Bechukotai

Bechukotai, Bechukosai, or B'hukkothai (בְּחֻקֹּתַי — Hebrew for “by my decrees,” the second word, and the first distinctive word, in the parshah) is the 33rd weekly Torah portion ("parshah") in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the 10th and last in the book of Leviticus. It constitutes Leviticus 26:3–27:34. Jews in the Diaspora generally read it in May.

The lunisolar Hebrew calendar contains up to 55 weeks, the exact number varying between 50 in common years and 54 or 55 in leap years. In leap years (for example, 2014 and 2016), parshah Bechukotai is read separately. In common years (for example, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, and 2018), parshah Bechukotai is combined with the previous parshah, Behar, to help achieve the needed number of weekly readings.