Parashat Vayachel
“And He Assembled”

(Read with Parashat Pekudei for 5783)

25 Adar 5783
March 18, 2023

Torah Reading

• Exodus 35:1-38:20
Moshe assembled the whole community of the people of Isra’el…
(Exodus 35:1 CJB)

Haftarah Reading

• 1 Kings 7:40-50 (A)
• 1 Kings 7:13-26 (S)

New Testament Reading

• John 1:1-14

Suggested Psalm

• Psalm 61
[For the leader. With stringed instruments. By David:]
Hear my cry, God;
listen to my prayer.
From the end of the earth, with fainting heart,
I call out to you.
Set me down on a rock
far above where I am now.
For you have been a refuge for me,
a tower of strength in the face of the foe.
I will live in your tent forever
and find refuge in the shelter of your wings. (Selah)
(Psalm 61:1-5 CJB)

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With the Torah Portions

This Week with Parashat Vayachel and Parashat Pekudei combined:
• Exodus 35:1-40:38
• 2 Chronicles 11:1-25:14
• John 7:25-10:21
• Psalms 71:1-72:20
• Proverbs 15:1-33

Aliyot

The seven aliyot readings from the Torah for Vayechel and Pekudei combined begin at these verses:

1. Exodus 35:1
2. Exodus 35:30
3. Exodus 37:17
4. Exodus 38:1
5. Exodus 39:2
6. Exodus 39:22
7. Exodus 40:1

Maftir: Exodus 40:34

Torah Portion readings and the associated Haftarah readings generally follow the Stone Edition Chumash and/or the Complete Jewish Bible. Verse numbering generally follows the Hebrew tradition, and where modern Christian traditions differ those verse numbers are shown in parentheses (). Haftarah readings generally follow the Ashkenazi tradition. Where the Sephardic tradition differs, the Haftarah portions are designated as (A) and (S). Suggested New Testament readings are taken from various sources including the Walk! series of Devotion Commentaries by Dr. Jeffrey Enoch Feinberg. Suggested Psalm readings are from the Messianic Siddur for Shabbat by Daniel Perek. Suggested Bible reading plan is from The Barking Fox. Unless otherwise marked, Scripture quotations are taken from the Complete Jewish Bible, Copyright © 1998 and 2016 by David H. Stern. Used by permission. All copyrights reserved worldwide.

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