Yitro 5781 - Torah Portion

Parashat Yitro 5781 / פָּרָשַׁת יִתְרוֹ

6 February 2021 / 24 Sh’vat 5781

Parashat Yitro is the 17th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.

Torah Portion: Exodus 18:1-20:23

Yitro (“Jethro”) begins as Moses reunites with his father-in-law Yitro and accepts his advice to appoint judges who will help govern the Israelites. The Israelites prepare to encounter God at Mount Sinai. God descends amidst fire, smoke, thunder, and the blast of a shofar and gives the Ten Commandments. ^[1]

Full Kriyah

1: 18:1-12 · 12 p’sukim
2: 18:13-23 · 11 p’sukim
3: 18:24-27 · 4 p’sukim
4: 19:1-6 · 6 p’sukim
5: 19:7-19 · 13 p’sukim
6: 19:20-20:14 · 20 p’sukim
7: 20:15-23 · 9 p’sukim
maf: 20:19-23 · 5 p’sukim

Haftarah for Ashkenazim: Isaiah 6:1-7:6, 9:5-6 · 21 p’sukim

Haftarah for Sephardim: Isaiah 6:1-13 · 13 p’sukim

Triennial year 2

1: 19:1-6 · 6 p’sukim
2: 19:7-9 · 3 p’sukim
3: 19:10-13 · 4 p’sukim
4: 19:14-19 · 6 p’sukim
5: 19:20-20:14 · 20 p’sukim
6: 20:15-18 · 4 p’sukim
7: 20:19-23 · 5 p’sukim
maf: 20:21-23 · 3 p’sukim

Note: in the abbreviated reading above (“Option B”), the congregation experiences עֲשֶׂרֶת הַדִבְּרוֹת only in years 2 and 3 of the cycle. Some congregations read the entire parsha every year (“Option A”).

Haftarah for Ashkenazim: Isaiah 6:1-7:6, 9:5-6 · 21 p’sukim

Haftarah for Sephardim: Isaiah 6:1-13 · 13 p’sukim

Alternate Haftarah: Isaiah 44:9-23 · 15 p’sukim