Weekly Torah readings in Shevat

thumb|right|250px|Moses Receives the Tablets of the Law (1868 painting by João Zeferino da Costa) Mishpatim (—Hebrew for "laws"; the second word of the parashah) is the eighteenth weekly Torah portion (, parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the sixth in the Book of Exodus. The parashah sets out a series of laws, which some scholars call the Covenant Code. It reports the Israelites' acceptance of the covenant with God. The parashah constitutes Exodus 21:1–24:18. The parashah is made up of 5,313 Hebrew letters, 1,462 Hebrew words, 118 verses, and 185 lines in a Torah scroll

thumb|right|450px|''Pharaoh's Army Engulfed by the Red Sea (1900 painting by Frederick Arthur Bridgman) Beshalach, Beshallach, or Beshalah (—Hebrew for "when [he] let go" (literally: "in (having) sent"), the second word and first distinctive word in the parashah) is the sixteenth weekly Torah portion (, parashah'') in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the fourth in the Book of Exodus. It constitutes Exodus 13:17–17:16. In this parashah, Pharaoh changed his mind and chased after the Israelites, trapping them at the Sea of Reeds. God commanded Moses to split the sea, allowing the Isra

Fifteenth portion in the annual Jewish cycle of weekly Torah reading

thumb|right|upright=1.2|The Ten Commandments (illustration from a Bible card published 1907 by the Providence Lithograph Company)