Parashat Balak 5781 / פָּרָשַׁת בָּלָק
/ 16 Tamuz 5781
Parashat Balak is the 40th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.
Torah Portion: Numbers 22:2-25:9
Balak tells the story of the Moabite king Balak, who hires Balaam to curse the Israelites. Balaam’s donkey speaks along the way, and Balaam ends up blessing the Israelites. The portion ends with a story about Israelite men sinning with Moabite women and the stabbing of an Israelite and a Midianite. [1]
Full Kriyah
- 1: 22:2-12 · 11 p’sukim ·
- 2: 22:13-20 · 8 p’sukim ·
- 3: 22:21-38 · 18 p’sukim ·
- 4: 22:39-23:12 · 15 p’sukim ·
- 5: 23:13-26 · 14 p’sukim ·
- 6: 23:27-24:13 · 17 p’sukim ·
- 7: 24:14-25:9 · 21 p’sukim ·
- maf: 25:7-9 · 3 p’sukim ·
Triennial
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Haftarah: Micah 5:6-6:8 · 17 p’sukim
Weekday for Shabbat afternoon, Monday & Thursday
Commentary and Divrei Torah
List of Dates
Parashat Balak is read in Israel on:References
- The Chumash: The Stone Edition (Artscroll Series) (paid link)
- Nosson Scherman, Mesorah Publications, 1993
- Parashat Balak from Sefaria.org
- Sefaria, Inc.