Parashat Terumah 5816 / פָּרָשַׁת תְּרוּמָה
/ 2 Adar 5816
Parashat Terumah is the 19th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.
Torah Portion: Exodus 25:1-27:19
Terumah (“Donation”) opens as God tells Moses to collect donated materials in order to build a dwelling place for God called the Mishkan (Tabernacle). God describes how to build the vessels that will fill the Mishkan - including the ark, table, menorah, and sacrificial altar - as well as the Mishkan’s walls and curtains. [1]
Full Kriyah
- 1: 25:1-16 · 16 p’sukim
- 2: 25:17-30 · 14 p’sukim
- 3: 25:31-26:14 · 24 p’sukim
- 4: 26:15-30 · 16 p’sukim
- 5: 26:31-37 · 7 p’sukim
- 6: 27:1-8 · 8 p’sukim
- 7: 27:9-19 · 11 p’sukim
- maf: 27:17-19 · 3 p’sukim
Haftarah: I Kings 5:26-6:13 · 20 p’sukim
Triennial year 1
- 1: 25:1-5 · 5 p’sukim
- 2: 25:6-9 · 4 p’sukim
- 3: 25:10-16 · 7 p’sukim
- 4: 25:17-22 · 6 p’sukim
- 5: 25:23-30 · 8 p’sukim
- 6: 25:31-33 · 3 p’sukim
- 7: 25:34-40 · 7 p’sukim
- maf: 25:37-40 · 4 p’sukim
Haftarah: I Kings 5:26-6:13 · 20 p’sukim
Alternate Haftarah: Zechariah 2:5-17 · 13 p’sukim
Commentary and Divrei Torah
Terumah: The JPS B’nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary by Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin (paid link)
List of Dates
Parashat Terumah is read in Israel on:References
- Parashat Terumah from Sefaria.org
- Sefaria, Inc.
- Terumah (Exodus 25:1-27:19) and Haftarah (I Kings 5:26-6:13): 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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