Learn to Lein Parshat Acharei Mot Torah Reading אַחֲרֵי מוֹת
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Parshat Acharei Mot: the service of Yom Kippur, the two goats and the entry into the Kodesh HaKodashim, the ban on offerings outside the Mishkan, the ban on eating blood, and the forbidden relationships. The first three aliyot are the Torah reading of Yom Kippur morning, and the sixth is leined at Minchah. About 15 minutes of leining, recorded aliyah by aliyah by a Master Baal Koreh with every word highlighted as it is read.
Next leined on Saturday, 1 May 2027
| Reading | Pesukim | Audio | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aliyah 1 | Leviticus 16:1-16:1717 pesukim | 3:36Free | Hear Aliyah 1 → |
| Aliyah 2 | Leviticus 16:18-16:247 pesukim | 1:40Members | Hear Aliyah 2 → |
| Aliyah 3 | Leviticus 16:25-16:3410 pesukim | 2:02Members | Hear Aliyah 3 → |
| Aliyah 4 | Leviticus 17:1-17:77 pesukim | 1:36Members | Hear Aliyah 4 → |
| Aliyah 5 | Leviticus 17:8-18:514 pesukim | 2:45Members | Hear Aliyah 5 → |
| Aliyah 6 | Leviticus 18:6-18:2116 pesukim | 1:48Members | Hear Aliyah 6 → |
| Aliyah 7 | Leviticus 18:22-18:309 pesukim | 1:24Members | Hear Aliyah 7 → |
| Maftir | Leviticus 18:28-18:303 pesukim | 0:34Members | Hear the Maftir → |
| Haftarah | Amos 9:7-9:159 pesukim | Coming soon | Hear the Haftarah → |
Aliyah 1 — Leviticus 16:1-16:17
עלייה 1 — ויקרא 16:1-16:17After the death of Aharon's two sons: Aharon may not enter the Kodesh HaKodashim at any time. The Yom Kippur service, the linen garments, the two goats and the lot, the ketoret inside, and the blood sprinkled on the Kaporet.
Aliyah 2 — Leviticus 16:18-16:24
עלייה 2 — ויקרא 16:18-16:24The blood on the golden altar, the goat sent to Azazel with the sins confessed on its head, Aharon's change of garments and the olah, and the burning of the chatat outside the camp.
Aliyah 3 — Leviticus 16:25-16:34
עלייה 3 — ויקרא 16:25-16:34Yom Kippur for all generations: the tenth of the seventh month, afflicting yourselves, no work, and atonement once a year by the Kohen Gadol.
Back to top ↑Aliyah 4 — Leviticus 17:1-17:7
עלייה 4 — ויקרא 17:1-17:7An animal slaughtered outside the Mishkan is like blood shed. All offerings are brought to the entrance of the Ohel Moed.
Back to top ↑Aliyah 5 — Leviticus 17:8-18:5
עלייה 5 — ויקרא 17:8-18:5The ban on eating blood, covering the blood of a slaughtered animal or bird, and the laws of neveilah. Do not follow the ways of Egypt or Canaan: keep My laws and live by them.
Back to top ↑Aliyah 6 — Leviticus 18:6-18:21
עלייה 6 — ויקרא 18:6-18:21The forbidden relationships, one by one. Leined again at Minchah on Yom Kippur.
Back to top ↑Aliyah 7 — Leviticus 18:22-18:30
עלייה 7 — ויקרא 18:22-18:30The abominations for which the land vomits out its inhabitants, and the warning not to follow them.
Back to top ↑Maftir — Leviticus 18:28-18:30
מפטיר — ויקרא 18:28-18:30The land will not vomit you out if you keep the laws. Keep My charge and do not follow the abominable customs.
Back to top ↑Haftarah — Amos 9:7-9:15
הפטרה — עמוס 9:7-9:15Amos: are you not like the children of Kush to Me? Hashem will sift Israel and then restore the fallen sukkah of David. In many congregations, when Acharei Mot is read alone, the haftarah is the one from Yechezkel.