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This Week's Torah Portion

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This Week's Torah Portion

Yom Rishon shel Sukkot
יוֹם רִאשׁוֹן שֶׁל סֻכֹּת
1st Day of Sukkot

The Eternal One spoke to Moses, saying: Say to the Israelite people: On the fifteenth day of this seventh month there shall be the Feast of Booths to the Eternal, [to last] seven days. - Leviticus 23:33-34

Torah

Holidays Leviticus 23:33-44

Haftarah

Zechariah 14:7-9, 16-21 [historic: Zechariah 14:1-21]; The Book of Ecclesiastes is Read

When

/ 15 Tishri 5784
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