Parashat Balak - פָּרָשַׁת בָּלָק
Balak tells the story of the Moabite king Balak, who hires Balaam to curse the Israelites. Balaam’s donkey speaks along the way, and Balaam ends up blessing the Israelites. The portion ends with a story about Israelite men sinning with Moabite women and the stabbing of an Israelite and a Midianite.
Torah Portion: Numbers 22:2-25:9
Parashat Balak is the 40th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading. Next read on July 20th 2024 / 14 Tamuz 5784
- Annual Reading
Read Annually
1:
22:2 - 22:12· 11 p’sukim
2:
22:13 - 22:20· 8 p’sukim
3:
22:21 - 22:38· 18 p’sukim
4:
22:39 - 23:12· 15 p’sukim
5:
23:13 - 23:26· 14 p’sukim
6:
23:27 - 24:13· 17 p’sukim
7:
24:14 - 25:9· 21 p’sukim
Maftir:
25:7 - 25:9· 3 p’sukim
Haftarah:
Micah 5:6 - 6:8· 17 p’sukim
- Triennial Year 2
July 20th 2024
1:
22:2 - 22:4· 3 p’sukim
2:
22:5 - 22:7· 3 p’sukim
3:
22:8 - 22:12· 5 p’sukim
4:
22:13 - 22:20· 8 p’sukim
5:
22:21 - 22:27· 7 p’sukim
6:
22:28 - 22:30· 3 p’sukim
7:
22:31 - 22:38· 8 p’sukim
Maftir:
22:36 - 22:38· 3 p’sukim
Alternate Haftarah:
Micah 5:1 - 5:8· 8 p’sukim
- Triennial Year 3
July 12th 2025
1:
22:39 - 23:5· 8 p’sukim
2:
23:6 - 23:12· 7 p’sukim
3:
23:13 - 23:26· 14 p’sukim
4:
23:27 - 23:30· 4 p’sukim
5:
24:1 - 24:13· 13 p’sukim
6:
24:14 - 24:25· 12 p’sukim
7:
25:1 - 25:9· 9 p’sukim
Maftir:
25:7 - 25:9· 3 p’sukim
Alternate Haftarah:
Joshua 24:1 - 24:14· 14 p’sukim