Weekly Sidra: Mikeitz (at the end) Torah Portion: Bereshit / Genesis 41:1-44:17 Haftorah: Zecharya / Zechariah 2:14-4:7 Miketz or Mikeitz (מקץ — Hebrew for “at the end,” the second word — and first distinctive word — of the parshah) is the tenth weekly Torah portion (parshah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading. It constitutes Genesis 41:1–44:17. Jews in the Diaspora read it the tenth Sabbath after Simchat Torah. Generally, it is read on the Sabbath of Chanukah. When Chanukah contains two Sabbaths, it is read on the second. In some years, however, Miketz is read on the Sabbath after Chanukah. Last week we read parsha Vayeshev that ended with Yosef, the son of Yakov Avinu, in an Egyptian prison. While there, Yosef correctly interpreted the dreams of Pharaoh's chief butler and baker. Yosef asked the butler to mention Yosef's plight to Pharaoh, but, as the Torah told us, the butler forgot about the matter. This week's parsha, Miketz, takes place two years later, with Yosef still in prison. The title comes from the first verse of the reading, which says, “Now it happened at the end of two full years that Pharaoh had a dream” (Genesis 41:1). The portion begins with Pharaoh’s portentous dreams, Yosef’s interpretations and his subsequent rise to power over Egypt. When a famine strikes the land of Canaan, his brothers come to Egypt...
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Kwanzaa (meaning first fruits) is a made up holiday by African Americans to commemorate how far they have come and where they want to be for the coming year. It was originally instituted in 1966 by a man named Ron N. Everett who also goes by Maulan Karenga. He was a presumed cult leader for many years and according to official documents only creat ...
What does Chanukah mean? The word "Chanukah" means "dedication". The holiday celebrates the re-dedication of the Temple in 165 B.C.E., after the Maccabee family and their followers recaptured the Temple Mount from the Syrians. How is Chanukah spelled? Unfortunately for internet search engines, there is no standard English spell ...
"Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he who observes Torah, happy is he." - Proverbs 29:18 A pastor was visiting a rabbi friend, when the pastor asked, "What do you believe the world to come is like?" The rabbi responded, "Where the righteous dwell for eternity, one may study Torah all day long, without ever h ...
Weekly Sidra: Toledot (Generations) Torah Portion: Bereshit / Genesis 25:19-28:9 Haftorah: Sh'muel / I Samuel 20:18-42 “Jonathan said to David, "Go in peace! For we two have sworn to each other in the name of the Lord: 'May the Lord be [witness] between you and me, and between your offspring and mine, forever!'" ...
(RAMBAM 13 Principals of Faith - Principal Nine, Lesson Fourteen Excerpt; Page 333, 336) Bachaye – All the mitzvos are G-dly, and they all reflect different spiritual motifs.... So milk and meat both represent certain spiritual entities. Just as both milk and meat when kept separate are permitted substances but are prohibited when combined, ...
"This month shall be for you the beginning of the months, it shall be for you the first of the months of the year." (Shemot 12:2) On the Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Nissan, or on Rosh Chodesh if it falls on the Shabbat, two Torah Scrolls are removed from the Ark. From the first, the Sidrah of the week is read, and from the second, ...
Amid mouting tension over the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, much of the media's ire has been directed not at the Palestinians who riot at the site but rather at Jews who merely wish to visit and pray there. Far too often, the latter are depicted as "extremist" or "fringe" simply because they seek to exercise their basic civil righ ...
The traditional menorah that was made according to the pattern given to Moses by God had seven lamps – three lamps on each side of the central flame. This was the lamp stand that stood first in the tabernacle and then later in Solomon’s Temple. The continually burning light was a symbol of the presence of God among His people. But Chan ...
Weekly Sidra: Mikeitz (at the end) Torah Portion: Bereshit / Genesis 41:1-44:17 Haftorah: Zecharya / Zechariah 2:14-4:7 The chief cupbearer then spoke up and said to Pharaoh, "I must make mention today of my offenses. 10 Once Pharaoh was angry with his servants, and placed me in custody in the house of the chief steward, together with the chief ba ...
The Hebrew word for "dedication" is Chanukkah. Chanukah is not one of the commanded feasts of Vayikra 23; however Yochanan tells us that our holy Rabbi, Maran Yeshua celebrated this feast. "Then came Chanukkah in Yerushalayim. It was winter, and Yeshua was walking around inside the Temple area, in Shlomo's Colonade. So the Jud ...
Chanukah commemorates events that took place around 168-165 B.C. The Jewish people were under foreign domination, ruled by the Syrian king Antiochus, who forced them to abandon their culture and religion. He made sure the Jewish people could not use the Temple to worship our God. He erected idols in the holy place—and worst of all; he sacrif ...
We celebrate the Biblical Jewish feasts, which Maran Rabeinu Yeshua HaMashiach celebrated, and will celebrate in the Messianic Kingdom, may it happen soon in our days. We also celebrate Kabbalat Shabbat services, friday nights. Next feast is Chanukah! Fri, 11 December 2009 (25th of Kislev, 5770) Chanukah (Day 1st) Torah Portion: Numbers 7:1 - 7:17 ...
The Miracle of the Hekal (Temple) Menorah: One of the most important miracles that happen in the Beit HaMikdash after Yeshua left this earth was the Menorah in the Beit HaMikdash went out, and would not shine. Every night for 40 years (over 12,500 nights in a row) the main lamp of the Hekal menorah went out of its own accord, no matter what attempt ...
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