Parashat Beha’alotcha / פָּרָשַׁת בְּהַעֲלֹתְךָ

Parashat Beha’alotcha is the 36th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading. Next read in the Diaspora on / 18 Sivan 5785.

This page displays the Diaspora Torah reading for Beha’alotcha. The Israel schedule is used by Jews living in modern Israel.

Torah Portion: Numbers 8:1-12:16

Beha’alotekha (“When You Raise”) opens with God instructing Moses to inaugurate the Levites for service in the Mishkan (Tabernacle). It also recounts the stories of people who request a second chance to offer the Passover sacrifice, complaints of the Israelites and their punishments, and a disease that affects Miriam. [1]

Full Kriyah
  1. 1: 8:1-14 · 14 p’sukim
  2. 2: 8:15-26 · 12 p’sukim
  3. 3: 9:1-14 · 14 p’sukim
  4. 4: 9:15-10:10 · 19 p’sukim
  5. 5: 10:11-34 · 24 p’sukim
  6. 6: 10:35-11:29 · 31 p’sukim
  7. 7: 11:30-12:16 · 22 p’sukim
  8. maf: 12:14-16 · 3 p’sukim

Haftarah: Zechariah 2:14-4:7 · 21 p’sukim

Triennial Year 1
  1. 1: 8:1-4 · 4 p’sukim
  2. 2: 8:5-9 · 5 p’sukim
  3. 3: 8:10-14 · 5 p’sukim
  4. 4: 8:15-22 · 8 p’sukim
  5. 5: 8:23-26 · 4 p’sukim
  6. 6: 9:1-8 · 8 p’sukim
  7. 7: 9:9-14 · 6 p’sukim
  8. maf: 9:12-14 · 3 p’sukim

Alternate Haftarah: Zechariah 3:1-5, 4:1-7 · 12 p’sukim

Triennial Year 2
  1. 1: 9:15-18 · 4 p’sukim
  2. 2: 9:19-23 · 5 p’sukim
  3. 3: 10:1-7 · 7 p’sukim
  4. 4: 10:8-10 · 3 p’sukim
  5. 5: 10:11-20 · 10 p’sukim
  6. 6: 10:21-28 · 8 p’sukim
  7. 7: 10:29-34 · 6 p’sukim
  8. maf: 10:32-34 · 3 p’sukim

Alternate Haftarah: Joshua 3:3-8, 3:17- 4:7 · 14 p’sukim

Triennial Year 3
  1. 1: 10:35-11:9 · 11 p’sukim
  2. 2: 11:10-18 · 9 p’sukim
  3. 3: 11:19-22 · 4 p’sukim
  4. 4: 11:23-29 · 7 p’sukim
  5. 5: 11:30-35 · 6 p’sukim
  6. 6: 12:1-13 · 13 p’sukim
  7. 7: 12:14-16 · 3 p’sukim
  8. maf: 12:14-16 · 3 p’sukim

Alternate Haftarah: II Kings 20:1-11 · 11 p’sukim

Weekday for Shabbat afternoon, Monday & Thursday
  1. 1: 8:1-4 · 4 p’sukim
  2. 2: 8:5-9 · 5 p’sukim
  3. 3: 8:10-14 · 5 p’sukim

Beha’alotcha: The JPS B’nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary by Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin (paid link)

List of Dates

Parashat Beha’alotcha is read in the Diaspora on:

References

Parashat Beha’alotcha from Sefaria.org
Sefaria, Inc.
Beha’alotcha (Numbers 8:1-12:16) and Haftarah (Zechariah 2:14-4:7): The JPS B’nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary (JPS Study Bible) (paid link)
Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin, Jewish Publication Society, 2017
The Chumash: The Stone Edition (Artscroll Series) (paid link)
Nosson Scherman, Mesorah Publications, 1993
A Complete Triennial System for Reading the Torah
Committee on Jewish Law and Standards of the Rabbinical Assembly, 1988
Haftarot for a Triennial Cycle Torah Reading
Avram Israel Reisner, 2014

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