פָּרָשַׁת וָאֵרָא

Parashat Va'era 2027

Exodus 6:2 – 9:35, with the haftarah Ezekiel 28:25–29:21.

In 2027: Shabbat 9 January 2027.

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.

  1. Exodus 6:2

    וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר אֱלֹהִ֖ים אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֑ה וַיֹּ֥אמֶר אֵלָ֖יו אֲנִ֥י יְהֹוָֽה׃

    And God spoke unto Moses, and said unto him: ‘I am the LORD;

  2. Exodus 6:3

    וָאֵרָ֗א אֶל־אַבְרָהָ֛ם אֶל־יִצְחָ֥ק וְאֶֽל־יַעֲקֹ֖ב בְּאֵ֣ל שַׁדָּ֑י וּשְׁמִ֣י יְהֹוָ֔ה לֹ֥א נוֹדַ֖עְתִּי לָהֶֽם׃

    and I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, as God Almighty, but by My name יהוה I made Me not known to them.

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.

The week after · Shabbat 16 January 2027

Parashat Bo

Exodus 10:1 – 13:16

Parashat Bo 2027

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