Parashat Terumah 5789 / פָּרָשַׁת תְּרוּמָה

/ 2 Adar 5789

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

Torah Portion: Exodus 25:1-27:19

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*: 25:17-40 · 24 p’sukim
      *some sources use 25:17-30
    3. 3*: 26:1-14 · 14 p’sukim
      *some sources use 25:31-26:14
    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: 27:17-19 · 3 p’sukim

Haftarah: I Kings 5:26-6:13 · 20 p’sukim

Triennial year 1
  1. 1: 25:1-5 · 5 p’sukim
  2. 2: 25:6-9 · 4 p’sukim
  3. 3: 25:10-16 · 7 p’sukim
  4. 4: 25:17-22 · 6 p’sukim
  5. 5: 25:23-30 · 8 p’sukim
  6. 6: 25:31-33 · 3 p’sukim
  7. 7: 25:34-40 · 7 p’sukim
  8. maf: 25:37-40 · 4 p’sukim

Haftarah: I Kings 5:26-6:13 · 20 p’sukim

Alternate Haftarah: Zechariah 2:5-17 · 13 p’sukim

Commentary and Divrei Torah

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

Terumah: The JPS B’nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary (JPS Study Bible)

List of Dates

Parashat Terumah is read in Israel on:

References

Parashat Terumah from Sefaria.org
Sefaria, Inc.
Terumah (Exodus 25:1-27:19) and Haftarah (I Kings 5:26-6:13): 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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