Not to be confused with Kehilla (disambiguation) or Ecclesiastes.
The Erection of the Tabernacle and the Sacred Vessels (illustration from the 1728 Figures de la Bible)
Vayakhel, Wayyaqhel, VaYakhel, Va-Yakhel, Vayak'hel, Vayak'heil, or Vayaqhel (וַיַּקְהֵל—Hebrew for "and he assembled," the first word in the parashah) is the 22nd weekly Torah portion (פָּרָשָׁה, parashah) in the weekly Torah portion and the 10th of the Book of Exodus. The parashah tells of the making of the Tabernacle and its sacred vessels. It constitutes Exodus 35:1–38:20. The parashah is made up of 6181 Hebrew letters, 1,558 Hebrew words, 122 verses, and 211 lines in a Torah scroll (סֵפֶר תּוֹרָה, Sefer Torah).[1]
Rabbinic Jews read it on the 22nd Shabbat after Simchat Torah, generally in March or rarely in late February. The lunisolar Hebrew calendar contains up to 55 weeks, the exact number varying between 50 in common years and 54 or 55 in leap years. In leap years (for example, 2024 and 2027), Parashat Vayakhel is read separately. In common years (for example, 2023 and 2026), Parashat Vayakhel is usually combined with the next parashah, Pekudei, to help achieve the number of weekly readings needed (although in some non-leap years, such as 2025, they are not combined).[2]
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Vayakhel, Wayyaqhel, VaYakhel, Va-Yakhel, Vayak'hel, Vayak'heil, or Vayaqhel (וַיַּקְהֵל—Hebrew for "and he assembled," the first word in the parashah)...
30–34: Census, anointing oil, golden calf, stone tablets, Moses radiant Vayakhel, on Exodus 35–38: Israelites collect gifts, make the Tabernacle and furnishings...
18:1-38 Y: First Kings 18:1-46 R: Isaiah 43:7–44:2 K: Isaiah 43:7–44:5 Vayakhel (35:1-38:20) (This haftara is very seldom read. It is only read in leap...
Command 27:20-30:10 Ki Tisa, כִּי תִשָּׂא When You Count 30:11-34:35 *Vayakhel, וַיַּקְהֵל And He Assembled 35:1-38:20 Pekudei, פְקוּדֵי Accountings 38:21-40:38...
days, Hanukkah will begin and end on the Sabbath and the haftarah for Vayakhel (which is only read in leap years when the preceding gate was 1) is read...
2050), Parashat Pekudei is generally combined with the previous parashah, Vayakhel, to help achieve the needed number of weekly readings (although in some...
borrowed almost entirely from the Yelammedenu, with the exception of the Vayakhel and Pekudei sections, which contain homilies not embodied in the lost work...
Jerusalem, and submitted to circumcision, becoming Jews. In the Zohar (Vayakhel) it is related that the fish died as soon as Jonah entered, but was revived...
in Exodus 35:1, which opens, "And Moses assembled" (וַיַּקְהֵל מֹשֶׁה, vayakhel Mosheh). 1 Kings 12:25–33 reports a parallel story of golden calves. King...
791-792. ויקהל משה (in Hebrew). Dessau. 1699. Retrieved May 12, 2023. Vayakhel Moshe ויקהל משה (in Hebrew). Zolkow. 1741. OCLC 233215004. Retrieved May...
special month corresponds with the Torah (Old Testament) reading of Parshat Vayakhel from Exodus: 35:1-38:20 where the first Jewish artisan, Bezalel, is introduced...
the requirements of the judge; in 'Terumah' to the priestly gift; in 'Vayaḳhel' to the Sabbath; in 'Vayiḳra' to slaughtering; in 'Tzav' to the oath and...
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