Va'eira
Also known as The Torah/Va'eira
thumb|right|450px|''The Seventh Plague of Egypt (1823 painting by John Martin) '''Va'eira, Va'era, or Vaera' (—Hebrew for "and I appeared," the first word that God speaks in the , in Exodus 6:3) is the fourteenth weekly Torah portion () in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the second in the Book of Exodus. It constitutes Exodus 6:2–9:35. The parashah'' tells of the first seven Plagues of Egypt.
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- Readings
- First reading—Exodus 6:2–13
- Second reading—Exodus 6:14–28
- Third reading—Exodus 6:29–7:7
- Fourth reading—Exodus 7:8–8:6
- Fifth reading—Exodus 8:7–18
- Sixth reading—Exodus 8:19–9:16
- Seventh reading—Exodus 9:17–35
- Readings according to the triennial cycle
- In ancient parallels
- Exodus chapter 8
- In inner-biblical interpretation
- Exodus chapter 6
- Exodus chapter 7
- Exodus chapters 7–12
- In early nonrabbinic interpretation
- Exodus chapter 6
- In classical rabbinic interpretation
- Exodus chapter 6
- Exodus chapter 7
- Exodus chapter 8
- Exodus chapter 9
- In medieval Jewish interpretation
- Exodus chapter 6
- Exodus chapter 7
- Exodus chapter 8
- Exodus chapter 9
- In modern interpretation
- Exodus chapter 6
- Exodus chapter 7
- Exodus chapter 8
- Exodus chapter 9
- In critical analysis
- Commandments
- In the liturgy
- Haftarah
- Generally
- Connection to the Parashah
- On Shabbat Rosh Chodesh
- Notes
- Further reading
- Biblical
- Early nonrabbinic
- Classical rabbinic
- Medieval
- Modern
- External links
- Texts
- Commentaries
thumb|right|450px|''The Seventh Plague of Egypt (1823 painting by John Martin) '''Va'eira, Va'era, or Vaera' (—Hebrew for "and I appeared," the first word that God speaks in the , in Exodus 6:3) is the fourteenth weekly Torah portion () in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the second in the Book of Exodus. It constitutes Exodus 6:2–9:35. The parashah tells of the first seven Plagues of Egypt.
Religious Jews read it the fourteenth Shabbat after Simchat Torah—generally in January, or rarely, in late December.