Vayetze
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Vayetze, Vayeitzei, or Vayetzei (—Hebrew for "and he left," the first word in the parashah) is the seventh weekly Torah portion (, ) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading. It constitutes Genesis 28:10–32:3. The parashah tells of Jacob's travels to, life in, and return from Harran. The parashah recounts Jacob's dream of a ladder to heaven, Jacob's meeting of Rachel at the well, Jacob's time working for Laban and living with Rachel and Leah, the birth of Jacob's children, and the departure of Jacob's family from Laban.
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37 sectionsContents
- Readings
- First reading—Genesis 28:10–22
- Second reading—Genesis 29:1–17
- Third reading—Genesis 29:18–30:13
- Fourth reading—Genesis 30:14–27
- Fifth reading—Genesis 30:28–31:16
- Sixth reading—Genesis 31:17–42
- Seventh reading—Genesis 31:43–32:3
- Readings according to the triennial cycle
- In inner-biblical interpretation
- Genesis chapter 28
- Genesis chapter 29
- Genesis chapter 30
- In classical rabbinic interpretation
- Genesis chapter 28
- Genesis chapter 29
- Genesis chapter 30
- Genesis chapter 31
- Genesis chapter 32
- In modern interpretation
- Genesis chapters 25–33
- Genesis chapter 28
- Genesis chapter 29
- Genesis chapter 32
- Commandments
- In the liturgy
- The Weekly Maqam
- Haftarah
- Notes
- Further reading
- Biblical
- Classical rabbinic
- Medieval
- Modern
- External links
- Texts
- Commentaries
Vayetze, Vayeitzei, or Vayetzei (—Hebrew for "and he left," the first word in the parashah) is the seventh weekly Torah portion (, ) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading. It constitutes Genesis 28:10–32:3. The parashah tells of Jacob's travels to, life in, and return from Harran. The parashah recounts Jacob's dream of a ladder to heaven, Jacob's meeting of Rachel at the well, Jacob's time working for Laban and living with Rachel and Leah, the birth of Jacob's children, and the departure of Jacob's family from Laban.
The parashah is made up of 7,512 Hebrew letters, 2,021 Hebrew words, 148 verses, and 235 lines in a Torah Scroll (, Sefer Torah). Jews read it the seventh Sabbath after Simchat Torah, generally in November or December.