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Parshat Chukat-Balak

Readings for Chukat-Balak
Tammuz 12, 5786
June 27, 2026


Haftarah:
Micah 5:6 - 6:8
Torah Portion: Chukat-Balak
Chukat-Balak in a Nutshell

The name of the Parshah, “Chukat,” means “Statute [of the Torah]” and it is found in Numbers 19:2. The name of the Parshah, “Balak,” refers to Balak, king of Moab, and it is found in Numbers 22:2.

Moses is taught the laws of the Red Heifer, whose ashes purify a person who has been contaminated by contact with a dead body.

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