Parashat Yitro
Exodus 18:1 – 20:23
פָּרָשַׁת מִשְׁפָּטִים
Parashat Mishpatim 2026
Exodus 21:1 – 24:18, with the haftarah Jeremiah 34:8–22; 33:25–26.
In 2026: Shabbat 14 February 2026.
The reading
How it opens
The first verses of the portion. Hebrew: the Miqra according to the Masorah, via Sefaria (CC BY-SA). English: JPS 1917.
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Exodus 21:1
וְאֵ֙לֶּה֙ הַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר תָּשִׂ֖ים לִפְנֵיהֶֽם׃
Now these are the ordinances which thou shalt set before them.
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Exodus 21:2
כִּ֤י תִקְנֶה֙ עֶ֣בֶד עִבְרִ֔י שֵׁ֥שׁ שָׁנִ֖ים יַעֲבֹ֑ד וּבַ֨שְּׁבִעִ֔ת יֵצֵ֥א לַֽחׇפְשִׁ֖י חִנָּֽם׃
If thou buy a Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve; and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
The cycle
The weeks around it
The portions read the Shabbat before and the Shabbat after, in the Diaspora. Masorti and Reform read the whole portion each week, or a third of it over three years on the triennial cycle; the portion is the same.
Parashat Terumah
Exodus 25:1 – 27:19
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