Adult Torah Study

Parashat Vayeshev 5784 / פָּרָשַׁת וַיֵּשֶׁב

9 December 2023 / 26 Kislev 5784

This week’s 10-Minute Torah

Parashat Vayeshev is the 9th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.

Torah Portion: ; Genesis 37:1-40:23Numbers 7:18-23

Vayeshev (“He Settled”) begins the story of Joseph, describing his rivalry with his brothers, slavery in Egypt, and imprisonment after his master’s wife frames him in response to Joseph’s refusal of her advances. It also contains the story of Tamar, her husbands, and her father-in-law, Judah. [1]