- Vayakhel
Vayakhel, VaYakhel, Va-Yakhel, Vayak’hel, Vayak’heil, or Vayaqhel (ויקהל — Hebrew for "and he assembled,” the first word in the parshah) is the 22nd
weekly Torah portion ("parshah") in the annual Jewish cycle ofTorah reading and the 10th in the book ofExodus . It constitutes referred to the 39 labors that God taught Moses at Sinai. (BabylonianTalmud Shabbat 97b.) Similarly, RabbiHanina bar Hama said that the labors forbidden on the Sabbath in )(See, e.g., Maimonides. "The Commandments: Sefer Ha-Mitzvoth of Maimonides". Translated by Charles B. Chavel, 2:297. London: Soncino Press, 1967. ISBN 0-900689-71-4. "Sefer HaHinnuch: The Book of [Mitzvah] Education". Translated by Charles Wengrov, 1:431–33. Jerusalem: Feldheim Pub., 1991. ISBN 0-87306-179-9.)Haftarah
Parshah Vayakhel
When parshah Vayakhel is read alone (as it is in 2008, 2011, and 2014), the
haftarah is:
*forAshkenazi Jews : 1 Kings [http://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt09a07.htm#40 7:40–50]
*forSephardi Jews : ), andSolomon ’s building of theTemple in Jerusalem in the haftarah. ( [http://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt09a07.htm#47 47–50.] )ephardi — 1 Kings 7:13–26
Both the parshah and the haftarah note the skill ("chokhmah"), ability ("tevunah"), and knowledge ("da‘at"), of the artisan (Bezalel in the parshah, Hiram in the haftarah) in every craft ("kol mela’khah"). (
*for Sephardi Jews: in which God commands that “This month [Nissan] shall be the beginning of months; it shall be the first month of the year” ( discusses Passover. In both the special reading and the haftarah, God instructs the Israelites to apply blood to doorposts. (
*for Sephardi Jews: )Further reading
The parshah has parallels or is discussed in these sources:
*Psalms [http://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt2626.htm#6 26:6] (washing, altar); [http://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt2651.htm#16 51:16–19] (sacrifices); [http://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt2680.htm#2 80:2] (cherubim); [http://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt2684.htm#2 84:2–3,] [http://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt2684.htm#11 11] (Tabernacle, courts); [http://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt2692.htm#14 92:14] (courts); [http://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt2696.htm#6 96:6] (God's sanctuary); [http://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt26a0.htm#4 100:4] (court of the Tabernacle); [http://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt26d4.htm#2 134:2] (God's sanctuary); [http://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt26e1.htm#2 141:2] (incense); [http://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt26f0.htm 150:1] (God's sanctuary).
*Philo . [http://www.earlyjewishwritings.com/text/philo/book4.html "Allegorical Interpretation"] 3:33:101; [http://www.earlyjewishwritings.com/text/philo/book16.html "On the Migration of Abraham"] 17:97–98.Alexandria , Egypt, early 1st Century C.E.. Reprinted in, e.g., "The Works of Philo: Complete and Unabridged, New Updated Edition". Translated byCharles Duke Yonge , 61, 262. Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson Pub., 1993. ISBN 0-943575-93-1.
*Josephus , "Antiquities of the Jews " [http://www.interhack.net/projects/library/antiquities-jews/b3c6.html 3:6:1] – [http://www.interhack.net/projects/library/antiquities-jews/b3c10.html 10:1.] Circa 93–94. Reprinted in, e.g., "The Works of Josephus: Complete and Unabridged, New Updated Edition". Translated byWilliam Whiston , 85–95. Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson Pub., 1987. ISBN 0-913573-86-8.
*Mekhilta According to Rabbi Ishmael 82:1. Land of Israel, late 4th Century. Reprinted in, e.g., "Mekhilta According to Rabbi Ishmael". Translated byJacob Neusner , 2:258–62. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1988. ISBN 1-55540-237-2.
*Genesis Rabbah 94:4. Land of Israel, 5th Century. Reprinted in, e.g., "Midrash Rabbah: Genesis". Translated by H. Freedman and Maurice Simon, 2:871. London: Soncino Press, 1939. ISBN 0-900689-38-2.
