Parashat Vayigash 5808 / פָּרָשַׁת וַיִּגַּשׁ

/ 11 Tevet 5808

Parashat Vayigash is the 11th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.

Torah Portion: Genesis 44:18-47:27

Vayigash (“He Approached”) opens as Judah pleads with Joseph not to keep Benjamin as a prisoner. Joseph reveals his true identity to his brothers, crying and kissing them. The brothers bring Jacob from Canaan to Egypt, and Jacob and his children settle in Goshen. The portion ends as Joseph buys most of Egypt’s land in exchange for food. [1]

Full Kriyah
  1. 1: 44:18-30 · 13 p’sukim
  2. 2: 44:31-45:7 · 11 p’sukim
  3. 3: 45:8-18 · 11 p’sukim
  4. 4: 45:19-27 · 9 p’sukim
  5. 5: 45:28-46:27 · 28 p’sukim
  6. 6: 46:28-47:10 · 17 p’sukim
  7. 7: 47:11-27 · 17 p’sukim
  8. maf: 47:25-27 · 3 p’sukim

Haftarah: Ezekiel 37:15-28 · 14 p’sukim

Triennial year 2
  1. 1: 45:28-46:4 · 5 p’sukim
  2. 2: 46:5-7 · 3 p’sukim
  3. 3: 46:8-11 · 4 p’sukim
  4. 4: 46:12-15 · 4 p’sukim
  5. 5: 46:16-18 · 3 p’sukim
  6. 6: 46:19-22 · 4 p’sukim
  7. 7: 46:23-27 · 5 p’sukim
  8. maf: 46:23-27 · 5 p’sukim

Haftarah: Ezekiel 37:15-28 · 14 p’sukim

Alternate Haftarah: Zechariah 10:3-12 · 10 p’sukim

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

List of Dates

Parashat Vayigash is read in the Diaspora on:

References

Parashat Vayigash from Sefaria.org
Sefaria, Inc.
Vayigash (Genesis 44:18-47:27) and Haftarah (Ezekiel 37:15-28): 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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