This Week's Torah Portion
Vayeishev
וַיֵּשֶׁב
[Jacob] Settled
Jacob now settled in the land of his father's sojourning, in the land of Canaan. - Genesis 37:1
Torah
Genesis 37:1−40:23
Haftarah
Amos 2:6-3:8
When
/ 23 Kislev 5786
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