Yitro 5955 - Israel - Torah Portion

Parashat Yitro 5955 / פָּרָשַׁת יִתְרוֹ

31 January 2195 / 20 Sh’vat 5955 (Israel)

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

This page displays the Israel Torah reading for Yitro 5955. The Diaspora schedule is used by Jews living outside of modern Israel.

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

N.B. the following is read in Israel for 5955.
See also Yitro 5955 Diaspora

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