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 Parashat Achrei Mot 5784 / פָּרָשַׁת אַחֲרֵי מוֹת

4 May 2024 / 26 Nisan 5784

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Parashat Achrei Mot is the 29th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.

Torah Portion: Leviticus 16:1-18:30

Achrei Mot (“After The Death”) opens by describing the ritual service of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. It then details the prohibitions of offering sacrifices outside of the Mishkan (Tabernacle) and of eating animal blood, and ends with a list of forbidden sexual relations. [1]

Triennial year 2

• 1: 17:1-7 · 7 p’sukim
• 2: 17:8-12 · 5 p’sukim
• 3: 17:13-16 · 4 p’sukim
• 4: 18:1-5 · 5 p’sukim
• 5: 18:6-21 · 16 p’sukim
• 6: 18:22-25 · 4 p’sukim
• 7: 18:26-30 · 5 p’sukim
• maf: 18:26-30 · 5 p’sukim

Haftarah for Ashkenazim: Ezekiel 22:1-19 · 19 p’sukim

Commentary and Divrei Torah

Sefaria  OU Torah Jewish Theological Seminary American Jewish University

Hertz Chumash: pp. 485– 493 Triennial Year 2 (Full Kriyah pp. 480– 493)

Artscroll Chumash: pp. 644– 655 Triennial Year 2 (Full Kriyah pp. 636– 655)

Etz Chaim Chumash: pp. 685 – 692 Triennial Year 2 (Full Kriyah pp. 679 – 692)