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This Week's Torah Portion

This Week's Torah Portion

Vayishlach
וַיִּשְׁלַח
[Jacob] Sent

Jacob now sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, in the countryside of Edom. - Genesis 32:4
Torah
Genesis 32:4−36:43
Haftarah
Hosea 11:7-12:12 [historic: Obadiah 1:1-21]
When
/ 16 Kislev 5786
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