 In common years (for example, 2017, 2020, 2023, 2024, 2026, and 2027), Parashah Nitzavim is combined with the next parashah, Vayelech, to help achieve the number of weekly readings needed.The two Torah portions are combined except when two Sabbaths fall between Rosh Hashanah and Sukkot and neither Sabbath coincides with a Holy Day.In the standard Reform prayerbook for the High Holy Days (, "machzor"), parts of the parashah, and are the Torah readings for the morning Yom Kippur service, in lieu of the traditional reading of .