Va'eira

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Contents

Readings
First reading—Exodus 6:2–13
Second reading—Exodus 6:14–28
Third reading—Exodus 6:29–7:7
Fourth reading—Exodus 7:8–8:6
Fifth reading—Exodus 8:7–18
Sixth reading—Exodus 8:19–9:16
Seventh reading—Exodus 9:17–35
Readings according to the triennial cycle
In ancient parallels
Exodus chapter 8
In inner-biblical interpretation
Exodus chapter 6
Exodus chapter 7
Exodus chapters 7–12
In early nonrabbinic interpretation
Exodus chapter 6
In classical rabbinic interpretation
Exodus chapter 6
Exodus chapter 7
Exodus chapter 8
Exodus chapter 9
In medieval Jewish interpretation
Exodus chapter 6
Exodus chapter 7
Exodus chapter 8
Exodus chapter 9
In modern interpretation
Exodus chapter 6
Exodus chapter 7
Exodus chapter 8
Exodus chapter 9
In critical analysis
Commandments
In the liturgy
Haftarah
Generally
Connection to the Parashah
On Shabbat Rosh Chodesh
Notes
Further reading
Biblical
Early nonrabbinic
Classical rabbinic
Medieval
Modern
External links
Texts
Commentaries

thumb|right|450px|''The Seventh Plague of Egypt (1823 painting by John Martin) '''Va'eira, Va'era, or Vaera' (—Hebrew for "and I appeared," the first word that God speaks in the , in Exodus 6:3) is the fourteenth weekly Torah portion () in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the second in the Book of Exodus. It constitutes Exodus 6:2–9:35. The parashah tells of the first seven Plagues of Egypt.

Religious Jews read it the fourteenth Shabbat after Simchat Torah—generally in January, or rarely, in late December.