Parashat Tazria 5812 / פָּרָשַׁת תַזְרִיעַ
/ 29 Adar II 5812
Parashat Tazria is the 27th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.
Torah Portion: Leviticus 12:1-13:59; 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: 12:1-13:5 · 13 p’sukim
- 2: 13:6-17 · 12 p’sukim
- 3: 13:18-23 · 6 p’sukim
- 4: 13:24-28 · 5 p’sukim
- 5: 13:29-39 · 11 p’sukim
- 6: 13:40-54 · 15 p’sukim
- 7: 13:55-59 · 5 p’sukim
- maf*: Exodus 12:1-20
· 20 p’sukim
*Shabbat HaChodesh
Haftarah for Ashkenazim*:
Ezekiel 45:16-46:18
· 28 p’sukim
*Shabbat HaChodesh
Haftarah for Sephardim*:
Ezekiel 45:18-46:15
· 23 p’sukim
*Shabbat HaChodesh
Commentary and Divrei Torah
Tazria: The JPS B’nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary by Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin (paid link)
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
- A Complete Triennial System for Reading the Torah
- Committee on Jewish Law and Standards of the Rabbinical Assembly, 1988
- Modification of the Triennial Cycle Readings for Combined Parashot in Certain Years
- Rabbi Miles B. Cohen, 2020
- Haftarot for a Triennial Cycle Torah Reading
- Avram Israel Reisner, 2014
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