Next read in the Diaspora on 08 March 2014. Parashat Vayikra is the 24th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.

Torah Portion: Leviticus 1:1 - 5:26

Special Maftir

On Shabbat HaChodesh (on Rosh Chodesh)
8: Numbers 28:9-15 (7 p'sukim)
maf: Exodus 12:1-20 (20 p'sukim)

• 24 March 2012
• 21 March 2015
• 17 March 2018

On Shabbat Zachor
maf: Deuteronomy 25:17-19 (3 p'sukim)

• 19 March 2016
• 16 March 2019

Haftarah: Isaiah 43:21 - 44:23

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

• 24 March 2012 - Shabbat HaChodesh (on Rosh Chodesh) / Ezekiel 45:16 - 46:18
• 21 March 2015 - Shabbat HaChodesh (on Rosh Chodesh) / Ezekiel 45:16 - 46:18
• 19 March 2016 - Shabbat Zachor / I Samuel 15:2 - 15:34
• 17 March 2018 - Shabbat HaChodesh (on Rosh Chodesh) / Ezekiel 45:16 - 46:18
• 16 March 2019 - Shabbat Zachor / I Samuel 15:2 - 15:34

Commentary

• OU Torah
• Torah.org

List of Dates

Parashat Vayikra is read in the Diaspora on:

• 24 March 2012
• 16 March 2013
• 08 March 2014
• 21 March 2015
• 19 March 2016
• 01 April 2017
• 17 March 2018
• 16 March 2019
• 28 March 2020
• 20 March 2021

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