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23 Iyar-7 Sivan, 5786
May 10-23, 2026
WEEKLY TORAH READINGS
Shabbat May 16: Bamidbar Numbers
1:1-4:20
Torah for the Nations commentary: The
Beauty of Diversity
THE WEEKLY SHABBAT TORAH READINGS
From Shabbat May 23 for several weeks to come, the weekly Torah readings in Israel and the Diaspora communities will be out of sync.
This is because the first day of the Festival of Shavuot this year occurs on Friday May 22. Thus in the Diaspora the Second Day of the Festival of Shavuot will occur on Shabbat May 23, and the special festival reading is read in the Synagogue but not the regular weekly Torah portion.
However, in Israel, where the festival of Shavuot is observed for one day only - on Friday May 22 - the Torah reading on Shabbat May 23 continues the regular weekly cycle with the portion of Naso. However in the Diaspora this portion will not be read until Shabbat May 30, when communities in Israel will be a week ahead with the portion of, B'ha'alotcha
The weekly Torah readings in Israel and the Diaspora communities will remain out of sync until Shabbat Junne 27, when the portion of Balak will be read in Israel while in the Diaspora communities will read the double portion of Chukat and Balak.
Shabbat May 23:
Diaspora: Today is observed as the Second Day of the Festival of Shavuot.
The special festival Torah readings are Deuteronomy 15:19–16:17 and Numbers
28:26–31, and the Haftara is Habbakuk 2:20–3:19.
Israel: Today is Issru Chag, and the Torah reading continues
with the regular weekly cycle: Naso Numbers
4:21-7:89.
Torah for the Nations commentary: Owning
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Schedule May 10-15
Sun May 10 I Chronicles 7-8
Mon May 11 I Chronicles 9-10
Tues May 12 I Chronicles 11-12
Wed May 13 I
Chronicles 13-14
Thur May 14 I Chronicles 15-16
Fri May 15 I Chronicles 17-18
Schedule May 17-21
Sun May 17 I
Chronicles 19-20
Mon May 18 I Chronicles 21-22
Tues May 19 I Chronicles 23-24
Wed May 20 I
Ruth 1-2
Thur May 21 I Ruth 3-4
Fri May 22 Festival of
Shavuot
READ OF THE WEEK
The new path which is really the old path • The Tzaddik
Daily study of Rambam's Mishneh Torah Law Code
By courtesy of Chabad.org
• 1 chapter a day
• 3 chapters a day
• Corresponding commandments from Sefer HaMitzvot
The entire Mishneh Torah is available in English online here.
Two must-read basic texts
By the saintly kabbalah genius, Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto
("RaMChaL", 1707-47):
The Way of God The classic exposition of the fundamentals of Torah belief
Path of the Just The classic practical guide to the Torah path of self-perfection