54 The parashiyot
The annual cycle — the same section read the same week, everywhere.
The Torah is divided into fifty-four sections read over the year, one per week, and completed at Simhat Torah to begin again at once. It is the only content on this site endowed with a clock: a community in Casablanca, Vilnius, or Buenos Aires reads the same page the same week, and that is a fact of collective Memory before it is a religious fact.
Each note says what the section brings to Memory and genealogy — what it founds, what it transmits, what lineages attach themselves to. These are not commentaries: the site settles no controversy and does not preach.
Genesis · 12 sections
- 1BereshitבְּרֵאשִׁיתGn 1,1–6,8
Creation, the garden, Cain and Abel, and ten generations from Adam to Noah.
- 2NoahנֹחַGn 6,9–11,32
The flood, the ark, the covenant of the rainbow, and the table of nations.
- 3Lekh Lekhaלֶךְ לְךָGn 12,1–17,27
The call to leave one's country, the promise, circumcision as a sign.
- 4VayeraוַיֵּרָאGn 18,1–22,24
The hospitality of Mamre, Sodom, the birth of Isaac, the Binding.
- 5Hayei Sarahחַיֵּי שָׂרָהGn 23,1–25,18
The death of Sarah, the purchase of the cave of Hebron, the marriage of Isaac.
- 6ToledotתּוֹלְדוֹתGn 25,19–28,9
The twins, the birthright sold, the blessing diverted.
- 7VayetzeוַיֵּצֵאGn 28,10–32,3
The ladder of Bethel, twenty years with Laban, the birth of the children.
- 8VayishlachוַיִּשְׁלַחGn 32,4–36,43
The struggle at the ford of the Jabbok, the name of Israel, the death of Rachel.
- 9VayeshevוַיֵּשֶׁבGn 37,1–40,23
Joseph sold by his brothers, Tamar and Judah, the Egyptian prison.
- 10MiketzמִקֵּץGn 41,1–44,17
Pharaoh's dreams, the elevation of Joseph, his brothers in Egypt.
- 11VayigashוַיִּגַּשׁGn 44,18–47,27
Recognition, Jacob's descent, settlement in Goshen.
- 12VayehiוַיְחִיGn 47,28–50,26
The blessings of Jacob, the death of the patriarchs, the promise of return.
Exodus · 11 sections
- 13ShemotשְׁמוֹתEx 1,1–6,1
Enslavement, the midwives, the birth of Moses, the burning bush.
- 14VaeraוָאֵרָאEx 6,2–9,35
The seven first plagues, and a genealogy inserted in the midst of the narrative.
- 15BoבֹּאEx 10,1–13,16
The final plagues, the first Passover, the departure, the command to recount.
- 16BeshalahבְּשַׁלַּחEx 13,17–17,16
The crossing of the sea, the canticle, the manna, Amalek.
- 17YitroיִתְרוֹEx 18,1–20,23
The counsel of the father-in-law, and the Ten Commandments at Sinai.
- 18MishpatimמִשְׁפָּטִיםEx 21,1–24,18
Civil law: damages, deposits, Hebrew slave, widow and orphan.
- 19TerumahתְּרוּמָהEx 25,1–27,19
The offerings and the plan of the sanctuary: ark, table, candelabrum.
- 20TetzavehתְּצַוֶּהEx 27,20–30,10
The garments of the high priest, the perpetual lamp, the anointing of Aaron.
- 21Ki Tissaכִּי תִשָּׂאEx 30,11–34,35
The census, the golden calf, the tablets broken and remade.
- 22VayakhelוַיַּקְהֵלEx 35,1–38,20
The assembly, the Sabbath, the actual construction of the sanctuary.
- 23PekoudeiפְקוּדֵיEx 38,21–40,38
The accounts of the sanctuary, the assembly, the cloud that fills it.
Leviticus · 10 sections
- 24VayikraוַיִּקְרָאLv 1,1–5,26
The offerings, and restitution for what was taken from another.
