Weekly Torah portion

This article is about the divisions of the Torah into weekly readings. For this week's Torah portion, see Torah portion

Each weekly Torah portion usually takes its name from one of the first unique word or words in the Hebrew text. Dating roughly from the time of the Babylonian captivity (6th Century BCE), public Torah reading mostly followed an annual cycle beginning and ending on the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah, with the Torah divided into 54 weekly portions to correspond to the lunisolar Hebrew calendar, which contains up to 55 weeks, the exact number varying between leap years and regular years.^[1]

There was also an ancient triennial cycle of readings practiced in some parts of the world. In the 19th and 20th Centuries, many congregations in the Reform and Conservative Jewish movements have implemented an alternative triennial cycle in which only one-third of the weekly parasha is read in a given year; the parashot read is still consistent with the annual cycle but the entire Torah is completed over three years.

Division into weekly parashot

Table of Weekly readings

In the table, a portion which may be combined with the following portion, to compensate for the changing number of weeks in the lunisolar year, are marked with an asterisk.

Book	Parsha Name	Parsha Portion
Bereishit (Genesis)	Bereishit, ???????????	Gen. 1:1-6:8
	Noach, ????	6:9-11:32
	Lech-Lecha, ????-????	12:1-17:27
	Vayeira, ????????	18:1-22:24
	Chayei Sarah, ?????? ??????	23:1-25:18
	Toledot, ?????????	25:19-28:9
	Vayetze, ????????	28:10-32:3
	Vayishlach, ???????????	32:4-36:43
	Vayeshev, ?????????	37:1-40:23
	Miketz, ??????	41:1-44:17
	Vayigash, ??????????	44:18-47:27
	Vayechi, ???????	47:28-50:26
Shemot (Exodus)	Shemot, ???????	Ex. 1:1-6:1
	Va'eira, ???????	6:2-9:35
	Bo, ????	10:1-13:16
	Beshalach, ??????????	13:17-17:16
	Yitro, ???????	18:1-20:23
	Mishpatim, ?????????????	21:1-24:18
	Terumah, ?????????	25:1-27:19
	Tetzaveh, ?????????	27:20-30:10
	Ki Tisa, ???? ???????	30:11-34:35
	Vayakhel, ??????????	35:1-38:20
	Pekudei, ????????	38:21-40:38
Vayikra (Leviticus)	Vayikra, ??????????	Lev. 1:1-5:26
	Tzav, ???	6:1-8:36
	Shemini, ??????????	9:1-11:47
	Tazria, ?????????	12:1-13:59
	Metzora, ????????	14:1-15:33
	Acharei, ??????? ????	16:1-18:30
	Kedoshim, ?????????	19:1-20:27
	Emor, ?????	21:1-24:23
	Behar, ??????	25:1-26:2
	Bechukotai, ???????????	26:3-27:34
Bamidbar (Numbers)	Bamidbar, ???????????	Num. 1:1-4:20
	Naso, ??????	4:21-7:89
	Behaalotecha, ?????????????	8:1-12:16
	Shlach, ??????-????	13:1-15:41
	Korach, ?????	16:1-18:32
	Chukat, ??????	19:1-22:1
	Balak, ??????	22:2-25:9
	Pinchas, ?????????	25:10-30:1
	Matot, ????????	30:2-32:42
	Masei, ???????	33:1-36:13
Devarim (Deuteronomy)	Devarim, ?????????	Deut. 1:1-3:22
	Va'etchanan, ????????????	3:23-7:11
	Eikev, ?????	7:12-11:25
	Re'eh, ?????	11:26-16:17
	Shoftim, ?????????	16:18-21:9
	Ki Teitzei, ????-?????	21:10-25:19
	Ki Tavo, ????-??????	26:1-29:8
	Nitzavim, ?????????	29:9-30:20
	Vayelech, ?????????	31:1-31:30
	Haazinu, ??????????	32:1-32:52
	V'Zot HaBerachah, ?????? ??????????	33:1-34:12