Find the Torah portion this week, and any week
This page shows the Torah portion this week — the parsha of the week, or parashat hashavua — together with its haftarah, for the Diaspora or for Israel. Pick any date and it finds the Shabbat on or after it, names the portion in English transliteration and Hebrew, gives the Torah chapters and the haftarah, and flags special Shabbatot such as Shekalim, Zachor, HaGadol or Rosh Chodesh. Below it is the full year of readings, which you can download as a spreadsheet.
The schedule is calculated from the fixed Hebrew calendar rather than typed in by hand, so it works for any year from 1840 to 2239. For candle-lighting and havdalah times, use the Shabbat times page; for converting a date, the Hebrew date converter.
How to use the Torah Portion of the Week (Parsha Finder)
- The Date starts on today; the arrows move a week at a time, and This week returns to today.
- Choose Diaspora or Israel. In some weeks of the year the two read different portions.
- Choose the Ashkenazi or Sephardi haftarah where the customs differ.
- Read the portion, the Torah chapters and the haftarah in the box, with next week’s portion below it.
- Scroll the Torah portions for the year table, tap a row to open that week, or press Download year CSV.
Torah Portion of the Week (Parsha Finder) features
Israel and Diaspora
Both schedules, with a note whenever this Shabbat’s portion differs between them.
Haftarah and special Shabbatot
The regular haftarah in both customs, replaced on the four special Shabbatot, Shabbat HaGadol, Chanukah, Rosh Chodesh, Machar Chodesh and the haftarot of rebuke and consolation.
Holiday weeks
When Shabbat falls on Pesach, Sukkot, Shavuot or the High Holy Days, it says so and tells you when the weekly cycle resumes.
Whole-year table
Every Shabbat of a Hebrew year with its portion and haftarah, exportable as CSV.
How the weekly portions are scheduled
The Torah is divided into 54 portions, read in order from the Shabbat after Simchat Torah until the following autumn; the last, Vezot HaBerachah, is read on Simchat Torah itself. A Hebrew year has between 50 and 55 Shabbatot, and some of them coincide with festivals that have their own reading, so in a short year certain neighbouring portions are read together. Which pairs join depends on the year’s length, the weekday of Rosh Hashana and the weekday of Pesach.
Outside Israel Pesach lasts eight days and Shavuot two; in Israel they last seven and one. When the extra festival day falls on Shabbat, Israel moves on to the next portion a week earlier than the Diaspora. The two schedules come back together a few weeks later, when Israel reads a pair separately that the Diaspora reads together.
| Pair | Read together when |
|---|---|
| Vayakhel–Pekudei | Common years, except when the year starts on Thursday and has 355 days |
| Tazria–Metzora, Acharei Mot–Kedoshim | Every common (non-leap) year |
| Behar–Bechukotai | Common years, except in Israel when Pesach begins on Shabbat |
| Chukat–Balak | Outside Israel only, when Pesach begins on Thursday |
| Matot–Masei | Every year except leap years that begin on Thursday, and in Israel leap years with Pesach on Shabbat |
| Nitzavim–Vayeilech | When the next Rosh Hashana falls on Thursday or Shabbat |
Special Shabbatot and the haftarah
Each portion has its own haftarah, a reading from the Prophets. Some Shabbatot replace it: the four special Shabbatot before Pesach (Shekalim, Zachor, Parah and HaChodesh), Shabbat HaGadol, Shabbat Shuva between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, Shabbat Chanukah, Shabbat Rosh Chodesh (Isaiah 66) and Machar Chodesh, the day before the new month. From the fast of 17 Tammuz the three haftarot of rebuke are read, ending with Shabbat Chazon before Tisha B’Av, followed by seven haftarot of consolation up to Rosh Hashana.
Ashkenazi and Sephardi communities sometimes read different verses, and Chabad, Yemenite and some other communities have customs not covered here. This page follows the common Ashkenazi and Sephardi practice.
How the schedule was checked
The rules on this page were written from the published halachic rules, not copied from another program. They were checked against Hebcal’s published reading schedule for 41 Hebrew years covering all 14 possible types of year: all 4,272 Shabbatot in both the Israel and Diaspora schedules matched, as did 4,018 Ashkenazi and Sephardi haftarah citations. Hebcal’s data was fetched on 24–25 October 2026.
Torah Portion of the Week (Parsha Finder) FAQ
What is the Torah portion this week?
The large box shows it for the Shabbat on or after today’s date. Change the date to look ahead, or use the arrows for next week.
Why is the parsha of the week different in Israel?
When the eighth day of Pesach or the second day of Shavuot falls on Shabbat, the Diaspora reads a festival portion while Israel, where the festival has already ended, reads the next weekly portion. The schedules re-align within a few weeks.
Why are two portions read on some Shabbatot?
A common year has fewer Shabbatot available than portions, so up to seven pairs are combined. Leap years have an extra month and most pairs are read separately.
What is the haftarah this week?
It appears under the Torah reading. On a special Shabbat the regular haftarah is replaced, and the label says why.
Can I get the Torah portions for a whole year?
Yes. Pick a Hebrew year in the table and press Download year CSV to get every Shabbat with its portion and haftarah.
Does it work for past and future years?
Yes, from 1840 to 2239, because it is calculated from the fixed Hebrew calendar.