Parashat Bo / פָּרָשַׁת בֹּא

Parashat Bo is the 15th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading. Next read on / 6 Sh’vat 5786.

Torah Portion: Exodus 10:1-13:16

Bo (“Come”) recounts the last three plagues that God inflicts on the Egyptians: locusts, darkness, and death of firstborns. God commands the Israelites to offer a Passover lamb sacrifice. After the last plague, Pharaoh and the Egyptians demand that the Israelites leave. [1]

Full Kriyah
    1. 1: 10:1-11 · 11 p’sukim
    2. 2: 10:12-23 · 12 p’sukim
    3. 3: 10:24-11:3 · 9 p’sukim
    4. 4: 11:4-12:20 · 27 p’sukim
    5. 5: 12:21-28 · 8 p’sukim
    6. 6: 12:29-51 · 23 p’sukim
    7. 7: 13:1-16 · 16 p’sukim
    8. maf: 13:14-16 · 3 p’sukim

Haftarah: Jeremiah 46:13-28 · 16 p’sukim

Triennial Year 1
  1. 1: 10:1-3 · 3 p’sukim
  2. 2: 10:4-6 · 3 p’sukim
  3. 3: 10:7-11 · 5 p’sukim
  4. 4: 10:12-15 · 4 p’sukim
  5. 5: 10:16-23 · 8 p’sukim
  6. 6: 10:24-29 · 6 p’sukim
  7. 7: 11:1-3 · 3 p’sukim
  8. maf: 11:1-3 · 3 p’sukim

Alternate Haftarah: Jeremiah 10:1-10 · 10 p’sukim

Triennial Year 2
  1. 1: 11:4-10 · 7 p’sukim
  2. 2: 12:1-10 · 10 p’sukim
  3. 3: 12:11-13 · 3 p’sukim
  4. 4: 12:14-16 · 3 p’sukim
  5. 5: 12:17-20 · 4 p’sukim
  6. 6: 12:21-24 · 4 p’sukim
  7. 7: 12:25-28 · 4 p’sukim
  8. maf: 12:25-28 · 4 p’sukim

Alternate Haftarah: Jeremiah 46:13-28 · 16 p’sukim

Triennial Year 3
  1. 1: 12:29-32 · 4 p’sukim
  2. 2: 12:33-36 · 4 p’sukim
  3. 3: 12:37-42 · 6 p’sukim
  4. 4: 12:43-51 · 9 p’sukim
  5. 5: 13:1-4 · 4 p’sukim
  6. 6: 13:5-10 · 6 p’sukim
  7. 7: 13:11-16 · 6 p’sukim
  8. maf: 13:14-16 · 3 p’sukim

Alternate Haftarah: II Samuel 7:18-29 · 12 p’sukim

Weekday for Shabbat afternoon, Monday & Thursday
  1. 1: 10:1-3 · 3 p’sukim
  2. 2: 10:4-6 · 3 p’sukim
  3. 3: 10:7-11 · 5 p’sukim

Commentary and Divrei Torah

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

Bo: The JPS B’nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary (JPS Study Bible)

List of Dates

Parashat Bo is read in the Diaspora on:

References

Parashat Bo from Sefaria.org
Sefaria, Inc.
Bo (Exodus 10:1-13:16) and Haftarah (Jeremiah 46:13-28): 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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