh Chodesh)

Commentary and Divrei Torah

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

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

List of Dates

Parashat Tazria is read in the Diaspora on:

References

Parashat Tazria from Sefaria.org
Sefaria, Inc.
Tazria (Leviticus 12:1-13:59) and Haftarah (II Kings 4:42-5:19): 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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