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Parashat Shmini / פרשת שמיני

Next read in the Diaspora on 18 April 2020. Parashat Shmini is the 26th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.

Torah Portion: Leviticus 9:1 - 11:47

Full Kriyah

1: 9:1-16 (16 p'sukim)
2: 9:17-23 (7 p'sukim)
3: 9:24-10:11 (12 p'sukim)
4: 10:12-15 (4 p'sukim)
5: 10:16-20 (5 p'sukim)
6: 11:1-32 (32 p'sukim)
7: 11:33-47 (15 p'sukim)
maf: 11:45-47 (3 p'sukim)

Triennial Year 1
22 Apr 2017

Triennial Year 2
14 Apr 2018

Triennial Year 3
30 Mar 2019

1: 11:1-8
2: 11:9-12
3: 11:13-19
4: 11:20-28
5: 11:29-32
6: 11:33-38
7: 11:39-47
maf: Numbers 19:1-22 (22 p'sukim)

Special Readings

On Shabbat HaChodesh - 06 April 2024, 03 April 2027, 30 March 2030
maf: Exodus 12:1-20 (20 p'sukim)

On Shabbat Parah - 30 March 2019, 26 March 2022
maf: Numbers 19:1-22 (22 p'sukim)

Haftarah for Ashkenazim: II Samuel 6:1 - 7:17
Haftarah for Sephardim: II Samuel 6:1 - 6:19

When Parashat Shmini coincides with a special Shabbat, we read a different Haftarah:

14 April 2018 - Shabbat Machar Chodesh / I Samuel 20:18 - 20:42
30 March 2019 - Shabbat Parah / Ezekiel 36:16 - 36:38
26 March 2022 - Shabbat Parah / Ezekiel 36:16 - 36:38
06 April 2024 - Shabbat HaChodesh / Ezekiel 45:16 - 46:18
03 April 2027 - Shabbat HaChodesh / Ezekiel 45:16 - 46:18
14 April 2029 - Shabbat Machar Chodesh / I Samuel 20:18 - 20:42
30 March 2030 - Shabbat HaChodesh / Ezekiel 45:16 - 46:18

Commentary

List of Dates

Parashat Shmini is read in the Diaspora on:

References

The Chumash: The Stone Edition (Artscroll Series): Nosson Scherman, Mesorah Publications, 1993
A Complete Triennial System for Reading the Torah: Committee on Jewish Law and Standards of the Rabbinical Assembly