| Bible Reading Plan | Jewish holidays begin at sunset the day before | Torah Reading Plan | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Tu B'Shevat |
 Purim |
 Pesach |
Wave Sheaf |  Lag B'Omer |
Shavu'ot |  Animal |
 Rosh Hashannah |
Yom Kippur |  Succos |
 Hanukkah |
| 2012 |
| September 2010 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Tishri 1 (September 9) | ||||||||
| S | M | T | W | T | F | Sabbath | ||
| - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 4 | Nitzavim-Vayellech. Num 29:9-30:20;31:1-30 | ||
| 5 | 6 | 7 |  | | 10 | 11 | Ha'Azinu. Deut 32:1-52 | |
| 12 | 13 | 14 |  | 16 | 17 | Yom Kippur | ||
| 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | | 24 | 25 | Succos | |
| 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | - | - | Shemini Atzeret | ||
| Haftarah. Isaiah 60:1-60:22; 61: 10-63:9; 2 Samuel 22:1-51 | ||||||||
| October 2010 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chesvan 1 (October 9) | ||||||||
| S | M | T | W | T | F | Sabbath | Genesis | |
| - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | Bereshit | 1:1-6:8 |
| 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | | 8 | 9 | Noach | 6:9-11:32 |
| 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | | 15 | 16 | Lech-Lecha | 12:1-17:27 |
| 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 23 | Vayera | 18:1-22:24 | |
| 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | Chayei Sara | 23:1-25:18 | |
| 31 | - | |||||||
| Haftarah | Isaiah 42:5-43:11 • 54:1-55:5 • 40:27-41:16 • 2 Kings 4:1-4:37 • 1 Kings1:1-1:31 | |||||||
| November 2010 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kislev 1 (November 8) | ||||||||
| S | M | T | W | T | F | Sabbath | Genesis | |
| - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | | Toldot | 25:19-28:9 |
| 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | | Vayetzei | 28:10-32:3 |
| 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Vayishlach | 32:4-36:43 |
| 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | Vayeshev | 37:1-40:23 | |
| 29 | 30 | - | ||||||
| Haftarah | Malachi 1:1-2:7 • Hosea 12:13-14:10 • Hosea 11:7-12:12 • Amos 2:6-3:8 | |||||||
| December 2010 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tevet 1 (December 8) | ||||||||
| S | M | T | W | T | F | Sabbath | Genesis | |
| - | 1 | | 3 | 4 | Miketz | 41:1-44:17 | ||
| 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Vayigash | 44:18-47:27 |
| 12 | | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Vayechi | 47:28-50:26 |
| 19 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | Shemot | Exodus 1:1-6:1 | |
| 26 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | - | - | - | |
| Haftarah | 1 Kings 3:15-4:1 • Ezekiel 37:15-37:28 • Exodus 32: 11-14, 34: 1-10. Zechariah 8: 19. • 1 Kings 2:1-12 • Isaiah 27:6-28:13; 29:22-29:23 | |||||||
Total Solar Eclipse. 11 July. North-east of New Zealand, south Chile. Partially visible in eastern South America.
Partial Solar Eclipse. 26 June. Eastern Asia, Australasia, the Pacific, and (partially) the Americas.
Total Lunar Eclipse. 21 December. 08:17-9:17 UT. East Asia, Australasia, northwest Europe, Africa, the Americas.
| January 2011 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shevat 1 (January 6) | ||||||||
| S | M | T | W | T | F | Sabbath | Exodus | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | Vaera | 6:2-9:35 |
| 2 | 3 | | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Bo | 10:1-13:16 |
| 9 | 10 | 11 | | 13 | 14 | 15 | Beshalach | 13:17-17:16 |
| 16 | 17 | 18 | | 21 | 22 | Yitro | 18:1-20:23 | |
| 23 | 24 | 25 | 27 | 28 | 29 | Mishpatim | 21:1-24:18 | |
| 30 | 31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Haftarah | • Week 1. Ezekiel 28:25-29:21 • Week 2. Jeremiah 46:13-46:28 • Week 3. Judges 4:4-5:31 • Week 4. Isaiah 6:1-7:6; 9:5-9:6 • Week 5. Jeremiah 34:8-34:22; 33:25-33:26 | |||||||
| Meteor Showers. ★ Quadrantid (1-10. Peak: 4) | ||||||||
| Partial Solar Eclipse. 4 January. 8:50 UT (Sunrise) Middle east, Europe | ||||||||
| February 2011 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adar 1 (February 5) | ||||||||
| S | M | T | W | T | F | Sabbath | Exodus | |
| - | - | 1 | 2 | | 4 | 5 | Terumah | 25:1-27:19 |
| 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | | 12 | Tetzaveh | 27:20-30:10 |
| 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 19 | Ki Tisa | 30:11-34:35 | |
| 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 25 | 26 | Vayakhel | 35:1-38:20 | |
