Parashat Vayetzei - פָּרָשַׁת וַיֵּצֵא
Vayetzei (“He Went Out”) opens as Jacob dreams about angels going up and down a ladder, and then continues on his journey toward the home of his uncle Laban. During years of indentured servitude, Jacob marries Laban’s daughters Leah and Rachel, bearing children with them and with their maidservants, Bilhah and Zilpah.
Torah Portion: Genesis 28:10-32:3
Parashat Vayetzei is the 7th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading. Next read on November 29th, 2025 / 9 Kislev 5786
- Annual Reading
Read Annually
1:
28:10 - 28:22· 13 p’sukim
2:
29:1 - 29:17· 17 p’sukim
3:
29:18 - 30:13· 31 p’sukim
4:
30:14 - 30:27· 14 p’sukim
5:
30:28 - 31:16· 32 p’sukim
6:
31:17 - 31:42· 26 p’sukim
7:
31:43 - 32:3· 15 p’sukim
Maftir:
32:1 - 32:3· 3 p’sukim
Haftarah for Sephardim:
Hosea 11:7 - 12:12· 17 p’sukim
Haftarah for Ashkenazim:
Hosea 12:13 - 14:10· 28 p’sukim
- Triennial Year 1
November 29th, 2025
1:
28:10 - 28:12· 3 p’sukim
2:
28:13 - 28:17· 5 p’sukim
3:
28:18 - 28:22· 5 p’sukim
4:
29:1 - 29:8· 8 p’sukim
5:
29:9 - 29:17· 9 p’sukim
6:
29:18 - 29:33· 16 p’sukim
7:
29:34 - 30:13· 15 p’sukim
Maftir:
30:9 - 30:13· 5 p’sukim
Alternate Haftarah:
Hosea 12:3 - 12:14· 12 p’sukim
- Triennial Year 2
November 21st, 2026
1:
30:14 - 30:16· 3 p’sukim
2:
30:17 - 30:21· 5 p’sukim
3:
30:22 - 30:27· 6 p’sukim
4:
30:28 - 30:36· 9 p’sukim
5:
30:37 - 30:43· 7 p’sukim
6:
31:1 - 31:9· 9 p’sukim
7:
31:10 - 31:16· 7 p’sukim
Maftir:
31:14 - 31:16· 3 p’sukim
Alternate Haftarah:
Zechariah 1:7 - 1:17· 11 p’sukim
- Triennial Year 3
December 11th, 2027
1:
31:17 - 31:21· 5 p’sukim
2:
31:22 - 31:24· 3 p’sukim
3:
31:25 - 31:35· 11 p’sukim
4:
31:36 - 31:42· 7 p’sukim
5:
31:43 - 31:45· 3 p’sukim
6:
31:46 - 31:50· 5 p’sukim
7:
31:51 - 32:3· 7 p’sukim
Maftir:
32:1 - 32:3· 3 p’sukim
Alternate Haftarah:
I Samuel 19:11 - 19:18· 8 p’sukim