Vayishlach
Sign in to saveVayishlach (, the first word of the weekly Torah portion) is the eighth weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading. In the parashah, Jacob reconciles with Esau after wrestling with a "man." The prince Shechem rapes Dinah, whose brothers sack the city of Shechem in revenge. In the family's subsequent flight, Rachel gives birth to Benjamin and dies in childbirth.
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46 sectionsContents
- Readings
- First reading—Genesis 32:4–13
- Second reading—Genesis 32:14–30
- Third reading—Genesis 32:31–33:5
- Fourth reading—Genesis 33:6–20
- Fifth reading—Genesis 34:1–35:11
- Sixth reading—Genesis 35:12–36:19
- Seventh reading—Genesis 36:20–43
- Readings according to the triennial cycle
- In inner-Biblical interpretation
- Genesis chapter 32
- Genesis chapter 33
- Genesis chapter 34
- Genesis chapter 35
- In early nonrabbinic interpretation
- Genesis chapter 32
- In classical rabbinic interpretation
- Genesis chapter 32
- Genesis chapter 33
- Genesis chapter 34
- Genesis chapter 35
- Genesis chapter 36
- In medieval Jewish interpretation
- Genesis chapter 32
- Genesis chapter 33
- Genesis chapter 35
- In modern interpretation
- Genesis chapters 25–33
- Genesis chapter 32
- Genesis chapter 33
- Genesis chapter 34
- Genesis chapter 36
- Commandments
- In the liturgy
- Haftarah
- Connection to the parshah
- Notes
- Further reading
- Biblical
- Early nonrabbinic
- Classical rabbinic
- Medieval
- Modern
- External links
- Texts
- Commentaries
Vayishlach (, the first word of the weekly Torah portion) is the eighth weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading. In the parashah, Jacob reconciles with Esau after wrestling with a "man." The prince Shechem rapes Dinah, whose brothers sack the city of Shechem in revenge. In the family's subsequent flight, Rachel gives birth to Benjamin and dies in childbirth.
The parashah constitutes Genesis 32:4–36:43. The parashah has the most verses of any weekly Torah portion in the Book of Genesis (Parashat Miketz has the most letters, Parashat Vayeira has the most words, and Parashat Noach has an equal number of verses as Parashat Vayishlach). It is made up of 7,458 Hebrew letters, 1,976 Hebrew words, 153 verses, and 237 lines in a Torah scroll. Jews read it the eighth Shabbat after Simchat Torah, in November or December.