Bo בֹּא
Commandments in this portion: positive — 9 · negative — 11counted by Sefer HaChinuch
Which commandments
- 4The commandment of sanctifying the new monthמצות קדוש החדשpos.
- 5The commandment to slaughter the Pesach sacrificeמצות שחיטת הפסחpos.
- 6The commandment of eating the meat of the Pesach sacrificeמצות אכילת בשר הפסחpos.
- 7To not eat the Pesach sacrifice uncooked or boiledשלא לאכל הפסח נא ומבשלneg.
- 8To not leave from the meat of the Pesach sacrificeשלא להותיר מבשר הפסחneg.
- 9The commandment of disposing of chametsמצות השבתת החמץpos.
- 10The commandment of eating matsahמצות אכילת מצהpos.
- 11That chamets not be found in our possession on Pesachשלא ימצא חמץ ברשותנו בפסחneg.
- 12To not eat from anything that has chamets in itשלא לאכל מכל דבר שיש בו חמץneg.
- 13That we not feed of the Pesach sacrifice to an apostate Jewשלא נאכיל מן הפסח לישראל משמדneg.
- 14That we not feed of the Pesach sacrifice to a stranger or a residentשלא נאכיל מן הפסח לגר ותושבneg.
- 15Not to take out from the meat of the Pesach offering outsideשלא להוציא מבשר הפסח חוצהneg.
- 16To not break a bone from the Pesach sacrificeשלא לשבר עצם מן הפסחneg.
- 17That an uncircumcised man not eat from the Pesach sacrificeשלא יאכל ערל מן הפסחneg.
- 18The commandment of sanctifying the firstborn in the Land of Israelמצות קדוש בכורות בארץ ישראלpos.
- 19To not eat chamets on Pesachשלא לאכל חמץ בפסחneg.
- 20That chamets not be found to us on Pesachשלא יראה לנו חמץ בפסחneg.
- 21The commandment to recount the exodus from Egyptמצות ספור יציאת מצריםpos.
- 22The commandment of the redemption of a firstborn donkeyמצות פדיון פטר חמורpos.
- 23The commandment of beheading a firstborn donkeyמצות עריפת פטר חמורpos.
Numbering, order and division follow Sefer HaChinuch; the number links to the text.
Locusts, darkness and the death of the firstborn break Egypt. Israel is commanded its first mitzvah—the new moon and the reckoning of months—and the Pesach offering, the blood on the doorposts, the unleavened bread. At midnight the people go out, after four hundred and thirty years.
Read next on 16 January 2027, 5 February 2028. By the Israeli reading cycle.
People of the portion
Egypt (Goshen) Exodus Tefillin Pesach Rosh Chodesh The Passover Haggadah
Events of this portion
Echoes in the Prophets and history
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How it is read
| First | Shemot 10:1—10:11 | 11 verses |
|---|---|---|
| Second | Shemot 10:12—10:23 | 12 verses |
| Third | Shemot 10:24—11:3 | 9 verses |
| Fourth | Shemot 11:4—12:20 | 27 verses |
| Fifth | Shemot 12:21—12:28 | 8 verses |
| Sixth | Shemot 12:29—12:51 | 23 verses |
| Seventh | Shemot 13:1—13:16 | 16 verses |
| Maftir | Shemot 13:14—13:16 | 3 verses |
| Haftarah | Jeremiah 46:13—46:28 on Sefaria | 16 verses |
The text
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