Parashat Terumah 5781 / פָּרָשַׁת תְּרוּמָה

/ 8 Adar 5781

Parashat Terumah is the 19th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.

Torah Portion: Exodus 25:1-27:19; Deuteronomy 25:17-19

Terumah (“Donation”) opens as God tells Moses to collect donated materials in order to build a dwelling place for God called the Mishkan (Tabernacle). God describes how to build the vessels that will fill the Mishkan - including the ark, table, menorah, and sacrificial altar - as well as the Mishkan’s walls and curtains. [1]

Full Kriyah
  1. 1: 25:1-16 · 16 p’sukim ·
  2. 2: 25:17-30 · 14 p’sukim ·
  3. 3: 25:31-26:14 · 24 p’sukim ·
  4. 4: 26:15-30 · 16 p’sukim ·
  5. 5: 26:31-37 · 7 p’sukim ·
  6. 6: 27:1-8 · 8 p’sukim ·
  7. 7: 27:9-19 · 11 p’sukim ·
  8. maf*: Deuteronomy 25:17-19 · 3 p’sukim ·
    *Shabbat Zachor

Haftarah*: I Samuel 15:2-34 · 33 p’sukim
*Shabbat Zachor

Triennial year 2
  1. 1: 26:1-3 · 3 p’sukim ·
  2. 2: 26:4-6 · 3 p’sukim ·
  3. 3: 26:7-11 · 5 p’sukim ·
  4. 4: 26:12-14 · 3 p’sukim ·
  5. 5: 26:15-21 · 7 p’sukim ·
  6. 6: 26:22-25 · 4 p’sukim ·
  7. 7: 26:26-30 · 5 p’sukim ·
  8. maf*: Deuteronomy 25:17-19 · 3 p’sukim ·
    *Shabbat Zachor

Alternate Haftarah: I Kings 6:1-13 · 13 p’sukim

Commentary and Divrei Torah

List of Dates

Parashat Terumah is read in the Diaspora on:

References

Parashat Terumah from Sefaria.org
Sefaria, Inc.
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
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