Miketz
Sign in to savethumb|right|300px|Joseph Interprets the Dream of Pharaoh (19th Century painting by Jean-Adrien Guignet) Miketz or Mikeitz (—Hebrew for "at the end," the second word and first distinctive word of the parashah) is the tenth weekly Torah portion (, parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading. It constitutes Genesis 41:1–44:17. The parashah tells of Joseph's interpretation of Pharaoh's dreams, Joseph's rise to power in Egypt, and Joseph's testing of his brothers.
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47 sectionsContents
- Readings
- First reading—Genesis 41:1–14
- Second reading—Genesis 41:15–38
- Third reading—Genesis 41:39–52
- Fourth reading—Genesis 41:53–42:18
- Fifth reading—Genesis 42:19–43:15
- Sixth reading—Genesis 43:16–29
- Seventh reading—Genesis 43:30–44:17
- Readings according to the triennial cycle
- In ancient parallels
- Genesis chapter 41
- In inner-Biblical interpretation
- Genesis chapter 41
- Genesis chapter 42
- In early nonrabbinic interpretation
- Genesis chapter 44
- In classical rabbinic interpretation
- Genesis chapter 41
- Genesis chapter 42
- Genesis chapter 43
- Genesis chapter 44
- In medieval Jewish interpretation
- Genesis chapter 41
- Genesis chapter 42
- Genesis chapter 43
- In modern interpretation
- Genesis chapters 37–50
- Genesis chapter 41
- Genesis chapter 43
- Genesis chapter 44
- Genesis chapter 45
- In critical analysis
- Commandments
- Haftarah
- Generally
- On Shabbat Chanukah
- Notes
- Further reading
- Ancient
- Biblical
- Early nonrabbinic
- Classical rabbinic
- Medieval
- Modern
- External links
- Texts
- Commentaries
thumb|right|300px|Joseph Interprets the Dream of Pharaoh (19th Century painting by Jean-Adrien Guignet) Miketz or Mikeitz (—Hebrew for "at the end," the second word and first distinctive word of the parashah) is the tenth weekly Torah portion (, parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading. It constitutes Genesis 41:1–44:17. The parashah tells of Joseph's interpretation of Pharaoh's dreams, Joseph's rise to power in Egypt, and Joseph's testing of his brothers.
The parashah has the most letters (although not the most words or verses) of any of the weekly Torah portions in the Book of Genesis. It is made up of 7,914 Hebrew letters, 2,022 Hebrew words, 146 verses, and 255 lines in a Torah Scroll (, Sefer Torah). (In the Book of Genesis, Parashat Vayeira has the most words, and Parashiyot Noach and Vayishlach have the most verses.) Jews read Parashat Miketz on the tenth Sabbath after Simchat Torah, generally in December, or rarely in late November or early January, usually during Chanukah.