Parashat Metzora 5779 / פָּרָשַׁת מְּצֹרָע
/ 8 Nisan 5779
Parashat Metzora is the 28th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.
Torah Portion: Leviticus 14:1-15:33
Metzora opens by describing the purification process and accompanying sacrifices for one infected with tzaraat, a discoloration condition on the skin. It then describes the process of treating a house infected with tzaraat and the ritual impurity generated by certain bodily discharges. [1]
Full Kriyah
- 1: 14:1-12 · 12 p’sukim ·
- 2: 14:13-20 · 8 p’sukim ·
- 3: 14:21-32 · 12 p’sukim ·
- 4: 14:33-53 · 21 p’sukim ·
- 5: 14:54-15:15 · 19 p’sukim ·
- 6: 15:16-28 · 13 p’sukim ·
- 7: 15:29-33 · 5 p’sukim ·
- maf: 15:31-33 · 3 p’sukim ·
Haftarah*:
Malachi 3:4-24
· 21 p’sukim
*Shabbat HaGadol
Triennial year 3
- 1: 14:33-38 · 6 p’sukim ·
- 2: 14:39-47 · 9 p’sukim ·
- 3: 14:48-53 · 6 p’sukim ·
- 4: 14:54-15:7 · 11 p’sukim ·
- 5: 15:8-15 · 8 p’sukim ·
- 6: 15:16-28 · 13 p’sukim ·
- 7: 15:29-33 · 5 p’sukim ·
- maf: 15:31-33 · 3 p’sukim ·
Alternate Haftarah: II Kings 5:20-27 · 8 p’sukim
Commentary and Divrei Torah
Metzora: The JPS B’nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary by Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin (paid link)
List of Dates
Parashat Metzora is read in the Diaspora on:References
- Parashat Metzora from Sefaria.org
- Sefaria, Inc.
- Metzora (Leviticus 14:1-15:33) and Haftarah (Malachi 3:4-24): 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
- 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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