Pekudei
Sign in to savethumb|right|550px|The Tabernacle in the Wilderness (illustration from the 1890 Holman Bible) Pekudei, Pekude, Pekudey, '''P'kude, or P'qude' (—Hebrew for "amounts of," the second word, and the first distinctive word, in the parashah) is the 23rd weekly Torah portion (, parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading. It is the 11th and last in the Book of Exodus. The parashah tells of the setting up of the Tabernacle (, Mishkan'').
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- Readings
- First reading—Exodus 38:21–39:1
- Second reading—Exodus 39:2–21
- Third reading—Exodus 39:22–32
- Fourth reading—Exodus 39:33–43
- Fifth reading—Exodus 40:1–16
- Sixth reading—Exodus 40:17–27
- Seventh reading—Exodus 40:28–38
- Readings according to the triennial cycle
- In inner-Biblical interpretation
- Exodus chapters 25–39
- Exodus chapter 39
- Exodus chapters 39–40
- In early nonrabbinic interpretation
- Exodus chapter 38
- In classical rabbinic interpretation
- Exodus chapter 38
- Exodus chapter 39
- Exodus chapter 40
- In medieval Jewish interpretation
- Exodus chapter 38
- In modern interpretation
- Exodus chapter 38
- Exodus chapter 39
- Exodus chapter 40
- Commandments
- In the liturgy
- Haftarah
- Generally
- Sephardi—1 Kings 7:40–50
- Ashkenazi—1 Kings 7:51–8:21
- Parashat Vayakhel–Pekudei
- On Shabbat HaChodesh
- On Shabbat Parah
- On Shabbat Shekalim
- On Shabbat Rosh Chodesh
- Notes
- Further reading
- Biblical
- Early nonrabbinic
- Classical rabbinic
- Medieval
- Modern
- External links
- Texts
- Commentaries
thumb|right|550px|The Tabernacle in the Wilderness (illustration from the 1890 Holman Bible) Pekudei, Pekude, Pekudey, '''P'kude, or P'qude' (—Hebrew for "amounts of," the second word, and the first distinctive word, in the parashah) is the 23rd weekly Torah portion (, parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading. It is the 11th and last in the Book of Exodus. The parashah tells of the setting up of the Tabernacle (, Mishkan).
It constitutes Exodus 38:21–40:38. The parashah is made up of 4,432 Hebrew letters, 1,182 Hebrew words, 92 verses, and 159 lines in a Torah scroll (, Sefer Torah). Jews read it the 22nd or 23rd Sabbath after Simchat Torah, in March. The lunisolar Hebrew calendar contains up to 55 weeks, the exact number varying between 50 in common years and 54 or 55 in leap years. In leap years (for example, 2027, 2030, 2033, 2038, 2041, 2043, 2046, and 2049), Parashat Pekudei is read separately. In common years (for example, 2026, 2028, 2029, 2031, 2032, 2034, 2036, 2039, 2040, 2042, 2044, 2047, 2048, and 2050), Parashat Pekudei is generally combined with the previous parashah, Vayakhel, to help achieve the needed number of weekly readings (although in some non-leap years, such as 2025, 2037, and 2045, they are not combined).
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