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thumb|right|300px|Blowing the Trumpet at the Feast of the New Moon (illustration from the 1890 Holman Bible) Behaalotecha, Behaalotcha, '''Beha'alotecha, Beha'alotcha, Beha'alothekha, or Behaaloscha' (—Hebrew for "when you set up," the 11th word, and the first distinctive word, in the parashah) is the 36th weekly Torah portion (, parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the third in the Book of Numbers. The parashah tells of the Menorah in the Tabernacle, the consecration of the Levites, the Second Passover, how pillars of cloud and fire led the Israelites, the silver trumpets

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Contents
  • Readings
  • First reading—Numbers 8:1–14
  • Second reading—Numbers 8:15–26
  • Third reading—Numbers 9:1–14
  • Fourth reading—Numbers 9:15–10:10
  • Fifth reading—Numbers 10:11–34
  • Sixth reading—Numbers 10:35–11:29
  • Seventh reading—Numbers 11:30–12:16
  • Readings according to the triennial cycle
  • In inner-Biblical interpretation
  • Numbers chapter 8
  • Numbers chapter 9
  • Passover
  • Numbers chapter 10
  • Numbers chapter 12
  • In classical rabbinic interpretation
  • Numbers chapter 8
  • Numbers chapter 9
  • Numbers chapter 10
  • Numbers chapter 11
  • Numbers chapter 12
  • In medieval Jewish interpretation
  • Numbers chapter 8
  • Numbers chapter 9
  • Numbers chapter 11
  • In modern interpretation
  • Numbers chapter 8
  • Numbers chapter 9
  • Numbers chapter 11
  • Numbers chapter 12
  • Commandments
  • In the liturgy
  • Haftarah
  • Connection to the parashah
  • Notes
  • Further reading
  • Biblical
  • Early nonrabbinic
  • Classical rabbinic
  • Medieval
  • Modern
  • External links
  • Texts
  • Commentaries

thumb|right|300px|Blowing the Trumpet at the Feast of the New Moon (illustration from the 1890 Holman Bible) Behaalotecha, Behaalotcha, '''Beha'alotecha, Beha'alotcha, Beha'alothekha, or Behaaloscha' (—Hebrew for "when you set up," the 11th word, and the first distinctive word, in the parashah) is the 36th weekly Torah portion (, parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the third in the Book of Numbers. The parashah tells of the Menorah in the Tabernacle, the consecration of the Levites, the Second Passover, how pillars of cloud and fire led the Israelites, the silver trumpets, how the Israelites set out on their journeys, the complaints of the Israelites, and how Miriam and Aaron questioned Moses. The parashah comprises Numbers 8:1–12:16. It is made up of 7,055 Hebrew letters, 1,840 Hebrew words, 136 verses, and 240 lines in a Torah Scroll (, Sefer Torah).

Jews generally read it in late May or in June. As the parashah sets out some of the laws of Passover, Jews also read part of the parashah, Numbers 9:1–14, as the initial Torah reading for the last intermediate day (, Chol HaMoed) of Passover.

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