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Parashat Vayeilech / פרשת וילך

Next read in the Diaspora on 19 September 2015. Parashat Vayeilech is the 52nd weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.

Torah Portion: Deuteronomy 31:1 - 31:30

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Full Kriyah

1. 1: 31:1-3 (3 p'sukim)
2. 2: 31:4-6 (3 p'sukim)
3. 3: 31:7-9 (3 p'sukim)
4. 4: 31:10-13 (4 p'sukim)
5. 5: 31:14-19 (6 p'sukim)
6. 6: 31:20-24 (5 p'sukim)
7. 7: 31:25-30 (6 p'sukim)
8. maf: 31:28-30 (3 p'sukim)

Triennial Year 1

Read together with
Parashat Nitzavim.
See Nitzavim-Vayeilech

Triennial Year 2

• 1: 31:1-3 (3 p'sukim)
• 2: 31:4-6 (3 p'sukim)
• 3: 31:7-9 (3 p'sukim)
• 4: 31:10-13 (4 p'sukim)
• 5: 31:14-19 (6 p'sukim)
• 6: 31:20-24 (5 p'sukim)
• 7: 31:25-30 (6 p'sukim)
• maf: 31:28-30 (3 p'sukim)

Triennial Year 3

• 1: 31:1-3 (3 p'sukim)
• 2: 31:4-6 (3 p'sukim)
• 3: 31:7-9 (3 p'sukim)
• 4: 31:10-13 (4 p'sukim)
• 5: 31:14-19 (6 p'sukim)
• 6: 31:20-24 (5 p'sukim)
• 7: 31:25-30 (6 p'sukim)
• maf: 31:28-30 (3 p'sukim)

Haftarah: Isaiah 55:6 - 56:8

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

• 19 September 2015 - Shabbat Shuva / Hosea 14:2-10; Micah 7:18-20; Joel 2:15-27
• 08 October 2016 - Shabbat Shuva / Hosea 14:2-10; Micah 7:18-20; Joel 2:15-27
• 15 September 2018 - Shabbat Shuva / Hosea 14:2-10; Micah 7:18-20; Joel 2:15-27
• 05 October 2019 - Shabbat Shuva / Hosea 14:2-10; Micah 7:18-20; Joel 2:15-27
• 11 September 2021 - Shabbat Shuva / Hosea 14:2-10; Micah 7:18-20; Joel 2:15-27
• 01 October 2022 - Shabbat Shuva / Hosea 14:2-10; Micah 7:18-20; Joel 2:15-27
• 27 September 2025 - Shabbat Shuva / Hosea 14:2-10; Micah 7:18-20; Joel 2:15-27

Commentary

• Orthodox Union
• Torah.org
• Reform Judaism
• United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism

List of Dates

Parashat Vayeilech is read in the Diaspora on:

• 20 September 2014 - Parashat Nitzavim-Vayeilech
• 19 September 2015
• 08 October 2016
• 16 September 2017 - Parashat Nitzavim-Vayeilech
• 15 September 2018
• 05 October 2019
• 12 September 2020 - Parashat Nitzavim-Vayeilech
• 11 September 2021
• 01 October 2022
• 09 September 2023 - Parashat Nitzavim-Vayeilech
• 28 September 2024 - Parashat Nitzavim-Vayeilech
• 27 September 2025
• 05 September 2026 - Parashat Nitzavim-Vayeilech
• 25 September 2027 - Parashat Nitzavim-Vayeilech

Triennial readings for previous and future cycles

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