Beshalach

Beshalach, Beshallach, or Beshalah (בְּשַׁלַּח — Hebrew for “when let go,” the second word and first distinctive word in the parshah) is the sixteenth weekly Torah portion (parshah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the fourth in the book of Exodus. It constitutes Exodus 13:17–17:16. Jews read it the sixteenth Sabbath after Simchat Torah, generally in January or February.