What is "vaychi"

Vaychi, or Vayhi ( — Hebrew for "and he lived," the first word of the parashah) is the twelfth weekly Torah portion (, parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the last in the Book of Genesis. It constitutes The parashah is the shortest weekly Torah portion in the Book of Genesis (although not in the Torah), and is made up of 4,448 Hebrew letters, 1,158 Hebrew words, and 85 verses, and can occupy about 148 lines in a Torah Scroll (, Sefer Torah). Jews read it the twelfth Sabbath after Simchat Torah, generally in December or January.

The parashah tells of Jacob's request for burial in Canaan, Jacob's blessing of Joseph's sons Ephraim and Manasseh, Jacob's blessing of his sons, Jacob's death and burial, and Joseph's death.