Each week we will discuss that week's Torah portion.

Parashat Bo 5784 / פָּרָשַׁת בֹּא

20 January 2024 / 10 Sh'vat 5784

Parashat Bo is the 15th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.

Torah Portion: Exodus 10:1-13:16

Bo (“Come”) recounts the last three plagues that God inflicts on the Egyptians: locusts, darkness, and death of firstborns. God commands the Israelites to offer a Passover lamb sacrifice. After the last plague, Pharaoh and the Egyptians demand that the Israelites leave. [1]

Triennial year 2

1: 11:4-10 · 7 p’sukim ·

2: 12:1-10 · 10 p’sukim ·

3: 12:11-13 · 3 p’sukim ·

4: 12:14-16 · 3 p’sukim ·

5: 12:17-20 · 4 p’sukim ·

6: 12:21-24 · 4 p’sukim ·

7: 12:25-28 · 4 p’sukim ·

maf: 12:25-28 · 4 p’sukim ·

Haftarah: Jeremiah 46:13-28 · 16 p’sukim

Commentary and Divrei Torah

Sefaria OU Torah  Jewish Theological Seminary American Jewish University

Hertz Chumash: pp. 252 – 258 Triennial Year 2 (Full Kriyah pp. 248 – 263)

Artscroll Chumash: pp. 346 – 357 Triennial Year 2 (Full Kriyah pp. 340 – 339)

Etz Chaim Chumash: pp. 379 – 386 Triennial Year 2 (Full Kriyah pp. 374 – 365)