Parashat Vayikra 3918 / פָּרָשַׁת וַיִּקְרָא
/ 1 Nisan 3918
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Parashat Vayikra is the 24th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.
Torah Portion: Leviticus 1:1-5:26; Numbers 28:9-15; Exodus 12:1-20
In Vayikra (“He Called”), the first Torah portion in the Book of Leviticus, God tells Moses about the sacrifices offered in the Mishkan (Tabernacle). Among these are sacrifices entirely burnt on the altar, meal offerings made of flour and oil, peace offerings, and sacrifices brought for sinning inadvertently. [1]
Full Kriyah
- 1: 1:1-13 · 13 p’sukim
- 2: 1:14-2:6 · 10 p’sukim
- 3: 2:7-16 · 10 p’sukim
- 4: 3:1-17 · 17 p’sukim
- 5: 4:1-26 · 26 p’sukim
- 6: 4:27-5:26 · 35 p’sukim
- 7*: Numbers 28:9-15
· 7 p’sukim
*Shabbat HaChodesh (on Rosh Chodesh) - maf*: Exodus 12:1-20
· 20 p’sukim
*Shabbat HaChodesh (on Rosh Chodesh)
Haftarah for Ashkenazim*:
Ezekiel 45:16-46:18
· 28 p’sukim
*Shabbat HaChodesh (on Rosh Chodesh)
Haftarah for Sephardim*:
Ezekiel 45:18-46:15
· 23 p’sukim
*Shabbat HaChodesh (on Rosh Chodesh)
Commentary and Divrei Torah
Vayikra: The JPS B’nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary by Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin (paid link)
List of Dates
Parashat Vayikra is read in the Diaspora on:References
- Parashat Vayikra from Sefaria.org
- Sefaria, Inc.
- Vayikra (Leviticus 1:1-5:26) and Haftarah (Isaiah 43:21-44:23): 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
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