Weekly Sidra: Vayakhel / Pekudei (and assembled / records) Torah Portion: Shemot / Exodus 35:1-40:38 Maftir: Bamindar / Numbers 19:1-22 (Shabbat Parah) Haftorah: Yechezkel / Ezekiel 36:16 – 36:36 22 Say to the House of Israel: Thus said the Lord God: Not for your sake will I act, O House of Israel, but for My holy name, which you have caused to be profaned among the nations to which you have come. 23 I will sanctify My great name which has been profaned among the nations — among whom you have caused it to be profaned. And the nations shall know that I am the Lord — declares the Lord God — when I manifest My holiness before their eyes through you. 24 I will take you from among the nations and gather you from all the countries, and I will bring you back to your own land. 25 I will [...]
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Parsha Naso, is Bamidbar (Numbers) 4:21 – 7:89, and it is the longest single parsha in the Torah. This portion follows weeks of learning the Most High’s ways of holiness, being a community, family and relationships. As a coin as two sides and is recognized by either side, mitzvot (commandments) have both positive and n ...
Weekly Sidra: Mikeitz (at the end) Torah Portion: Bereshit / Genesis 41:1-44:17 Haftorah: Zecharya / Zechariah 2:14-4:7 Yosef and Asenath had two sons, the first of whom Joseph called Manasseh, for God had made him forget all his toil and all his father’s house, and the second of whom he called Ephraim, for God had made him fru ...
Shabbat (Sabbath) is mentioned over 170 times in the Bible, one-third of those in the Besora Tova HaGeula (Good News of Redemption). In the first book of the hebrew Scriptrures, in Bereshit / Genesis 2:3 tells us "God blessed the seventh day and separated it as holy" as the final act of Creation. It has been thousands of years since ...
A reader sent me in this question: Question: We just bought a sukkah for the first time in our lives and enjoyed the holiday. We go to temple every Saturday for services. Yet we still decorate for Halloween and go trick or treating {We are not kosher} My orthodox friends say this is hypocritical and I am giving my children a mixed message. I have a ...
Yom Kippur, also known as the Day of Atonement, is the most solemn and important of the Jewish holidays. Its central themes are atonement and repentance. ` Yom Kippur is a complete Sabbath; no work can be performed on that day. The people of Israel traditionally observe this holy day with a 25-hour period of fasting and intensive prayer, often spen ...
Kedusha (holiness) is the theme opening again for this portion. Twice Moshe speaks, about this lifestyle required of them. A lifestyle with more required and more restrictions than the rest of the Israelites. The priests and high priests were more than just religious figures performing roles. They stood in for the people, made korbanot (sacrifices, ...
Open my heart to Your Torah, that I may hasten to do Your Mitzvot. There are several reasons why the Torah is to be lived. These are not presented in order of importance; they are meant to be considered equally. As we do so, a more complete picture will unfold. Because God Tells Us To! One word frequently used to describe much of the content of the ...
The command to observe the Shabbat is almost always prefaced by the statement, “you shall do your work for six days etc.” Why the need for this prologue related to the regular week? Why doesn’t the Torah just tell us about the actual day of Shabbat? One possible reason is that the Torah is making clear that it is an obligation to ...
This week’s portion is Vayikra, Parasha Tzav, Leviticus 6:1 – 8:36. It is a continuation of Moshe speaking about the offering and korbanot (badly translated as sacrifices). Tzav also tells of how Moshe was instructed to set apart Aaron and his sons in the sanctuary for HaShem’s service. The people learned the ways of the Sanctuary ...
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