Parashat Chukat 5781 / פָּרָשַׁת חֻקַּת

Read on / 9 Tamuz 5781.

Parashat Chukat is the 39th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.

Torah Portion: Numbers 19:1-22:1

Parashat Chukat sets out the laws of corpse contamination (tumat hamet) and purification with the water of lustration prepared with the Red Cow (פָרָה אֲדֻמָּה, parah adumah, also called the “Red Heifer”). It also reports the deaths of Miriam and Aaron, the failure of Moses at the Waters of Meribah, and the conquest of Arad, the Amorites, and Bashan. [1]

Full Kriyah
  1. 1: 19:1-17 · 17 p’sukim ·
  2. 2: 19:18-20:6 · 11 p’sukim ·
  3. 3: 20:7-13 · 7 p’sukim ·
  4. 4: 20:14-21 · 8 p’sukim ·
  5. 5: 20:22-21:9 · 17 p’sukim ·
  6. 6: 21:10-20 · 11 p’sukim ·
  7. 7: 21:21-22:1 · 16 p’sukim ·
  8. maf: 21:34-22:1 · 3 p’sukim ·
Triennial year 2
  1. 1: 19:1-6 · 6 p’sukim ·
  2. 2: 19:7-9 · 3 p’sukim ·
  3. 3: 19:10-17 · 8 p’sukim ·
  4. 4: 19:18-22 · 5 p’sukim ·
  5. 5: 20:1-6 · 6 p’sukim ·
  6. 6: 20:7-13 · 7 p’sukim ·
  7. 7: 20:14-21 · 8 p’sukim ·
  8. maf: 20:18-21 · 4 p’sukim ·

Haftarah: Judges 11:1 - 11:33 · 33 p’sukim

Weekday for Shabbat afternoon, Monday & Thursday
  1. 1: 19:1-6 · 6 p’sukim ·
  2. 2: 19:7-9 · 3 p’sukim ·
  3. 3: 19:10-17 · 8 p’sukim ·

Commentary and Divrei Torah

List of Dates

Parashat Chukat is read in the Diaspora on:

References

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
"Chukat from Wikipedia" in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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