Parashat Shmini / פרשת שמיני

Torah Portion: Leviticus 9:1 - 11:47

Full Kriyah	Triennial Year I 26 March 2011	Triennial Year II 21 April 2012	Triennial Year III 06 April 2013
1: 9:1-16 (16 p'sukim) 2: 9:17-23 (7 p'sukim) 3: 9:24-10:11 (12 p'sukim) 4: 10:12-15 (4 p'sukim) 5: 10:16-20 (5 p'sukim) 6: 11:1-32 (32 p'sukim) 7: 11:33-47 (15 p'sukim) maf: 11:45-47 (3 p'sukim)	1: 9:1-6 2: 9:7-10 3: 9:11-16 4: 9:17-23 5: 9:24-10:3 6: 10:4-7 7: 10:8-11 maf: 10:8-11	1: 10:12-15 2: 10:16-20 3: 11:1-8 4: 11:9-12 5: 11:13-19 6: 11:20-28 7: 11:29-32 maf: 11:29-32	1: 11:1-8 2: 11:9-12 3: 11:13-19 4: 11:20-28 5: 11:29-32 6: 11:33-38 7: 11:39-47 maf: 11:45-47
On Shabbat Parah maf: Numbers 19:1-22 (22 p'sukim) 26 March 2011 22 March 2014 02 April 2016 30 March 2019

Haftarah for Ashkenazim: II Samuel 6:1 - 7:17
Haftarah for Sephardim: II Samuel 6:1 - 6:19

When Parashat Shmini coincides with a special Shabbat, we read a different Haftarah:

• 26 March 2011 - Shabbat Parah / Ezekiel 36:16 - 36:38
• 21 April 2012 - Shabbat Machar Chodesh / I Samuel 20:18 - 20:42
• 22 March 2014 - Shabbat Parah / Ezekiel 36:16 - 36:38
• 18 April 2015 - Shabbat Machar Chodesh / I Samuel 20:18 - 20:42
• 02 April 2016 - Shabbat Parah / Ezekiel 36:16 - 36:38
• 14 April 2018 - Shabbat Machar Chodesh / I Samuel 20:18 - 20:42
• 30 March 2019 - Shabbat Parah / Ezekiel 36:16 - 36:38

Commentary

• OU Torah Insights
• Torah.org
• American Jewish University
• Academy for Jewish Religion

List of Dates

Parashat Shmini is read in the Diaspora on:

• 26 March 2011
• 21 April 2012
• 06 April 2013
• 22 March 2014
• 18 April 2015
• 02 April 2016
• 22 April 2017
• 14 April 2018
• 30 March 2019
• 18 April 2020

References

The Chumash: The Stone Edition (Artscroll Series)

Nosson Scherman, Mesorah Publications, 1993

A Complete Triennial System for Reading the Torah

Committee on Jewish Law and Standards of the Rabbinical Assembly

Hebrew - English Bible

Mechon Mamre