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Mishpatim ( — Hebrew for " laws," the second word of the parashah) is the eighteenth weekly Torah portion (, parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the sixth in the Book of Exodus. It constitutes The parashah is made up of 5,313 Hebrew letters, 1,462 Hebrew words, and 118 verses, and can occupy about 185 lines in a Torah scroll (, Sefer Torah).
Jews read it the eighteenth Sabbath after Simchat Torah, generally in February or, rarely, in late January. As the parashah sets out some of the laws of Passover, Jews also read part of the parashah, as the initial Torah reading for the second intermediate day (, Chol HaMoed) of Passover. Jews also read the first part of parashah Ki Tisa, regarding the half- shekel head tax, as the maftir Torah reading on the special Sabbath Shabbat Shekalim, which often falls on the same Sabbath as parashah Mishpatim (as it does in 2015, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2023, and 2026).
The parashah sets out a series of laws, which some scholars call the Covenant Code, and reports the people's acceptance of the covenant with God.