Torah Studies on Video. The term Torah (Hebrew: תּוֹרָה, "teaching" or "instruction", or "law"), also known as the Pentateuch (Greek: penta [five] and teuchos [tool, vessel, book]),[1] refers to the Five Books of Moses—the entirety of Judaism’s founding legal and ethical religious texts.[2][3] A "Sefer Torah" (סֵפֶר תּוֹרָה, "book of Torah") or Torah scroll is a copy of the Torah written on parchment in a formal, traditional manner by a specially trained scribe under strict requirements.
Weekly Sidra: Reeh (See) Torah Portion: Devarim / Deuteronomy 11:26-16:17 Haftorah: Yeshayahu / Isaiah 54:11-55:5 Devarim 12:21 If the Place that Hashem your G-d chooses to put Name is too far for you, you may slaughter (the animals) from you herd and from your flock that Hashem has given to you as I have commanded you, you shall eat in your gates all that your soul desires. k’asher tzivitecha as I commanded you- Many commentaries find proof of the Torah she’ba’peh, the Oral Torah, in these words. The question that the casual reader should ask is “where did Hashem command the slaughter of animals?” One would naturally go back to the Torah to look for the answers and find very little on the process of slaughtering animals for consumption except for ritual slaughter of a sacrifice. The natural ‘hint’ within the text is the word ? v’zavachta (and you shall slaughter). [...]
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Weekly Sidra: Reeh (See) Torah Portion: Devarim / Deuteronomy 11:26-16:17 Haftorah: Yeshayahu / Isaiah 54:11-55:5 Why do you spend money for what is not bread, Your earnings for what does not satisfy? (Isaiah 55:2) That’s right you can buy a Kosher Clam for only $20.00!! You can also buy the latest gadget and Gizmo to kee ...
Weekly Sidra: Ekev (Consequence) Torah Portion: Devarim / Deuteronomy 7:12-11:25 Haftorah: Yeshayahu / Isaiah 49:14-51:3 Devarim 7:12: It shall be as a consequence of you listening to these mishpatim and guard and perform them, then Hashem your God will keep the covenant and the kindness for you that He swore to your ...
Weekly Sidra: Ekev (Consequence) Torah Portion: Devarim / Deuteronomy 7:12-11:25 Haftorah: Yeshayahu / Isaiah 49:14-51:3 Can a woman forget her baby, Or disown the child of her womb? Though she might forget, I never could forget you. See, I have engraved you On the palms of My hands, Your walls are ever before Me. (Isaiah 4 ...
Weekly Sidra: Va’etchanan (and I pleaded) Torah Portion: Devarim / Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11 Haftorah: Yeshayahu / Isaiah 40:1-40:26 Devarim 3:23 And I implored Hashem at that time, saying: ואתחנן אל־יהוה בעת ה• ...
Weekly Sidra: Va’etchanan (and I pleaded) Torah Portion: Devarim / Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11 Haftorah: Yeshayahu / Isaiah 40:1-40:26 Comfort, oh comfort My people, Says your G-d. (Isaiah 40:1) This week is Parasha Vaetchanan (I pleaded). The Haftarah for this week is special in that it is the first Shabbat after Tisha B&rsquo ...
Devarim 1:1 These are the words which Moshe spoke to all of Israel, across the Yarden, in the wilderness, in the plain over-against Suph, between Paran and Tophel, and Laban, and Chazerot, and Di-Zahav אלה הדברים – Eleh HaDevarim These are the words- Moshe, the man who started hi ...
Weekly Sidra: Devarim (Words) Torah Portion: Devarim / Deuteronomy 1:1-3:22 Haftorah: Yeshayahu / Isaiah 1:1-1:27 "Come, let us reach an understanding, –declares the HaShem–Be your sins like crimson, they can turn snow-white; Be they red as dyed wool, They can become like fleece." If, then, you agree and g ...
Weekly Sidra: Ma’sei (Journeys) Torah Portion: Bamidbar/ Numbers 33:1-36:13 Haftorah: Yermiyahu / Jeremiah 2:4-28; 4:1-4:2 Bamidbar 33:1 These are the journeys of the Children of Israel when they went out from the Land of Mitzrayim in their legions by the hand of Moshe and Aaron. אלה מסע• ...
Weekly Sidra: Ma’sei (Journeys) Torah Portion: Bamidbar/ Numbers 33:1-36:13 Haftorah: Yermiyahu / Jeremiah 2:4-28; 4:1-4:2 “I brought you to this country of farm land to enjoy its fruit and its bounty; But you came and defiled My land, You made My possession abhorrent”. (Jer. 2:7) “ If you will return, O Israe ...
Weekly Sidra: Matot (Tribes) Torah Portion: Bamidbar/ Numbers 30:2-32:42 Haftorah: Yermiyahu / Jeremiah 1:1-2:3 Bamidbar 30:3(2) If a man vows a vow to Hashem or swears an oath to prohibit himself, he shall not violate all that has come from his mouth he shall do. The laws of vows and oaths are extensive and take up many v ...
Weekly Sidra: Matot (Tribes) Torah Portion: Bamidbar/ Numbers 30:2-32:42 Haftorah: Yermiyahu / Jeremiah 1:1-2:3 The word of the HaShem came to me: Before I created you in the womb, I selected you; Before you were born, I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet concerning the nations. (Jeremiah 1:4-5) This week we read Parashat Mat ...
Weekly Sidra: Phinehas (Pinchas) Torah Portion: Bamidbar/ Numbers 25:10-30:1 Haftorah: Melachim Alef / I Kings 18:46-19:21 Bamidbar 25:11: Pinchas ben Elazar ben Aaron the Kohen turned My anger away from the Children of Israel, in his zealousness is My zeal, from among them, so I did not consume the Children of Israel in My jealousy. ...
“Y los escribirás [las palabras del Shemá] en las jambas de tu casa y en tus portones” – Deuteronomio 6:9; 11:20 El judaísmo no es una fe confinada a las sinagogas. Dentro de la comodidad y la familiaridad de nuestros hogares, también debemos esforzarnos por lograr espiritualidad. Una Mezuz&aa ...
Weekly Sidra: Phinehas (Pinchas) Torah Portion: Bamidbar/ Numbers 25:10-30:1 Haftorah: Melachim Alef / I Kings 18:46-19:21 Frightened, he fled at once for his life. He came to Beer-Sheba, which is in Judah, and left his servant there; 4 he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness. He came to a broom bush and sat down un ...
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