The Hebrew Letter Resh (Heb. רֵשׁ ;ר), the twentieth letter of the Hebrew alphabet; its numerical value is 200 It is symbolic of wickedness as well as higher consciousness. However, the Hebrew Letter Resh is the 20th letter in the order of the Alef Bet, the number 20 seems to be a number or time of waiting (enduring) in scripture. Maybe this has to do with its double , 40, which is also a time of testing. Isaac waited 20 years for a child, Jacob served Laban for 20 years, the Israelites waited 20 years for the deliverance of Deborah the Judge, and they waited 20 years for the Ark to return to them from Kirjath-jearim. The letter Resh alludes to the word ‘rosh’ (head). The head is the most significant of all the parts of the body. It is the source of intellect, reason and wisdom. Tibdit: The Hebrew Letter [...]
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Korban Pesach (Hebrew: קרבן פסח "sacrifice of Passover") also known as the "Paschal Lamb" is the sacrifice that the Torah mandates to be brought on the eve of Passover, and eaten on the first night of the holiday with bitter herbs and matzo. According to the Torah, it was first offered o ...
In Parashat Beshalach we reach the climax of the exodus from the Egyptian exile―the parting of theRed Sea and the song the Children of Israel sang at the sea. HaShem led the people away from the sea, into the desert. Soon, however, the bitter reality of their journey in the wilderness eventually caused the people to complain to Moshe. After t ...
What is a tallit? The tallit (also pronounced tallis, or talet) is a prayer shawl, the most authentic Jewish garment. It is a rectangular-shaped piece of linen or wool (and sometimes, now, polyester or silk) with special fringes called Tzitzit on each of the four corners. The purpose of the garment is to hold the Tzitzit. Most tallitot (alternative ...
Weekly Sidra: Va’era (and I appeared) Torah Portion: Shemot / Exodus 6:2 – 9:35 Haftorah: Yechetzkel / Ezekiel 28:25 – 29:21 The Lord replied to Moses, "See, I place you in the role of God to Pharaoh, with your brother Aaron as your prophet. 2 You shall repeat all that I command you, and your brother Aaron shall speak to Phar ...
Emunah (faith) and bitachon (trust) in HaShem are the pillars of a believer’s life. The difference is simple: emunah is the belief tht HaShem is the Creator of the World, while Bitachon is living your life in a way that reflects your emunah for Him… How do we reach this level of Bitachon successfully? By constantly doing mitzvot- this ...
Weekly Sidra: Shemot (Names) Torah Portion: Shemot /Exodus 1:1-6:1 Haftorah: Yermiyahu /Jeremiah 1:1-2:3 “Moses said to God, "When I come to the Israelites and say to them ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is His name?’ what shall I say to them?" 14 And God said to Moses, &q ...
Weekly Sidra: Vezot Haberachah (And This is the Blessing) Torah Portion: Devarim / Deuteronomy 33:1-34:12 Haftorah: Yehoshua / Joshua 1:1 – 1:9 “After the death of Moses the servant of the Lord, the Lord said to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ attendant: "My servant Moses is dead. Prepare to cross the Jordan, togethe ...
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 “All who survive of all those nations that came up against Jerusalem shall make a pilgrimage year by year to bow low to the King Lord of Hosts and to obs ...
Sukkot (Hebrew: סוכות or סֻכּוֹת, sukkōt, Feast of Booths, Feast of Tabernacles) is a Jewish holiday celebrated on the 15th day of the month of Tishrei (late September to late October). It is one of the three biblically-mandated Shalosh regalim on which Jews made pilgrimag ...
And Miriam died there… And there was no water for the congregation (20:1-2) The history of Miriam’s Well is not written explicitly in the Torah text but only allusively. The allusions are brought out in the Aramaic Targum (Aramaic paraphrase of the Hebrew Bible). Miriam is associated with (according to Midrashic lore) the rolling well t ...
Weekly Sidra: Shelach Lecha (send for yourself) Torah Portion: Bamidbar / Numbers 13:1-15:41 Haftorah: Yehoshua / Joshua 2:1-2:24 “Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim, saying, "Go, reconnoiter the region of Jericho." So they set out, and they came to the house of a harlot named Rahab and lodged ther ...
Weekly Sidra: Emor (Say) Torah Portion: Leviticus / Vayikra / 21:1-24:23 Haftorah: Yechezkel / 44:15- 44:31 “This shall be their portion, for I am their portion; and no holding shall be given them in Israel, for I am their holding. 29 The meal offerings, sin offerings, and guilt offerings shall be consumed by th ...
Weekly Sidra: Tzav ( Command) Torah Portion: Vayikra / Leviticus 6:1-8:36 Haftorah: Malachi 3:4-3:24 Behold, I will send the prophet Elijah to you before the coming of the awesome, fearful day of Adonai. He shall reconcile parents with children and children with their parents, so that, when I come, I do not strike the whole land with ...
Shabbat HaGadol ("Great Shabbat" שבת הגדול ) is the Shabbat immediately before Passover. There is a special Haftarah reading on this Shabbat of the book of Malachi. Traditionally a lengthy and expansive sermon is given to the general community in the afternoon. Various reasons are given for ...
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