Parashat Toldot 5781 / פָּרָשַׁת תּוֹלְדוֹת
/ 5 Kislev 5781
Parashat Toldot is the 6th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.
Torah Portion: Genesis 25:19-28:9
Toldot (“Generations”) opens with the births of Isaac and Rebecca’s twins, Jacob and Esau. Esau sells his birthright to Jacob in exchange for soup. Isaac and Rebecca travel to Gerar, where Isaac makes a peace treaty with King Abimelech. Isaac gives Jacob the blessing meant for Esau, and Jacob runs away to his uncle Laban. [1]
Full Kriyah
- 1: 25:19-26:5 · 21 p’sukim
- 2: 26:6-12 · 7 p’sukim
- 3: 26:13-22 · 10 p’sukim
- 4: 26:23-29 · 7 p’sukim
- 5: 26:30-27:27 · 33 p’sukim
- 6: 27:28-28:4 · 23 p’sukim
- 7: 28:5-9 · 5 p’sukim
- maf: 28:7-9 · 3 p’sukim
Haftarah: Malachi 1:1-2:7 · 21 p’sukim
Triennial year 2
- 1: 26:23-29 · 7 p’sukim
- 2: 26:30-33 · 4 p’sukim
- 3: 26:34-27:4 · 6 p’sukim
- 4: 27:5-13 · 9 p’sukim
- 5: 27:14-17 · 4 p’sukim
- 6: 27:18-23 · 6 p’sukim
- 7: 27:24-27 · 4 p’sukim
- maf: 27:24-27 · 4 p’sukim
Haftarah: Malachi 1:1-2:7 · 21 p’sukim
Alternate Haftarah: II Samuel 19:32-40 · 9 p’sukim
Commentary and Divrei Torah
Toldot: The JPS B’nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary by Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin (paid link)
List of Dates
Parashat Toldot is read in Israel on:References
- Parashat Toldot from Sefaria.org
- Sefaria, Inc.
- Toldot (Genesis 25:19-28:9) and Haftarah (Malachi 1:1-2:7): 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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