Parashat Bamidbar / פָּרָשַׁת בְּמִדְבַּר

Parashat Bamidbar is the 34th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading. Next read on 20 May 2023 / 29 Iyyar 5783.

Torah Portion: Numbers 1:1-4:20

Bamidbar (“In The Desert”) is the first Torah portion in the Book of Numbers. It describes God's command to take a census and details the camping formation of the Israelites in the desert. It also begins to enumerate the responsibilities of the Levites when transporting the Mishkan (Tabernacle). ^[1]

Full Kriyah

1. 1: 1:1-19 · 19 p’sukim ·
2. 2: 1:20-54 · 35 p’sukim ·
3. 3: 2:1-34 · 34 p’sukim ·
4. 4: 3:1-13 · 13 p’sukim ·
5. 5: 3:14-39 · 26 p’sukim ·
6. 6: 3:40-51 · 12 p’sukim ·
7. 7: 4:1-20 · 20 p’sukim ·
8. maf: 4:17-20 · 4 p’sukim ·

Haftarah: Hosea 2:1-22 · 22 p’sukim

N.B. special Haftarah in years 5783, 5786, 5787, 5790, 5793

Weekday for Shabbat afternoon, Monday & Thursday

1. 1: 1:1-4 · 4 p’sukim ·
2. 2: 1:5-16 · 12 p’sukim ·
3. 3: 1:17-19 · 3 p’sukim ·

References

Parashat Bamidbar from Sefaria.org

Sefaria, Inc.

The Chumash: The Stone Edition (Artscroll Series) (paid link)

Nosson Scherman, Mesorah Publications, 1993