Parashat Vayechi 5761 / פָּרָשַׁת וַיְחִי
/ 18 Tevet 5761
Parashat Vayechi is the 12th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.
Torah Portion: Genesis 47:28-50:26
Vayechi (“He Lived”) is the final Torah portion in the Book of Genesis. It opens as Jacob prepares for his death, making his son Joseph swear to bury him in the Cave of Machpelah. Jacob blesses Joseph’s two sons and his own 12 sons and then dies. Jacob’s sons bury him. The portion ends with Joseph’s death. [1]
Full Kriyah
- 1: 47:28-48:9 · 13 p’sukim
- 2: 48:10-16 · 7 p’sukim
- 3: 48:17-22 · 6 p’sukim
- 4: 49:1-18 · 18 p’sukim
- 5: 49:19-26 · 8 p’sukim
- 6: 49:27-50:20 · 27 p’sukim
- 7: 50:21-26 · 6 p’sukim
- maf: 50:23-26 · 4 p’sukim
Haftarah: I Kings 2:1-12 · 12 p’sukim
Triennial year 3
- 1: 49:27-30 · 4 p’sukim
- 2: 49:31-33 · 3 p’sukim
- 3: 50:1-6 · 6 p’sukim
- 4: 50:7-9 · 3 p’sukim
- 5: 50:10-14 · 5 p’sukim
- 6: 50:15-20 · 6 p’sukim
- 7: 50:21-26 · 6 p’sukim
- maf: 50:23-26 · 4 p’sukim
Haftarah: I Kings 2:1-12 · 12 p’sukim
Alternate Haftarah: II Samuel 1:12, 1:17-27 · 12 p’sukim
Commentary and Divrei Torah
Vayechi: The JPS B’nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary by Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin (paid link)
List of Dates
Parashat Vayechi is read in the Diaspora on:References
- Parashat Vayechi from Sefaria.org
- Sefaria, Inc.
- Vayechi (Genesis 47:28-50:26) and Haftarah (I Kings 2:1-12): 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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