Category: Parshat Vayikra

Leviticus 1-5

Vayikra | An Overview

Vayikra, (וַיִּקְרָא — Hebrew for “and He called,” the first word in the parashah) is the 24th weekly Torah portion (פָּרָשָׁה, parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle ofTorah reading and the first in the book of Leviticus. It constitutes Leviticus 1:1–5:26. The parashah has the most letters and words...