Parashat Sh’lach 5779 / פָּרָשַׁת שְׁלַח־לְךָ

/ 19 Sivan 5779 (Israel)

Parashat Sh’lach is the 37th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.

This page displays the Israel Torah reading for Sh’lach 5779. The Diaspora schedule is used by Jews living outside of modern Israel.

Torah Portion: Numbers 13:1-15:41

Shelach (“Send”) tells the story of Israelite spies journeying into Canaan, the negative report they bring back, and the resulting punishment decreed upon the Israelites: to wander and die in the desert over forty years. It ends with laws about sacrifices, the story of a man who desecrates Shabbat, and the commandment to wear ritual fringes. [1]

Full Kriyah
  1. 1: 13:1-20 · 20 p’sukim
  2. 2: 13:21-14:7 · 20 p’sukim
  3. 3: 14:8-25 · 18 p’sukim
  4. 4: 14:26-15:7 · 27 p’sukim
  5. 5: 15:8-16 · 9 p’sukim
  6. 6: 15:17-26 · 10 p’sukim
  7. 7: 15:27-41 · 15 p’sukim
  8. maf: 15:37-41 · 5 p’sukim

Haftarah: Joshua 2:1-24 · 24 p’sukim

Triennial year 3

N.B. the following is read in Israel for 5779.
See also Sh'lach 5779 Diaspora

  1. 1: 15:8-10 · 3 p’sukim
  2. 2: 15:11-16 · 6 p’sukim
  3. 3: 15:17-21 · 5 p’sukim
  4. 4: 15:22-26 · 5 p’sukim
  5. 5: 15:27-31 · 5 p’sukim
  6. 6: 15:32-36 · 5 p’sukim
  7. 7: 15:37-41 · 5 p’sukim
  8. maf: 15:37-41 · 5 p’sukim

Haftarah: Joshua 2:1-24 · 24 p’sukim

Alternate Haftarah: I Kings 17:1-16 · 16 p’sukim

Sh’lach: The JPS B’nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary by Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin (paid link)

List of Dates

Parashat Sh’lach is read in Israel on:

References

Parashat Sh’lach from Sefaria.org
Sefaria, Inc.
Sh’lach (Numbers 13:1-15:41) and Haftarah (Joshua 2:1-24): 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
Haftarot for a Triennial Cycle Torah Reading
Avram Israel Reisner, 2014

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