WEEKLY PORTION

          Parashah 12

Vayechi (He lived)

B’resheet (Genesis) 47:28 – 50:26

“Baruch atah YHVH, Eloheynu, Melech ha-‘Olam,

asher bachar banu m’kol ha-amim,

v’natan lanu eht Torah-to.

Baruch atah YHVH, noteyn ha-Torah.

Ameyn.”

(Blessed are you, O’ LORD, our God, King of the Universe,

you have selected us from among all the peoples,

and have given us your Torah.

Blessed are you, LORD, giver of the Torah.

Ameyn.)

Vayechi (He lived)

B’resheet (Genesis) 47:28 – 50:26

Genesis     Renewed Covenant

47:31      ♦ Hebrews 11:21

48:4        ♦ Acts 7:5

Haftarah (Complement) reading for:

Parashah Vayechi

M’lakhim Alef (1 Kings) 2:1-12

1 Kings        B’rit Hadashah

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Renewed Covenant Reference to:

Parashah Vayechi

Acts 7:9-16

(special attention to vs. 15-16)

Hebrews 11:21,22

1 Peter 3-9

1 Peter 2:11-17