Book of Leviticus
Parashat Vayikra, VaYikra, Va-yikra, or Wayyiqra ( — Hebrew for "and He called," the first word in the parashah) is the 24th weekly Torah portion (, "parashah") in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the first in the Book of Leviticus. The parashah lays out the laws of sacrifices (, "korbanot"). It constitutes ( in the King James Version).