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This week’s reading is — Mishpatim (Exodus 21:1-24:18).
This week is Shabbat Shekalim, the Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Adar. The Maftir reading recalls the census taken in the wilderness (Exodus 30:11-16).
Torah Aliyot and Topics
Aliyah 1: Exodus 21:1-19
The civil law, Jewish bondsmen, “Sale” of a daughter, Murder and manslaughter
Aliyah 2: Exodus 21:20-22:3
Killing of a slave, Penalty for bodily injury, Death caused by an animal, A pit, An animal damaging property, Stealing livestock, Self-defense: payment for theft
Aliyah 3: Exodus 22:4-26
Damages caused by livestock, Laws of custodians, A borrower, Seduction, Sensitivity to the helpless and abandoned, The commandment to extend free loans
Aliyah 4: Exodus 22:27-23:5
Do not curse a leader, Fullness offering and Priestly heave offering, Integrity of the judicial process, Fair dispensation of justice
Aliyah 5: Exodus 23:6-19
Fair dispensation of justice, The Sabbaths of the land and the week, The Three Pilgrimage Festivals
Aliyah 6: Exodus 23:20-25
Promise of swift passage to, and conquest of, the land
Aliyah 7: Exodus 23:26-24:18
Promise of swift passage to, and conquest of, the land, Moses delivers the words of G-d; people accept the mitzvot, Prophecy at the mountain
Maftir: Exodus 30:11-16
The census
Maftir: Exodus 20:19-23
Command to build an altar and bring sacrifices
The Haftorah for this week is II Kings 12:1-17 (Ashkenazi)
Ashkenazi Haftarah Topics
Jehoash king of Judah: The child-king’s devotion to the Temple, Jehoash imposes a new system of Temple maintenance
The Haftorah for this week is II Kings 11:17-12:17 (Sephardi)
Sephardi Haftarah Topics
Jehoiada sealed the covenant and the people destroyed the Baal, Joash assumes the throne, Jehoash king of Judah: The child-king’s devotion to the Temple, Jehoash imposes a new system of Temple maintenance
For more information about this week’s Parsha, please visit these sites.
Orthodox Union
Chabad
Aish HaTorah
United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism
Union for Reform Judaism
Jewish Reconstructionist Federation
