Parashat Vayeshev - פָּרָשַׁת וַיֵּשֶׁב
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.
Torah Portion: Genesis 37:1-40:23
Parashat Vayeshev is the 9th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading. Next read on December 13th, 2025 / 23 Kislev 5786
- Annual Reading
Read Annually
1:
37:1 - 37:11· 11 p’sukim
2:
37:12 - 37:22· 11 p’sukim
3:
37:23 - 37:36· 14 p’sukim
4:
38:1 - 38:30· 30 p’sukim
5:
39:1 - 39:6· 6 p’sukim
6:
39:7 - 39:23· 17 p’sukim
7:
40:1 - 40:23· 23 p’sukim
Maftir:
40:20 - 40:23· 4 p’sukim
Haftarah:
Amos 2:6 - 3:8· 19 p’sukim
- Triennial Year 1
December 13th, 2025
1:
37:1 - 37:3· 3 p’sukim
2:
37:4 - 37:7· 4 p’sukim
3:
37:8 - 37:11· 4 p’sukim
4:
37:12 - 37:17· 6 p’sukim
5:
37:18 - 37:22· 5 p’sukim
6:
37:23 - 37:28· 6 p’sukim
7:
37:29 - 37:36· 8 p’sukim
Maftir:
37:34 - 37:36· 3 p’sukim
Alternate Haftarah Part 1:
Amos 2:6 - 3:2· 13 p’sukim
Alternate Haftarah Part 2:
Amos 3:7 - 3:8· 2 p’sukim
- Triennial Year 2
December 5th, 2026
1:
38:1 - 38:5· 5 p’sukim
2:
38:6 - 38:11· 6 p’sukim
3:
38:12 - 38:14· 3 p’sukim
4:
38:15 - 38:19· 5 p’sukim
5:
38:20 - 38:23· 4 p’sukim
6:
38:24 - 38:26· 3 p’sukim
7:
38:27 - 38:30· 4 p’sukim
- Triennial Year 3
December 25th, 2027
1:
39:1 - 39:6· 6 p’sukim
2:
39:7 - 39:10· 4 p’sukim
3:
39:11 - 39:18· 8 p’sukim
4:
39:19 - 39:23· 5 p’sukim
5:
40:1 - 40:8· 8 p’sukim
6:
40:9 - 40:15· 7 p’sukim
7:
40:16 - 40:23· 8 p’sukim