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Readings for Parshah Columnists
First Day
Nissan 15, 5785
April 13, 2025

Haftarah:
Joshua 3:5-7; Joshua 5:2 - 6:1; Joshua 6:27
Second Day
Nissan 16, 5785
April 14, 2025

Haftarah:
Kings II 23:1-9; Kings II 23:21-25
Third Day
Nissan 17, 5785
April 15, 2025

Fourth Day
Nissan 18, 5785
April 16, 2025

Fifth Day
Nissan 19, 5785
April 17, 2025

Sixth Day
Nissan 20, 5785
April 18, 2025

Seventh Day
Nissan 21, 5785
April 19, 2025

Haftarah:
Samuel II 22:1-51
Eighth Day
Nissan 22, 5785
April 20, 2025

Haftarah:
Isaiah 10:32 - 12:6
Summary of the Passover Torah Readings

On the FIRST DAY OF PASSOVER we read from the book of Exodus (12:21-51) of the bringing of the Passover Offering in Egypt, the Plague of the Firstborn at the stroke of midnight, and how "On this very day, G‑d took the Children of Israel out of Egypt."

The reading for the SECOND DAY OF PASSOVER, Leviticus 22:26-23:44, includes: a list of the moadim — the "appointed times" on the Jewish calendar for festive celebration of our bond with G‑d; the mitzvah to Count the Omer (the 49-day "countdown" to the festival of Shavuot which begins on the 2nd night of Passover); and the obligation to journey to the Holy Temple to "to see and be seen before the face of G‑d" on the three annual pilgrimage festivals — Passover, Shavuot and Sukkot.

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