Parashat Shoftim 5789 / פרשת שׁוֹפְטִים

Read on / 7 Elul 5789.

Parashat Shoftim is the 48th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.

Torah Portion: Deuteronomy 16:18-21:9

Parashat Shoftim provides a constitution — a basic societal structure — for the Israelites. The parashah sets out rules for judges, kings, Levites, prophets, cities of refuge, witnesses, war, and unsolved murders. [1]

Full Kriyah
  1. 1: 16:18-17:13 · 18 p’sukim ·
  2. 2: 17:14-20 · 7 p’sukim ·
  3. 3: 18:1-5 · 5 p’sukim ·
  4. 4: 18:6-13 · 8 p’sukim ·
  5. 5: 18:14-19:13 · 22 p’sukim ·
  6. 6: 19:14-20:9 · 17 p’sukim ·
  7. 7: 20:10-21:9 · 20 p’sukim ·
  8. maf: 21:7-9 · 3 p’sukim ·
Triennial year 1
  1. 1: 16:18-20 · 3 p’sukim
  2. 2: 16:21-17:7 · 9 p’sukim
  3. 3: 17:8-10 · 3 p’sukim
  4. 4: 17:11-13 · 3 p’sukim
  5. 5: 17:14-17 · 4 p’sukim
  6. 6: 17:18-20 · 3 p’sukim
  7. 7: 18:1-5 · 5 p’sukim
  8. maf: 18:3-5 · 3 p’sukim

Haftarah: Isaiah 51:12 - 52:12 · 24 p’sukim

Commentary and Divrei Torah

List of Dates

Parashat Shoftim is read in the Diaspora on:

References

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
"Shofetim (parsha) from Wikipedia" in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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