Parashat Vayishlach 5901 / פָּרָשַׁת וַיִּשְׁלַח
/ 16 Kislev 5901
Parashat Vayishlach is the 8th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.
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: 32:4-13 · 10 p’sukim
- 2: 32:14-30 · 17 p’sukim
- 3: 32:31-33:5 · 8 p’sukim
- 4: 33:6-20 · 15 p’sukim
- 5: 34:1-35:11 · 42 p’sukim
- 6: 35:12-36:19 · 37 p’sukim
- 7: 36:20-43 · 24 p’sukim
- maf: 36:40-43 · 4 p’sukim
Haftarah: Obadiah 1:1-21 · 21 p’sukim
Triennial year 2
- 1: 34:1-4 · 4 p’sukim
- 2: 34:5-12 · 8 p’sukim
- 3: 34:13-17 · 5 p’sukim
- 4: 34:18-23 · 6 p’sukim
- 5: 34:24-31 · 8 p’sukim
- 6: 35:1-11 · 11 p’sukim
- 7: 35:12-15 · 4 p’sukim
- maf: 35:12-15 · 4 p’sukim
Haftarah: Obadiah 1:1-21 · 21 p’sukim
Alternate Haftarah: Jeremiah 30:10-22 · 13 p’sukim
Commentary and Divrei Torah
Vayishlach: The JPS B’nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary by Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin (paid link)
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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