Parashat Masei / פָּרָשַׁת מַסְעֵי

Parashat Masei is the 43rd weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading. Next read in the Diaspora on / 28 Tamuz 5784.

Torah Portion: Numbers 33:1-36:13

Masei (“Travels”), the final Torah portion in the Book of Numbers, opens with a list of places that the Israelites traveled in the desert. God commands the Israelites to destroy idolatry in the Land of Israel, outlines Israel’s boundaries, and details the laws of cities of refuge for accidental killers. [1]

Full Kriyah
  1. 1: 33:1-10 · 10 p’sukim ·
  2. 2: 33:11-49 · 39 p’sukim ·
  3. 3: 33:50-34:15 · 22 p’sukim ·
  4. 4: 34:16-29 · 14 p’sukim ·
  5. 5: 35:1-8 · 8 p’sukim ·
  6. 6: 35:9-34 · 26 p’sukim ·
  7. 7: 36:1-13 · 13 p’sukim ·
  8. maf: 36:11-13 · 3 p’sukim ·

Haftarah for Ashkenazim: Jeremiah 2:4-28, 3:4 · 26 p’sukim

Haftarah for Sephardim: Jeremiah 2:4-28, 4:1-2 · 27 p’sukim

N.B. special Haftarah in years 5781, 5785

Triennial Year 1

See Matot-Masei 5783

Triennial Year 2

See Matot-Masei 5784

Triennial Year 3

See Matot-Masei 5785

Weekday for Shabbat afternoon, Monday & Thursday
  1. 1: 33:1-3 · 3 p’sukim ·
  2. 2: 33:4-6 · 3 p’sukim ·
  3. 3: 33:7-10 · 4 p’sukim ·

Commentary and Divrei Torah

List of Dates

Parashat Masei is read in the Diaspora on:

References

Parashat Masei 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
Haftarot for a Triennial Cycle Torah Reading
Avram Israel Reisner, 2014
Matot
Devarim