Parashat Achrei Mot 5795 / פָּרָשַׁת אַחֲרֵי מוֹת

/ 12 Nisan 5795

Parashat Achrei Mot is the 29th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.

Torah Portion: Leviticus 16:1-18:30

Achrei Mot (“After The Death”) opens by describing the ritual service of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. It then details the prohibitions of offering sacrifices outside of the Mishkan (Tabernacle) and of eating animal blood, and ends with a list of forbidden sexual relations. [1]

Full Kriyah
  1. 1: 16:1-17 · 17 p’sukim ·
  2. 2: 16:18-24 · 7 p’sukim ·
  3. 3: 16:25-34 · 10 p’sukim ·
  4. 4: 17:1-7 · 7 p’sukim ·
  5. 5: 17:8-18:5 · 14 p’sukim ·
  6. 6: 18:6-21 · 16 p’sukim ·
  7. 7: 18:22-30 · 9 p’sukim ·
  8. maf: 18:28-30 · 3 p’sukim ·
Triennial

See Diaspora reading

Haftarah for Ashkenazim*: Malachi 3:4-24 · 21 p’sukim
*Shabbat HaGadol

Haftarah for Sephardim: Ezekiel 22:1-16 · 16 p’sukim

Weekday for Shabbat afternoon, Monday & Thursday
  1. 1: 16:1-6 · 6 p’sukim ·
  2. 2: 16:7-11 · 5 p’sukim ·
  3. 3: 16:12-17 · 6 p’sukim ·

Commentary and Divrei Torah

List of Dates

Parashat Achrei Mot is read in Israel on:

References

Parashat Achrei Mot from Sefaria.org
Sefaria, Inc.
The Chumash: The Stone Edition (Artscroll Series) (paid link)
Nosson Scherman, Mesorah Publications, 1993
· Metzora
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