This is a double parsha, made up of parshas Behar and Bechukotai. The seven aliyot of this week’s reading are indicated by special aliyah markings within those two parshas in the Chumash. Parshiyot Behar and Bechukotai are power-packed doubleheaders, this one emphasizing the connection between the Jew and Eretz Yisrael. The lunisolar Hebrew calendar contains up to 55 weeks, the exact number varying between 50 in common years and 54 or 55 in leap years. In leap years, parshah Bechukotai is read separately. In common years, parshah Bechukotai is combined with the previous parshah, Behar, to help achieve the needed number of weekly readings. Behar: The thirty-second reading from the Torah and second-to-last reading from the book of Leviticus is called Behar (בהר), which means “On the Mountain.” The name comes from the first words of the first verse of the reading, which could be literally translated to [...]
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We have the culmination of the Mishkan (Taberncle) creation and beginning of use, doubled with the beginning Aaron and his sons being set aside as high priests occurring this week in the portion Shemini. Aaron loses two of his sons to the Most High’s fire and HaShem gives us the kosher dietary laws, kashrut. This parsha has quite the storylin ...
Las dos clases de Espiritu: Verdadero y Falso, ¿sabrias distinguir? En la Sidra (porción) de la semana encontramos un pasaje que por razones anti-Biblicas no se estudia, no se practica, no se aplica personalmente, ni se motiva a practicarle y hay de aquel que le practique! ¿Y esto por que? ¿Cual es la raíz de esta ...
"Jesus was a good Christian boy who went to church every sunday" We might as well begin with a Before/After kind of test in which you, the reader, are its main protagonist. How many mistakes can you spot on the top of this article? Most believers will spot three; only those "in the know" will catch the fourth one. Try it yoursel ...
Y pensará en cambiar los tiempos y la Torá (instrucciones del Eterno). Las escrituras de Israel traen vida, y es por eso que Tehilim (Salmos) dicen: 1:1 Dichoso el varón que no anduvo en consejo de malos, Ni estuvo en camino de pecadores, Ni en silla de escarnecedores se ha sentado; 1:2 Sino que en la Torá ( ley) de HaSh ...
Cuando formes el censo de los hijos de Israel, de aquéllos que han de ser empadronados, y cada uno pagará el rescate de su vida al Eterno cuando fueren empadronados, para que no haya en ellos mortandad al contarlos. Shemot 31:12-17 “Habló además HaShem á Moisés, diciendo: 13 Y tú hablará ...
Weekly Sidra: Ki Tisa (when you lift up) Torah Portion: Shemot / Exodus 30:1-34:35 Haftorah: Melachim Alef / Kings I 18:1-39 This Shabbat we read two portions, the weekly portion of Ki Tisa and a special portion for Parshat Parah (פרשת כי תיסע – פרה). ...
The following explanation is meant to serve as a primer to the individuals’ search to become "Torah Observant". The following "drash" (teaching example) should enlighten the average believer: ‘Most new automobiles come with two important pieces of literature: an owner’s manual, and a set of registration papers. ...
Parashat: Terumà (L’offerta) Parashà: Shemoth (Esodo) 25:1 – 27:19 Haftarà: I Sèfer Malchìm (I Re) 5:26 – 6:13 La Parashà di Terumah è composta da 146 versetti e contiene 2 comandi ed 1 divieto. Vediamo, in sintesi, gli argomenti trattati: HaShem impartisce a Mosh&egr ...
Shmaya e Avtalyon ricevettero (la tradizione) da loro (Yehuda ben Tabai e Shimon ben Shatach). Shmaya dice: Amare il lavoro; disprezzare il potere, e non farti conoscere (non diventare intimi) dai politici. Nel commentario alle precedenti Mishanayoth, abbiamo focalizzato che il perfezionamento avviene secondo due parametri: amore e timore. Ma vedia ...
Many may know my reasoning’s to continue to be a strong Jew (by doing the mitzvot of HaShem) and my quest to learn much more about the King of the Jews, Melech HaMashiach. I must give credit to Chabad Lubavitch who drew me near to the knowledge of Mashiach in a way that NO one has ever done it. I now present a study that is all about Mashiach ...
¿Qué es un Talit? El Talit es un manto de oración, es la prenda judía más auténtica. Es una pieza rectangular de lino o de lana (a veces, ahora, de poliéster o de seda) con flecos especiales llamados Tzitzit en cada una de las cuatro esquinas. El propósito de la prenda es de celebrar la Tzitzi ...
Jet HaMeraglim – El Pecado de los Espias En esta semana en la Parasha escuchamos varios puntos interesantes, e importantes sobre la vida del pueblo Israel, y aquellos que se unen a Israel, así como Ruth, o Cornelius. En esta Parasha deseo enfocarme en el “Jet HaMeraglim” o en castellano “el pecado de los espías ...
Money says: “earn me forget everything” Time says: “follow me forget everything “Future says: “struggle for me forget everything” HaShem simply says “Remember Me and I will give you everything” One of the core methods through which HaShem’s hashgacha p’ratit (Divine Providence) is manifest ...
¿Sabado o Domigo? El Descanso Biblico La Sidra (Porción) de esta semana lidia con varios tópicos desconectados. Habla de los cohanim (los sacerdotes), leyes de con quien deben casarse, sexualidad, el luto (El Eterno bendito sea su Nombre se involucra en toda nuestras vidas). Leyes concernientes a faltas físicas ...
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