Parashat Vayechi / פָּרָשַׁת וַיְחִי

Parashat Vayechi is the 12th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading. Next read on / 14 Tevet 5786.

Torah Portion: Genesis 47:28-50:26

Vayechi (“He Lived”) is the final Torah portion in the Book of Genesis. It opens as Jacob prepares for his death, making his son Joseph swear to bury him in the Cave of Machpelah. Jacob blesses Joseph’s two sons and his own 12 sons and then dies. Jacob’s sons bury him. The portion ends with Joseph’s death. [1]

Full Kriyah
    1. 1: 47:28-48:9 · 13 p’sukim
    2. 2: 48:10-16 · 7 p’sukim
    3. 3: 48:17-22 · 6 p’sukim
    4. 4: 49:1-18 · 18 p’sukim
    5. 5: 49:19-26 · 8 p’sukim
    6. 6: 49:27-50:20 · 27 p’sukim
    7. 7: 50:21-26 · 6 p’sukim
    8. maf: 50:23-26 · 4 p’sukim

Haftarah: I Kings 2:1-12 · 12 p’sukim

Triennial Year 1
  1. 1: 47:28-31 · 4 p’sukim
  2. 2: 48:1-3 · 3 p’sukim
  3. 3: 48:4-9 · 6 p’sukim
  4. 4: 48:10-13 · 4 p’sukim
  5. 5: 48:14-16 · 3 p’sukim
  6. 6: 48:17-19 · 3 p’sukim
  7. 7: 48:20-22 · 3 p’sukim
  8. maf: 48:20-22 · 3 p’sukim

Alternate Haftarah: Amos 5:4-15 · 12 p’sukim

Triennial Year 2
  1. 1: 49:1-4 · 4 p’sukim
  2. 2: 49:5-7 · 3 p’sukim
  3. 3: 49:8-12 · 5 p’sukim
  4. 4: 49:13-15 · 3 p’sukim
  5. 5: 49:16-18 · 3 p’sukim
  6. 6: 49:19-21 · 3 p’sukim
  7. 7: 49:22-26 · 5 p’sukim
  8. maf: 49:22-26 · 5 p’sukim

Alternate Haftarah: I Kings 2:1-12 · 12 p’sukim

Triennial Year 3
  1. 1: 49:27-30 · 4 p’sukim
  2. 2: 49:31-33 · 3 p’sukim
  3. 3: 50:1-6 · 6 p’sukim
  4. 4: 50:7-9 · 3 p’sukim
  5. 5: 50:10-14 · 5 p’sukim
  6. 6: 50:15-20 · 6 p’sukim
  7. 7: 50:21-26 · 6 p’sukim
  8. maf: 50:23-26 · 4 p’sukim

Alternate Haftarah: II Samuel 1:12, 1:17-27 · 12 p’sukim

Weekday for Shabbat afternoon, Monday & Thursday
  1. 1: 47:28-31 · 4 p’sukim
  2. 2: 48:1-3 · 3 p’sukim
  3. 3: 48:4-9 · 6 p’sukim

Commentary and Divrei Torah

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

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

List of Dates

Parashat Vayechi is read in the Diaspora on:

References

Parashat Vayechi from Sefaria.org
Sefaria, Inc.
Vayechi (Genesis 47:28-50:26) and Haftarah (I Kings 2:1-12): 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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