| 27 | 28 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Haftarah | • Week 1. 1 Kings 5:26-6:13 • Week 2. Ezekiel 43:10-43:27 • Week 3. 1 Kings 18:1-18:39 • Week 4. 1 Kings 7:40-7:50 | |||||||
| Meteor Showers. Delta Leonids (February 15-March 10) | ||||||||
| March 2011 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adar II 1 (March 7) | ||||||||
| S | M | T | W | T | F | Sabbath | Leviticus | |
| - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 5 | Pekudei | Exodus 38:21-40:38 |
| 6 | | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | | Vayikra | 1:1-5:26 |
| 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Tzav | 6:1-8:36 | |
| 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | Shemini | 9:1-11:47 | |
| 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | - | - | - | - |
| Haftarah |
• Week 1. 1 Kings 7:51-8:21 • Week 2. Isaiah 43:21-44:23 • Week 3. Jeremiah 7:21-8:3; 9:22-9:23 • Week 4. 2 Samuel 6:1-7:17 | |||||||
| Big Moon (March 19). The full moon is the closest since 1993. It appears 14% bigger and 30% brighter and 8% closer | ||||||||
| Spring Equinox (March 21). Equal days and nights | ||||||||
| April 2011 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nisan 1 (April 5) | ||||||||
| S | M | T | W | T | F | Sabbath | Leviticus | |
| - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | Tazria | 12:1-13:59 |
| 4 | | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Metzora | 14:1-15:33 |
| 10 | | 12 | 13 | 14 | 16 | Achrei Mot | 16:1-18:30 | |
| 17 |  | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | Passover | Feast Days | |
| 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | Kedoshim | 19:1-20:27 | ||
| Haftarah |
• Week 1. 2 Kings 4:42-5:19 • Week 2. 2 Kings 7:3-7:20 • Week 3. Ezekiel 22:1-22:19 • Week 5. Amos 9:7-9:15 | |||||||
| Meteor Showers. Pi Puppids (15-28. Peak: 24), Lyrids (16-25. Peak: 22) | ||||||||
| May 2011 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iyar 1 (May 5) | ||||||||
| S | M | T | W | T | F | Sabbath | Leviticus | |
| 1 | 2 | | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Emor | 21:1-24:23 |
| 8 | 9 | | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Behar | 25:1-26:2 |
| 15 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | Bechukotai | 26:3-27:34 | |
| 23 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | Bamidbar | Numbers 1:1-4:20 | |
| 29 | 30 | 31 | - | |||||
| Haftarah |
• Week 1. Ezekiel 44:15-44:31 • Week 2. Jeremiah 32:6-32:27 • Week 3. Jeremiah 16:19-17:14 • Week 4. Hosea 2:1-2:22 | |||||||
| May 21 (Iyar 17). Harold Camping's Secret Rapture | ||||||||
| May 22. Harold Camping explains his second failed prediction about the Second Coming since September 6, 1994 | ||||||||
| Meteors. Eta Aquarids (April 28-May 21. Peak: May 7) | ||||||||
| June 2011 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sivan 1 (June 3) | ||||||||
| S | M | T | W | T | F | Sabbath | Numbers | |
| - | - | - | | 2 | 3 | 4 | Nasso | 4:21-7:89 |
| 5 | 6 | 7 | | 10 | 11 | Beha'alotcha | 8:1-12:16 | |
| 13 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Sh'lach | 13:1-15:41 | ||
| 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 24 | 25 | Korach | 16:1-18:32 | |
| 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | - | - | - | - |
| Haftarah | • Week 1. Judges 13:2-13:25 • Week 2. Zechariah 2:14-4:7 • Week 3. Joshua 2:1-2:24 • Week 4. 1 Samuel 11:14-12:22 | |||||||
| Partial Solar Eclipse. 1 June. 21:16 UT | ||||||||
| Total Lunar Eclipse. 15 June. 20:12 UT | ||||||||
| Meteor Showers. Bootids (June 22-July 2 27) | ||||||||
| Summer Solstice (June 21). Longest day in the north. Sun goes south | ||||||||
| July 2011 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tammuz 1 (July 3) | ||||||||
| S | M | T | W | T | F | Sabbath | Numbers | |
| - | - | - | - | - | | 2 | Chukat | 19:1-22:1 |
| 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | | 9 | Balak | 22:2-25:9 |
| 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 16 | Pinchas | 25:10-30:1 | |
| 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | Matot | 30:2-32:42 | |
| 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | | Masei | 33:1-36:13 |
| 31 | - | |||||||
| Haftarah |
• Week 1. Judges 11:1-11:33 • Week 2. Micah 5:6-6:8 • Week 3. 1 Kings 18:46-19:21 • Week 4. Jeremiah 1:1-2:3 • Week 5. Jeremiah 2:4-28; 3:4 | |||||||
| Partial Solar Eclipse. 1 July. 8:38 UT | ||||||||
