Vayeilech וַיֵּלֶךְ
Commandments in this portion: positive — 2counted by Sefer HaChinuch
Which commandments
- 612To gather all of Israel on the festival of Sukkotלהקהיל כל ישראל בחג הסכותpos.
- 613For everyone to write a Torah scroll for himselfלכתוב כל אחד ספר תורה לעצמוpos.
Numbering, order and division follow Sefer HaChinuch; the number links to the text.
Moshe at a hundred and twenty says he can no longer go out and come in, and encourages Yehoshua before the people. The Torah is written and given to the priests, to be read to the whole nation at Hakhel—every seventh year at Sukkot. The last commandment: write for yourselves this song.
Read next on 25 September 2027, 16 September 2028. By the Israeli reading cycle.
People of the portion
Echoes in the Prophets and history
These events themselves live in other books and other centuries; each is tied to this portion by the verse shown beside it: the early ones the portion recalls, in the later ones its word resounds:
How it is read
| First | Devarim 31:1—31:3 | 3 verses |
|---|---|---|
| Second | Devarim 31:4—31:6 | 3 verses |
| Third | Devarim 31:7—31:9 | 3 verses |
| Fourth | Devarim 31:10—31:13 | 4 verses |
| Fifth | Devarim 31:14—31:19 | 6 verses |
| Sixth | Devarim 31:20—31:24 | 5 verses |
| Seventh | Devarim 31:25—31:30 | 6 verses |
| Maftir | Devarim 31:28—31:30 | 3 verses |
| Haftarah | Isaiah 55:6—56:8 on Sefaria | 16 verses |
The text
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