*BabylonianTalmud : Shabbat 20a, 49b, 70a, 74b, 96b; Eruvin 2b; Yoma 66b, 72b, 75a; Beitzah 4b; Rosh Hashanah 34a; Chagigah 10a–b; Yevamot 6b–7a, 33b; Sotah 3a; Kiddushin 37a; Bava Kamma 2a, 54a, 71a; Sanhedrin 35b, 69b; Makkot 21b; Shevuot 26b; Avodah Zarah 12b, 24a; Zevachim 59b; Bekhorot 41a. Babylonia, 6th Century. Reprinted in, e.g., "Talmud Bavli". Edited by Yisroel Simcha Schorr, Chaim Malinowitz, and Mordechai Marcus, 72 vols. Brooklyn: Mesorah Pubs., 2006.
*Exodus Rabbah 48:1–50:5. 10th Century. Reprinted in, e.g., "Midrash Rabbah: Exodus". Translated by S. M. Lehrman, 3:546–61. London: Soncino Press, 1939. ISBN 0-900689-38-2.
*Rashi . "Commentary". [http://www.chabad.org/library/article.asp?AID=9896&showrashi=true Exodus 35–38.]Troyes , France, late 11th Century. Reprinted in, e.g., Rashi. "The Torah: With Rashi's Commentary Translated, Annotated, and Elucidated". Translated and annotated by Yisrael Isser Zvi Herczeg, 2:487–505. Brooklyn: Mesorah Publications, 1994. ISBN 0-89906-027-7.
*Zohar [http://www.kabbalah.com/k/index.php/p=zohar/zohar&vol=25 2:194b–220a.] Spain, late 13th Century.
*Thomas Hobbes . "Leviathan", England, 1651. Reprint edited byC. B. Macpherson , 431. Harmondsworth, England: Penguin Classics, 1982. ISBN 0140431950.External links
* [http://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt0235.htm Masoretic text and 1917 JPS translation]
* [http://bible.ort.org/books/torahd5.asp?action=displaypage&book=2&chapter=35&verse=1&portion=22 Hear the parshah chanted]
* [http://www.jtsa.edu/community/parashah/archives/index.shtml#exo Commentaries] from the Jewish Theological Seminary
* [http://judaism.uj.edu/Content/InfoUnits.asp?CID=917 Commentaries] from theUniversity of Judaism
* [http://www.ou.org/torah/ti/archives/shemot.htm Torah Insights] and [http://www.ou.org/torah/tt/indexshemot.htm Torah Tidbits] from theOrthodox Union
* [http://www.urj.org/torah/exodus/ Commentaries] and [http://urj.org/shabbat/exodus/ Family Shabbat Table Talk] from theUnion for Reform Judaism
* [http://www2.jrf.org/recon-dt/index.php#Vayakhel Commentaries] fromReconstructionist Judaism
* [http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?AID=15568 Commentaries] fromChabad.org
* [http://www.torah.org/learning/parsha/parsha.html?id1=30 Commentaries] from [http://www.torah.org/ Torah.org]
* [http://www.aish.com/torahPortion/pArchive.asp?eventType=22&eventName=Vayakhel Commentaries] from [http://www.aish.com/ Aish.com]
* [http://www.shiur.com/index.php?id=C0_169_6&spar=169&s_id=169 Commentaries] from [http://www.shiur.com/ Shiur.com]
* [http://www.tfdixie.com/parshat/vayakhel/ Commentaries] from [http://www.tfdixie.com/ Torah from Dixie]
* [http://ohr.edu/yhiy/article.php/2553 Commentary] from [http://ohr.edu/index.php Ohr Sameach]
* [http://www.judaic.org/addtl_files/vayaqhel.htm Commentaries] and [http://www.judaic.org/tabletalk/vayakhel5762.htm Shabbat Table Talk] from [http://www.judaic.org/ The Sephardic Institute]
* [http://www.teach613.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=42&Itemid=48 Commentary] from [http://www.teach613.org/index.php Teach613.org, Torah Education at Cherry Hill]
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