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 ...
"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 ...
Parashat: Vayakel – Pekudè (Radunò – Questo è il computo) Parashà: Shemoth (Esodo) 35:1-40:38 Haftarà: Melachim Alef / I (I Re) 7:51-8:21 La Parashat di questo Shabbat è divisa in 7 sezioni. Inizia con la Mitzvah dello Shabbat e la pena per la sua trasgressione. Si noti che il pas ...
The spiritual cycle of the Jewish year depends on an interaction among the flow of holidays, the marking of Rosh Chodesh (the new month) and the weekly Shabbat (Sabbath) observance. The holidays and fast days sometimes permeate the surrounding Shabbatot (plural of Shabbat) with holiday themes. These special Shabbatot may create the mood for an upco ...
Disclaimer: We are not the Jewish Church. The standard teaching of the Christian Church is that the Torah is no longer applicable for believers in our Rabbi Yeshua. Ma’asei HaShlichim / Acts 15 is often the text used to substantiate this claim. Ma’asei HaShlichim 15:19-22 "Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which f ...
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 ...
$18 dollars (per tree). Do so in honour of a loved one, a friend, for a birthday, wedding, or just for yourself. A card will be sent to you or the person designated acknowledging that a tree has been planted in Israel in their honour. Tu B’Shevat Is Almost Here, So Get Ready To Plant Some Trees! Tu Bishvat (Hebrew: טו ב ...
¿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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
¿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 ...
The Hebrew calendar (הלוח העברי ha’luach ha’ivri), or Jewish calendar, is a lunisolar calendar used today predominantly for Jewish religious observances. It determines the dates for Jewish holidays and the appropriate public reading of Torah portion, etc. Although technically Kiddush ...
Weekly Sidra: Vayigash (and he drew near) Torah Portion: Bereshit / Genesis 44:18-47:27 Haftorah: Yechezkel / Ezekiel 37:15-28 Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Come forward to me.” And when they came forward, he said, “I am your brother Joseph, he whom you sold into Egypt. Now do not be distressed or reproach yourselves because ...
La mujer es la pieza fundamental en un hogar judío, es por ello que siempre se le recalca su importancia y el valor que ella tiene. El esposo mediante este rezo le expresa su profunda admiración, amor, apreciándole su dedicación en el día a día, nunca deja de elogiarla, porque es consciente del trabajo duro ...
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