Parashat Emor 5791 / פָּרָשַׁת אֱמוֹר

/ 17 Iyyar 5791

Parashat Emor is the 31st weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.

Torah Portion: Leviticus 21:1-24:23

Emor (“Say”) opens with laws regulating priestly behavior, working in the Mishkan (Tabernacle), and consuming sacrifices and priestly food. It describes the biblical holidays of Passover, Shavuot, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and Sukkot, and ends with a story about a blasphemer and his punishment. [1]

Full Kriyah
  1. 1: 21:1-15 · 15 p’sukim ·
  2. 2: 21:16-22:16 · 25 p’sukim ·
  3. 3: 22:17-33 · 17 p’sukim ·
  4. 4: 23:1-22 · 22 p’sukim ·
  5. 5: 23:23-32 · 10 p’sukim ·
  6. 6: 23:33-44 · 12 p’sukim ·
  7. 7: 24:1-23 · 23 p’sukim ·
  8. maf: 24:21-23 · 3 p’sukim ·
Triennial year 3
  1. 1: 23:23-25 · 3 p’sukim ·
  2. 2: 23:26-32 · 7 p’sukim ·
  3. 3: 23:33-44 · 12 p’sukim ·
  4. 4: 24:1-4 · 4 p’sukim ·
  5. 5: 24:5-9 · 5 p’sukim ·
  6. 6: 24:10-12 · 3 p’sukim ·
  7. 7: 24:13-23 · 11 p’sukim ·
  8. maf: 24:21-23 · 3 p’sukim ·

Haftarah: Ezekiel 44:15-31 · 17 p’sukim

Weekday for Shabbat afternoon, Monday & Thursday
  1. 1: 21:1-6 · 6 p’sukim ·
  2. 2: 21:7-12 · 6 p’sukim ·
  3. 3: 21:13-15 · 3 p’sukim ·

Commentary and Divrei Torah

List of Dates

Parashat Emor 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
Parashat Emor from Sefaria.org
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