In Israel the weekly parsha is Chukat.

Chukat is the 6th parsha in sefer Bamidbar / Numbers.

Parshat Chukat is 87 verses from Bamidbar / Numbers 19:1 – 22:1.

The parsha begins with the divine decree that the ashes of a red cow are needed to purify a person who has been in contact with a human corpse.

The parsha then recounts events that happened during the 40th year in the wilderness. The deaths of Miriam and Aaron and related events are recorded.

Here is a summary of Parshat Chukat.

Haftarah for Chukat

Judges 11:1 – 33

Jephthah the judge lived and ruled at a time when the people of Ammon were attacking the Jewish people. The king of Ammon claimed that the Jewish people had stolen Ammon’s land. To rebut those claims, Jephthah recounts the history of Israel’s journeys and wars after the Exodus. A significant part of that history is from Parshat Chukat.