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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 12th, 2025 / 16 Tamuz 5785

  • 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 1

    Read Together in 2023/5783


    Chukat and Balak are read together for Triennial Year 1.

  • 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

  • Weekday

    Shabbat afternoon, Monday & Thursday


    1:

    22:2 - 22:4

    · 3 p’sukim

    2:

    22:5 - 22:7

    · 3 p’sukim

    3:

    22:8 - 22:12

    · 5 p’sukim