- 25TzavצַוLv 6,1–8,36
Instructions to the priests, the perpetual fire, the investiture.
- 26SheminiשְׁמִינִיLv 9,1–11,47
The eighth day, the death of Aaron's sons, the dietary laws.
- 27TazriaתַזְרִיעַLv 12,1–13,59
Birth, and diagnosis of skin afflictions.
- 28MetzoraמְצֹרָעLv 14,1–15,33
The ritual of reintegration, and afflictions of houses.
- 29Aharei Motאַחֲרֵי מוֹתLv 16,1–18,30
The service of Yom Kippur, blood, forbidden unions.
- 30KedoshimקְדֹשִׁיםLv 19,1–20,27
'You shall love your neighbor as yourself' and the laws of holiness.
- 31EmorאֱמֹרLv 21,1–24,23
The rules of the priesthood, and the calendar of festivals.
- 32BeharבְּהַרLv 25,1–26,2
The sabbatical year, the jubilee, redemption, the prohibition of interest.
- 33BehoukotaiבְּחֻקֹּתַיLv 26,3–27,34
The blessings, the curses, and the vows.
Numbers · 10 sections
- 34BemidbarבְּמִדְבַּרNb 1,1–4,20
The census in the wilderness, the order of the camp, the service of the Levites.
- 35NasoנָשֹׂאNb 4,21–7,89
The nazirite, the priestly blessing, the offerings of the twelve chiefs.
- 36BehaalotekhaבְּהַעֲלֹתְךָNb 8,1–12,16
The candelabrum, the second Passover, the complaints, Miriam punished.
- 37ShelahשְׁלַחNb 13,1–15,41
The spies, the discouraging report, forty years in the wilderness.
- 38KorahקֹרַחNb 16,1–18,32
The revolt against Moses and Aaron, and the confirmation of the priesthood.
- 39HukatחֻקַּתNb 19,1–22,1
The red heifer, the death of Miriam and Aaron, the rock struck.
- 40BalakבָּלָקNb 22,2–25,9
The foreign prophet sent to curse, and who blesses.
- 41PhinehasפִּינְחָסNb 25,10–30,1
The zeal of Phinehas, the second census, the daughters of Zelophehad.
- 42MatotמַטּוֹתNb 30,2–32,42
Vows, the war against Midian, the petition of the Transjordanian tribes.
- 43MasseiמַסְעֵיNb 33,1–36,13
The itinerary of forty-two stages, the borders, the cities of refuge.
Deuteronomy · 11 sections
- 44DevarimדְּבָרִיםDt 1,1–3,22
Moses recounts forty years before the generation about to enter.
- 45VaethananוָאֶתְחַנַּןDt 3,23–7,11
The Ten Sayings retold, the Shema, the request refused to Moses.
- 46EkevעֵקֶבDt 7,12–11,25
The warning against forgetting, the manna, the land described.
- 47Re'ehרְאֵהDt 11,26–16,17
The choice, the centralization of worship, the tithe, the festivals.
- 48ShoftimשֹׁפְטִיםDt 16,18–21,9
The judges, the limits of the king, the witnesses, the conduct of war.
- 49Ki Tetzéכִּי תֵצֵאDt 21,10–25,19
The greatest number of commandments: family, restitution, wages, weights.
- 50Ki Tavoכִּי תָבוֹאDt 26,1–29,8
The declaration of firstfruits, the blessings and the curses.
- 51NitzavimנִצָּבִיםDt 29,9–30,20
The covenant made with all, the possible return, the choice of life.
- 52VayelekhוַיֵּלֶךְDt 31,1–30
The succession of Joshua, the writing of the book, public reading every seven years.
- 53HaazinouהַאֲזִינוּDt 32,1–52
The great poem of Moses, written to be sung and remembered.
- 54Vezot ha-Berakhaוְזֹאת הַבְּרָכָהDt 33,1–34,12
The blessing of the tribes, the death of Moses, the cycle begins again.