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 utter destruction. (Malachi 3:23-24) 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. Various reasons are given for the name of this Shabbat. I will focus on two of them: 1) The Midrash Rabbah states: “When they (the Jewish people) set aside their paschal lamb on that Shabbat, the first-born gentiles gathered near the Israelites and asked them why they were doing this. The following was their response: “This is a Pesach offering to HaShem who will [...]
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Weekly Sidra: Tetzaveh (you command) Torah Portion: Shemot / Exodus 27:20-30:10 Maftir: Devarim / Deuteronomy 25:17-19 Saul said to Samuel, "I did wrong to transgress the Lord’s command and your instructions; but I was afraid of the troops and I yielded to them. Please, forgive my offense and come back with me, and I will bow l ...
A Passover Seder involves the whole family. It’s an evening filled with stories and symbols to celebrate a Festival of Freedom from slavery in Egypt. Our Rabbi, Maran Yeshua later turned these promises of Israel’s deliverance to a message of deliverance from our own slavery to sin. It is a telling witness to what He has done and is doin ...
The name of the holiday refers to the plot of the king’s advisor, Haman, to draw lots for which Jews to kill first. He planned to massacre all the Jews. Esther, one of the king’s wives and a Jewess herself, saved the Jewish people from Haman’s "lots" plot by revealing it to the king. Historical Background The story of Pu ...
"When Adar arrives, we increase our joy." (Talmud – Taanit 29a). The Hebrew / Jewish month of Adar is synonymous with joy because Adar has traditionally been a month of hope and blessing for the Jewish people. Adar is the last of the Hebrew months on the Jewish calendar, and in this way represents completion. The word Adar is cognat ...
Weekly Sidra: Mishpatim (Judgments) Torah Portion: Shemot / Exodus 21:1-24:18 Maftir: Shemot / Exodus 30:11-16 Haftorah: Melachim Bet / II Kings 11:17-12:17 Jehoash was seven years old when he became king. 2 Jehoash began his reign in the seventh year of Jehu, and he reigned in Jerusalem forty years. His mother’s name was Zibia ...
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 ...
… En el mes séptimo, en el primer día del mes, habrá un día de reposo para ti, un recuerdo con ráfagas shofar, una santa convocación. -Levítico 16:24 (Nota: cuando cualquier día de fiesta cae que señala la Biblia cae en otro dia, este comienza en Shabat / día de reposo, inc ...
Weekly Sidra: Shemini (Eight) Shabbat: Parah Adumah (Red Heifer) Torah Portion: Vayikra / Leviticus 9:1 – 11:47 Special Maftir: Bamidbar / Numbers 19:1-19:22 Haftorah: Yechezkel / Ezekiel 36:16 – 36:38 "This is the decree of the Torah, which HaShem has commanded, saying: Speak to the Children of Israel, and ...
Purim, a holiday with its roots in the Bible, can provide loads of fun for adults as well as for children. Purim can provide fun-filled family activities which reinforce Biblical truth. The Purim holiday is celebrated with special food, gift-giving, music, games, costumes, and noise-making. It is also celebrated with the public reading of the book ...
Purim פורים is a festival that commemorates the deliverance of the Jewish people of the ancient Persian Empire from Haman’s plot to annihilate them, as recorded in the Biblical Book of Esther (Megillat Esther). According to the story, Haman cast lots to determine the day upon which to exterminate the Jews. Purim ...
Purim, o la Fiesta de los lotes, es una fiesta alegre que cuenta la salvacion de los Judios de una masacre que los amenazó durante el período persa (539 hasta 330 a. C.). La historia de Purim se relata en el Libro de Esther, cuya heroína epónima desempeña el papel principal en la salvacion de su pueblo e ...
Purim y su centralidad en las tradiciones de los Anusim (Judios Marranos) Actualmente cuando pensamos en la fiesta de Purim las primeras connotaciones que se nos vienen a la mente se relacionan al modo alegre, eufórico y carnavalesco de celebrar dicha fecha. Los disfraces, el intercambio de regalos – Mishloaj Manot -, los regalos para ...
The word of the Lord then came to Samuel: 11 "I regret that I made Saul king, for he has turned away from Me and has not carried out My commands." Samuel was distressed and he entreated the Lord all night long. (Shmuel Alef 15: 10-11) This week’s Haftarah portion is different because we are celebrating Shabbat Zachor. Shabbat ...
Weekly Sidra: Pekudei (amounts of) Torah Portion: Shemot / Exodus 28:21-40:38 Haftorah: Melechim Bet / II Kings 12:1-17 Time to Smash the Idols or Bring your Shekel to the House And Jehoiada solemnized the covenant between HaShem, on the one hand, and the king and the people, on the other — as well as between the king and the p ...
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