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right|thumb|450px|"You shall not reap all the way to the edges of your field." Kedoshim, '''K'doshim, or Qedoshim' (—Hebrew for "holy ones," the 14th word, and the first distinctive word, in the parashah) is the 30th weekly Torah portion (, parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the seventh in the Book of Leviticus. It constitutes Leviticus 19:1–20:27. The parashah tells of the laws of holiness and ethical behavior, repeats the Ten Commandments, and describes penalties for sexual transgressions. The parashah is made up of 3,229 Hebrew letters, 868 Hebrew words, 64 verses, an

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Contents
  • Readings
  • First reading—Leviticus 19:1–14
  • Second reading—Leviticus 19:15–22
  • Third reading—Leviticus 19:23–32
  • Fourth reading—Leviticus 19:33–37
  • Fifth reading—Leviticus 20:1–7
  • Sixth reading—Leviticus 20:8–22
  • Seventh reading—Leviticus 20:23–27
  • Readings according to the triennial cycle
  • In ancient parallels
  • Leviticus chapter 20
  • In inner-biblical interpretation
  • Leviticus chapter 19
  • Leviticus chapter 20
  • In early nonrabbinic interpretation
  • Leviticus chapter 20
  • In classical rabbinic interpretation
  • Leviticus chapter 19
  • Leviticus chapter 20
  • In medieval Jewish interpretation
  • Leviticus chapter 19
  • Leviticus chapter 20
  • In modern interpretation
  • Leviticus chapter 19
  • Leviticus chapter 20
  • Commandments
  • In the liturgy
  • Haftarah
  • See also
  • Notes
  • Further reading
  • Biblical
  • Ancient
  • Early nonrabbinic
  • Classical rabbinic
  • Medieval
  • Modern
  • External links
  • Texts
  • Commentaries

right|thumb|450px|"You shall not reap all the way to the edges of your field." Kedoshim, '''K'doshim, or Qedoshim' (—Hebrew for "holy ones," the 14th word, and the first distinctive word, in the parashah) is the 30th weekly Torah portion (, parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the seventh in the Book of Leviticus. It constitutes Leviticus 19:1–20:27. The parashah tells of the laws of holiness and ethical behavior, repeats the Ten Commandments, and describes penalties for sexual transgressions. The parashah is made up of 3,229 Hebrew letters, 868 Hebrew words, 64 verses, and 109 lines in a Torah Scroll (, Sefer Torah).

Jews generally read it in late April or May. The lunisolar Hebrew calendar contains up to 55 weeks, the exact number varying between 50 in common years and 54 or 55 in leap years. In leap years (for example, 2024), Parashat Kedoshim is read separately. In common years (for example, 2025 and 2026), Parashat Kedoshim is combined with the previous parashah, Acharei Mot, to help achieve the needed number of weekly readings. Some Conservative congregations substitute readings from part of the parashah, Leviticus 19, for the traditional reading of Leviticus 18 in the Yom Kippur Minchah service. And in the standard Reform High Holidays prayerbook (, machzor), Leviticus 19:1–4, 9–18, and 32–37 are the Torah readings for the afternoon Yom Kippur service.

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