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  

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:

• 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
• 10 April 2032 - Shabbat Machar Chodesh / I Samuel 20:18 - 20:42

List of Dates

Parashat Shmini is read in the Diaspora on:

• 30 March 2019
• 18 April 2020
• 10 April 2021
• 26 March 2022
• 15 April 2023
• 06 April 2024
• 26 April 2025
• 11 April 2026
• 03 April 2027
• 22 April 2028
• 14 April 2029
• 30 March 2030
• 19 April 2031
• 10 April 2032

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