Parashat Masei 5812 / פָּרָשַׁת מַסְעֵי

/ 1 Av 5812

Parashat Masei is the 43rd weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.

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; Isaiah 66:1, 66:23 · 28 p’sukim
*Masei on Shabbat Rosh Chodesh

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

Triennial year 3
  1. 1: 33:50-34:15 · 22 p’sukim ·
  2. 2: 34:16-29 · 14 p’sukim ·
  3. 3: 35:1-8 · 8 p’sukim ·
  4. 4: 35:9-15 · 7 p’sukim ·
  5. 5: 35:16-29 · 14 p’sukim ·
  6. 6: 35:30-34 · 5 p’sukim ·
  7. 7: 36:1-13 · 13 p’sukim ·
  8. maf: 36:10-13 · 4 p’sukim ·

Alternate Haftarah: I Kings 9:2-9, 9:4-5a · 10 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
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