Parashat Behar-Bechukotai 5788 / פָּרָשַׁת בְּהַר־בְּחֻקֹּתַי

/ 24 Iyyar 5788

Parashat Behar-Bechukotai is the 32nd and 33rd weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.

Torah Portion: Leviticus 25:1-27:34

Behar (“On The Mountain”) details the laws of the sabbatical year (Shemita), when working the land is prohibited and debts are forgiven. It also sets out laws of indentured servitude and of the Jubilee year (Yovel), when property reverts to its original ownership. Bechukotai (“In My Laws”) is the final Torah portion in the Book of Leviticus. It begins describing blessings that follow obedience to God's laws and curses that come with desecration of them. It ends with laws of vows and consecration of people and property. [1]

Full Kriyah
  1. 1: 25:1-18 · 18 p’sukim ·
  2. 2: 25:19-28 · 10 p’sukim ·
  3. 3: 25:29-38 · 10 p’sukim ·
  4. 4: 25:39-26:9 · 26 p’sukim ·
  5. 5: 26:10-46 · 37 p’sukim ·
  6. 6: 27:1-15 · 15 p’sukim ·
  7. 7: 27:16-34 · 19 p’sukim ·
  8. maf: 27:32-34 · 3 p’sukim ·

Haftarah: Jeremiah 16:19-17:14 · 17 p’sukim

Triennial year 3
  1. 1: 27:1-4 · 4 p’sukim ·
  2. 2: 27:5-8 · 4 p’sukim ·
  3. 3: 27:9-15 · 7 p’sukim ·
  4. 4: 27:16-21 · 6 p’sukim ·
  5. 5: 27:22-25 · 4 p’sukim ·
  6. 6: 27:26-28 · 3 p’sukim ·
  7. 7: 27:29-34 · 6 p’sukim ·
  8. maf: 27:32-34 · 3 p’sukim ·

Alternate Haftarah: Malachi 3:5-12 · 8 p’sukim

Commentary and Divrei Torah

List of Dates

Parashat Behar-Bechukotai is read in the Diaspora on:

References

Parashat Behar-Bechukotai from Sefaria.org
Sefaria, Inc.
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
Modification of the Triennial Cycle Readings for Combined Parashot in Certain Years
Rabbi Miles B. Cohen, 2020
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