Parashat Vayishlach 5777 / פָּרָשַׁת וַיִּשְׁלַח

/ 17 Kislev 5777

Parashat Vayishlach is the 8th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.

Torah Portion: Genesis 32:4-36:43

Vayishlach (“He Sent”) follows Jacob and his family as Jacob wrestles with a man (commonly understood as an angel), is renamed Israel, and reconciles with his brother, Esau. Jacob’s daughter, Dina, is raped by a Hivite prince, and her brothers sack a city in response. Rachel dies as she gives birth to Jacob's youngest child, Benjamin. [1]

Full Kriyah
  1. 1: 32:4-13 · 10 p’sukim ·
  2. 2: 32:14-30 · 17 p’sukim ·
  3. 3: 32:31-33:5 · 8 p’sukim ·
  4. 4: 33:6-20 · 15 p’sukim ·
  5. 5: 34:1-35:11 · 42 p’sukim ·
  6. 6: 35:12-36:19 · 37 p’sukim ·
  7. 7: 36:20-43 · 24 p’sukim ·
  8. maf: 36:40-43 · 4 p’sukim ·
Triennial year 1
  1. 1: 32:4-6 · 3 p’sukim ·
  2. 2: 32:7-9 · 3 p’sukim ·
  3. 3: 32:10-13 · 4 p’sukim ·
  4. 4: 32:14-22 · 9 p’sukim ·
  5. 5: 32:23-30 · 8 p’sukim ·
  6. 6: 32:31-33:5 · 8 p’sukim ·
  7. 7: 33:6-20 · 15 p’sukim ·
  8. maf: 33:18-20 · 3 p’sukim ·

Haftarah: Obadiah 1:1-21 · 21 p’sukim

Weekday for Shabbat afternoon, Monday & Thursday
  1. 1: 32:4-6 · 3 p’sukim ·
  2. 2: 32:7-9 · 3 p’sukim ·
  3. 3: 32:10-13 · 4 p’sukim ·

Commentary and Divrei Torah

List of Dates

Parashat Vayishlach 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
Parashat Vayishlach from Sefaria.org
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