Parashat Vayakhel 5779 / פָּרָשַׁת וַיַּקְהֵל
/ 25 Adar I 5779
Parashat Vayakhel is the 22nd weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.
Torah Portion: Exodus 35:1-38:20, 30:11-16
Vayakhel (“He Assembled”) opens as God commands the Israelites to observe the Sabbath. Moses asks for material donations for the building of the Mishkan (Tabernacle), and the people donate. A group of artisans designated by God begin building the Mishkan and its vessels. [1]
Full Kriyah
- 1: 35:1-20 · 20 p’sukim
- 2: 35:21-29 · 9 p’sukim
- 3: 35:30-36:7 · 13 p’sukim
- 4: 36:8-19 · 12 p’sukim
- 5: 36:20-37:16 · 35 p’sukim
- 6: 37:17-29 · 13 p’sukim
- 7: 38:1-20 · 20 p’sukim
- maf*: 30:11-16
· 6 p’sukim
*Shabbat Shekalim
Haftarah for Ashkenazim*:
II Kings 12:1-17
· 17 p’sukim
*Shabbat Shekalim
Haftarah for Sephardim*:
II Kings 11:17-12:17
· 21 p’sukim
*Shabbat Shekalim
Commentary and Divrei Torah
Vayakhel: The JPS B’nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary by Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin (paid link)
List of Dates
Parashat Vayakhel is read in the Diaspora on:References
- Parashat Vayakhel from Sefaria.org
- Sefaria, Inc.
- Vayakhel (Exodus 35:1-38:20) and Haftarah (I Kings 7:40-50): 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
- An Emendation to Richard Eisenberg’s Complete Triennial System for Reading Torah, to Address a Rare Situation
- Committee on Jewish Law and Standards of the Rabbinical Assembly, 2012
- Haftarot for a Triennial Cycle Torah Reading
- Avram Israel Reisner, 2014
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