Masei

Masei, Mas’ei, or Masse (מַסְעֵי — Hebrew for “journeys,” the second word, and the first distinctive word, in the parashah) is the 43rd weekly Torah portion (parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the 10th and last in the book of Numbers. It constitutes Numbers 33:1–36:13. Jews generally read it in July or August.

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