Parashat Balak 5781 / פָּרָשַׁת בָּלָק

Read on / 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

In Parashat Balak, Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, tries to hire Balaam to curse Israel, Balaam's donkey speaks to Balaam, and Balaam blesses Israel instead. [1]

Full Kriyah
  1. 1: 22:2-12 · 11 p’sukim ·
  2. 2: 22:13-20 · 8 p’sukim ·
  3. 3: 22:21-38 · 18 p’sukim ·
  4. 4: 22:39-23:12 · 15 p’sukim ·
  5. 5: 23:13-26 · 14 p’sukim ·
  6. 6: 23:27-24:13 · 17 p’sukim ·
  7. 7: 24:14-25:9 · 21 p’sukim ·
  8. maf: 25:7-9 · 3 p’sukim ·
Triennial

See Diaspora reading

Haftarah: Micah 5:6 - 6:8 · 17 p’sukim

Weekday for Shabbat afternoon, Monday & Thursday
  1. 1: 22:2-4 · 3 p’sukim ·
  2. 2: 22:5-7 · 3 p’sukim ·
  3. 3: 22:8-12 · 5 p’sukim ·

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
"Balak (parsha) from Wikipedia" in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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