Annual Torah Cycle

In the observance of the annual cycle of Torah Reading, each week is assigned its own portion of Scripture, or what we refer to as a Parashah.  This year, 5780,  began on 1 Tishrei or October 1, 2019. There are 54 Parshiyot (Parashah plural), one for each week of a leap year, so that in the course of one year, we complete the entire Torah from B'resheet to D'varim (Genesis to Deuteronomy). A leap-year adds an additional 4 weeks (one month) to the usual 12 months, and we refer to this month as: ADAR II. During non-leap years (regular), there are 50 weeks, as a result some of the shorter Parshiyot are doubled up.

The weeks of Pesach (Passover) and Sukkot have different Torah portions assigned to them, so on leap years that leaves 52 weeks to accomplish 54 Parshiyot. This is achieved by doubling up 2 portions, and for non-leap years there remain 48 weeks to accomplish 54 Parshiyot and this is achieved by having 6 double Parshiyot.

This Week's Parashah

Entries for March 2021

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Parashah 23 Pekudi (Accounts)
Torah: Shemot(Exodus) 38:21-40:38 Haftara: 1 Kings 7:51-821 Brit Chadashah: Luke 16:1-13   Portion Summary The twenty-third readin...

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Parashah 22 Vaya'hel (And he Assembled)
Torah: Shemot(Exodus) 35:1-38:20 Haftara: 1 Kings 7:40-50 Brit Chadashah: Matthew 12:1-13   Portion Summary The twenty-second read...

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Parashah 21 Ki Tisa (When you lift up)
Torah: Shemot(Exodus) 30:11-34:35 Haftara: 1 Kings 18:1-39 Brit Chadashah: Mark 9:1-10   Portion Summary Ki Tisa (כי תשא), the twe...

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Parashah 20 Tetzaveh (You shall command)
Torah: Shemot(Exodus) 27:20-30:10 Haftara: Ezekiel 43:10-27 Brit Chadashah: Matthew 5:13-20   Portion Summary Tetzaveh is the twen...

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