| Meteor Showers. Pegasid (7-13), Phoenicid (10-16), Southern Delta Aquarids (July 21-Aug 23. Peak: July 30), Alpha Capricornids (July 30-August 1) | ||||||||
| August 2011 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Av 1 (August 1) | Elul 1 (August 31) | |||||||
| S | M | T | W | T | F | Sabbath - Deuteronomy | ||
| - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | | Devarim | 1:1-3:22 |
| 7 | 8 |  | 10 | 11 | 12 | Vaetchanan | 3:23-7:11 | |
| 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Eikev | 7:12-11:25 |
| 21 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | Re'eh | 11:26-16:17 | |
| 28 | | 30 | 31 | - | ||||
| Haftarah |
• Week 1. Isaiah 1:1-27 • Week 2. Isaiah 40:1-40:26 • Week 3. Isaiah 49:14-51:3 • Week 4. Isaiah 54:11-55:5 | |||||||
| Meteor Showers. Kappa Cygnids (3-25), ★Perseid (July 13-Aug 26. Peak: Aug 13), Northern Iota Aquarids (11-31) | ||||||||
| September 2011 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tishri 1 (September 29) | ||||||||
| S | M | T | W | T | F | Sabbath | Deuteronomy | |
| 40 days of introspection before Yom Kippur | ||||||||
| - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | Shoftim | 16:18-21:9 |
| 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Ki Teitzei | 21:10-25:19 |
| 11 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Ki Tavo | 26:1-29:8 | |
| 18 | 19 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | Nitzavim- Veyelekh | 29:9-30:20 31:1-31:30 | |
| 25 | 26 | | 28 | | 30 | - | ||
| Haftarah |
• Week 1. Isaiah 51:12-52:12 • Week 2. Isaiah 54:1-54:10 • Week 3. Isaiah 60:1-60:22 • Week 4. Isaiah 61:10-63:9 • Week 5. Isaiah 55:6-56:8 | |||||||
| Meteor Showers. Alpha Aurigids (August 25-September 5) Picids (September 3) | ||||||||
| Autumn Equinox (September 21). Equal days and nights | ||||||||
| October 2011 [5772] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chesvan 1 (October 29) | ||||||||
| S | M | T | W | T | F | Sabbath | Genesis | |
| Ten Days of Awe | 1 | Ha'Azinu | Deut 32:1-52 | |||||
| 2 | 3 | | 5 | 6 | 7 | Yom Kippur | Feast Days | |
| 9 | 10 | 11 | | 14 | 15 | Succos | ||
| 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 21 | 22 | Bereshit | 1:1-6:8 | |
| 23 | 24 | 25 | | 27 | 28 | 29 | Noach | 6:9-11:32 |
| 30 | 31 | - | ||||||
| Haftarah |
• Week 1. 2 Samuel 22:1- 22:51; Hosea 14: 2-10 • Week 4. Isaiah 42:5-43:11 • Week 5. Isaiah 54:1-55:5 | |||||||
| October 21 (Tishri 23). Harold Camping's world ends | ||||||||
| October 22. The world still exists! Oops! | ||||||||
| Meteor Showers. Draconids (6-10 9) Epsilon Geminids (14-27), Orionids (Oct 4-Nov 14. Peak: Oct 22) | ||||||||
| November 2011 [5772] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kislev 1 (November 27) | ||||||||
| S | M | T | W | T | F | Sabbath | Genesis | |
| - | - | 1 | | 3 | 4 | 5 | Lech-Lecha | 12:1-17:27 |
| 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 12 | Vayera | 18:1-22:24 | |
| 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 19 | Chayei Sara | 23:1-25:18 | |
| 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | | 26 | Toldot | 25:19-28:9 |
| 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Haftarah |
• Week 1. Isaiah 40:27-41:16 • Week 2. 2 Kings 4:1-4:37 • Week 3. 1 Kings 1:1-1:31 • Week 4. Malachi 1:1-2:7 | |||||||
| Partial Solar Eclipse. 25 November. 6:20 UT | ||||||||
| Meteor Showers. Taurids (5-12) ★Alpha Monocerotids (15-25 22) ☆Leonids (7-28. Peak: Nov 18) ★Phoenicids (Nov 28-Dec 9. Dec 6) | ||||||||
| December 2011 [5772] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tevet 1 (December 27) | ||||||||
| S | M | T | W | T | F | Sabbath | Genesis | |
| - | - | - | - | 1 | | 3 | Vayetzei | 28:10-32:3 |
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Vayishlach | 32:4-36:43 | |
| 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Vayeshev | 37:1-40:23 |
| 19 | 20 | | 22 | 23 | | Miketz | 41:1-44:17 | |
| 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | Vayigash | 44:18-47:27 |
| Haftarah |
• Week 1. Hosea 12:13-14:10 • Week 2. Hosea 11:7-12:12 • Week 3. Amos 2:6-3:8 • Week 4. 1 Kings 3:15-4:1 • Week 5. Ezekiel 37:15-37:28 | |||||||
| 21 December 2012. Mayan world ends in one year | ||||||||
| Total Lunar Eclipse. 10 December. 14:32 UT | ||||||||
| Meteor Showers. ★Geminids (4-16. Peak: 14) Ursids (17-23. Peak: 23) Coma Berenicids (Dec 12 - Jan 5. Dec 16) | ||||||||
| Winter Solstice (December 21). Longest day in the south | ||||||||