Weekly Sidra: Ki Tisa (when you lift up) Torah Portion: Shemot / Exodus 30:1-34:35 Haftorah: Melachim Alef / I Kings 18:20-18:39 This parashah, Ki Tisa begins with the giving of the half shekel by every man over 20 years, equally rich and poor alike as an offering to make atonement for their souls. This takes place after the golden calf incident showing us that we cannot take this book chronologically but according to the stories and pictures it is telling us. We have become so caught up in the idea that only the shedding of blood can bring atonement and forgiveness for our sins. Here is another paradigm shift where the focus is not on the subject but on the One who brings true atonement or forgiveness. Forgiveness can only come from God; it does not lie in the ransom money or in the animal sacrifices. The more we read about [...]
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Weekly Sidra: Sukkot (Tabernacles) Torah Portion: Vayikra / Leviticus 22:26 – 23:44 Maftir: Bamidbar / Numbers 29:12 – 29:16 Haftorah: Zecharya / Zechariah 14:1-21 What about Sukkot (Tabernacles). The central element for the celebration of the Feast of Tabernacles is the booth we call the sukkah. Five days after the Day o ...
Rosh Chodesh Elul / ראש חדש אלול "The King is in the Field – HaMelech Ba’Sade" – This month, God is as approachable as hardly any other time of the year! The month of Elul is a time of repentance in preparation for the High Holidays of Yom Teruah (Rosh Hashanah) ...
Countdown from the Omer to Shavuot The presentation of the omer initiates a countdown of seven weeks, culminating in Shavuot (the Feast of Weeks or Pentecost) immediately after the 49th day. “And you shall count to you from the morning after the Sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave-offering; seven weeks shall be comple ...
Weekly Sidra: Terumah (Gift) Torah Portion: Shemot / Exodus 25:1-27:19 Haftorah: Melachim Alef / I Kings 5:26-6:13 11 Then the word of the Lord came to Solomon, 12 "With regard to this House you are building — if you follow My laws and observe My rules and faithfully keep My commandments, I will fulfill for you the promise ...
The crafting of Shofars is an ancient art that hasn’t changed much for thousands of years. Every Shofar starts out as a raw horn of an animal. There are several types of animals whose horns can me made into a Shofar. The most common Shofar is made from the horn of a ram, that is a male sheep that is at least a year old. The ...
Jews around the world are observing a predawn-to-dusk fast on Tuesday, the 17th of Tammuz on the Jewish calendar. The fast is scheduled to end at 8:07 p.m. in Jerusalem. The primary focus is the breaching of the walls of Jerusalem by the Romans in the time of the Second Temple, three weeks before its destruction on the Ninth of Av. There are source ...
Weekly Sidra: Pesach (Passover) Torah Portion: Shemot / Exodus 12:21-12:51 Maftir: Bamidbar / Numbers 28:16-28:25 Haftorah: Yehoshua / Joshua 5:2-6:1 This week’s portion is Chol HaMo’ed Pesach. The morning Torah reading of Shabbat Chol Ha-moed consists of selected portions from Parshas Ki Tisa. The conclusion of the ...
Vayaqhel (ויקהל — Hebrew for "and he assembled,” the first word in the pasha) is the 22nd weekly Torah portion (pasha) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the 10th in the book of Shemot / Exodus. It constitutes Shemot 35:1–38:20. Pequde (פקודי — Heb ...
Weekly Sidra: Ki Tisa (when you lift up) Torah Portion: Shemot / Exodus 30:1-34:35 Haftorah: Melachim Alef / Kings I 18:1-39 Ki Tisa (כי תשא), the twenty-first reading from the Torah, literally means “when you lift up.” It comes from the first words of the second verse of the reading, which c ...
Weekly Sidra: Shemot (Names) Torah Portion: Shemot /Exodus 1:1-6:1 Haftorah: Yermiyahu /Jeremiah 1:1-2:3 Shemot, Shemoth, or Shemos (שְׁמוֹת — Hebrew for “names,” the second word, and first distinctive word, of the parsha) is the thirteenth weekly Torah portion (parsha) in the annual Jewis ...
Eikev, Ekev, Ekeb, or Eqeb, עקב, is this week’s portion. It’s Deuteronomy 7:11 – 11:25. Ekev carries the simple meaning of “if”. This section of Torah has Moshe retelling the story of the sin of the Golden Calf with the repercussion and consequences for making an idol. Througho ...
The parsha Sh’alach Bamidbar (Numbers) 13:1 -15:41 is an adventure story. The good guys, bad guys, the crowd, plot, subplot and theme in this portion. HaShem told Moshe to send the men out for Moshe or the people’s sake. Those sent out where men of good reputation and faith in the community expected to be able to ...
Weekly Sidra: Ki Tisa (when you lift up) Torah Portion: Shemot / Exodus 30:1-34:35 Haftorah: Melachim Alef / Kings I 18:1-39 Parashat Ki Tissa – Shemot / Exodus 30:11-34:35 (כי תשא — Hebrew for "when you take). We have arrived to the most famous infamous part of the entire Torah: the sin ...
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