Parashat Vayishlach / פָּרָשַׁת וַיִּשְׁלַח

Parashat Vayishlach is the 8th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading. Next read on / 16 Kislev 5786.

Torah Portion: Genesis 32:4-36:43

Vayishlach (“He Sent”) follows Jacob and his family as Jacob wrestles with a man (commonly understood as an angel), is renamed Israel, and reconciles with his brother, Esau. Jacob’s daughter, Dina, is raped by a Hivite prince, and her brothers sack a city in response. Rachel dies as she gives birth to Jacob's youngest child, Benjamin. [1]

Full Kriyah
  1. 1: 32:4-13 · 10 p’sukim
  2. 2: 32:14-30 · 17 p’sukim
  3. 3: 32:31-33:5 · 8 p’sukim
  4. 4: 33:6-20 · 15 p’sukim
  5. 5: 34:1-35:11 · 42 p’sukim
  6. 6: 35:12-36:19 · 37 p’sukim
  7. 7: 36:20-43 · 24 p’sukim
  8. maf: 36:40-43 · 4 p’sukim

Haftarah: Obadiah 1:1-21 · 21 p’sukim

Triennial Year 1
  1. 1: 32:4-6 · 3 p’sukim
  2. 2: 32:7-9 · 3 p’sukim
  3. 3: 32:10-13 · 4 p’sukim
  4. 4: 32:14-22 · 9 p’sukim
  5. 5: 32:23-30 · 8 p’sukim
  6. 6: 32:31-33:5 · 8 p’sukim
  7. 7: 33:6-20 · 15 p’sukim
  8. maf: 33:18-20 · 3 p’sukim

Alternate Haftarah: Obadiah 1:10-18, 1:21 · 10 p’sukim

Triennial Year 2
  1. 1: 34:1-4 · 4 p’sukim
  2. 2: 34:5-12 · 8 p’sukim
  3. 3: 34:13-17 · 5 p’sukim
  4. 4: 34:18-23 · 6 p’sukim
  5. 5: 34:24-31 · 8 p’sukim
  6. 6: 35:1-11 · 11 p’sukim
  7. 7: 35:12-15 · 4 p’sukim
  8. maf: 35:12-15 · 4 p’sukim

Alternate Haftarah: Jeremiah 30:10-22 · 13 p’sukim

Triennial Year 3
  1. 1: 35:16-26 · 11 p’sukim
  2. 2: 35:27-29 · 3 p’sukim
  3. 3: 36:1-8 · 8 p’sukim
  4. 4: 36:9-19 · 11 p’sukim
  5. 5: 36:20-30 · 11 p’sukim
  6. 6: 36:31-39 · 9 p’sukim
  7. 7: 36:40-43 · 4 p’sukim
  8. maf: 36:40-43 · 4 p’sukim

Alternate Haftarah: Amos 1:1, 1:11-2:3 · 9 p’sukim

Weekday for Shabbat afternoon, Monday & Thursday
  1. 1: 32:4-6 · 3 p’sukim
  2. 2: 32:7-9 · 3 p’sukim
  3. 3: 32:10-13 · 4 p’sukim

Commentary and Divrei Torah

Vayishlach: The JPS B’nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary by Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin (paid link)

Vayishlach: The JPS B’nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary (JPS Study Bible)

List of Dates

Parashat Vayishlach is read in the Diaspora on:

References

Parashat Vayishlach from Sefaria.org
Sefaria, Inc.
Vayishlach (Genesis 32:4-36:43) and Haftarah (Obadiah 1:1-21): 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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