Vayechi
Sign in to savethumb|right|300px|Jacob, Ephraim, and Manasseh (17th-century painting by Guercino) Vaychi, Vayechi or Vayhi (—Hebrew for "and he lived," the first word of the parashah) is the twelfth weekly Torah portion (, parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the last in the Book of Genesis. It constitutes Genesis 47:28–50:26. The parashah tells of Jacob's request for burial in Canaan, Jacob's blessing of Joseph's sons Ephraim and Manasseh, Jacob's blessing of his sons, Jacob's death and burial, and Joseph's death.
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42 sectionsContents
- Readings
- First reading—Genesis 47:28–48:9
- Second reading—Genesis 48:10–16
- Third reading—Genesis 48:17–22
- Fourth reading—Genesis 49:1–18
- Fifth reading—Genesis 49:19–26
- Sixth reading—Genesis 49:27–50:20
- Seventh reading—Genesis 50:21–26
- Readings according to the triennial cycle
- In ancient parallels
- Genesis chapter 50
- In inner-biblical interpretation
- Genesis chapter 49
- Genesis chapter 50
- In classical rabbinic interpretation
- Genesis Chapter 47
- Genesis Chapter 48
- Genesis Chapter 49
- Genesis Chapter 50
- In medieval Jewish interpretation
- Genesis chapter 48
- In modern interpretation
- Genesis chapters 37–50
- Genesis chapter 48
- Genesis chapter 49
- Genesis chapter 50
- Commandments
- In the liturgy
- The Weekly Maqam
- Haftarah
- Connection to the Parashah
- Notes
- Further reading
- Biblical
- Ancient
- Early nonrabbinic
- Classical rabbinic
- Medieval
- Modern
- External links
- Texts
- Commentaries
thumb|right|300px|Jacob, Ephraim, and Manasseh (17th-century painting by Guercino) Vaychi, Vayechi or Vayhi (—Hebrew for "and he lived," the first word of the parashah) is the twelfth weekly Torah portion (, parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the last in the Book of Genesis. It constitutes Genesis 47:28–50:26. The parashah tells of Jacob's request for burial in Canaan, Jacob's blessing of Joseph's sons Ephraim and Manasseh, Jacob's blessing of his sons, Jacob's death and burial, and Joseph's death.
It is the shortest weekly Torah portion in the Book of Genesis (although not in the Torah). It is made up of 4,448 Hebrew letters, 1,158 Hebrew words, 85 verses, and 148 lines in a Torah scroll. Jews read it the twelfth Sabbath after Simchat Torah, generally in December or January.