Parashat Vayechi
Genesis 47:28 – 50:26
פָּרָשַׁת שְׁמוֹת
Parashat Shemot 2026
Exodus 1:1 – 6:1, with the haftarah Isaiah 27:6–28:13; 29:22–23.
In 2026: Shabbat 10 January 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 1:1
וְאֵ֗לֶּה שְׁמוֹת֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל הַבָּאִ֖ים מִצְרָ֑יְמָה אֵ֣ת יַעֲקֹ֔ב אִ֥ישׁ וּבֵית֖וֹ בָּֽאוּ׃
NOW THESE are the names of the sons of Israel, who came into Egypt with Jacob; every man came with his household:
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Exodus 1:2
רְאוּבֵ֣ן שִׁמְע֔וֹן לֵוִ֖י וִיהוּדָֽה׃
Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;
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 Va'era
Exodus 6:2 – 9:35
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