Weekly Sidra: Nasoh (Lift up) Torah Portion: Bamidbar / Numbers 4:21-7:89 Haftorah: Shofetim / Judges 13:2-13:25 “There was a certain man from Zorah, of the stock of Dan, whose name was Manoah. His wife was barren and had borne no children. An angel of the Lord appeared to the woman and said to her, "You are barren and have borne no children; but you shall conceive and bear a son. Now be careful not to drink wine or other intoxicant, or to eat anything unclean. For you are going to conceive and bear a son; let no razor touch his head, for the boy is to be a nazirite to God from the womb on. He shall be the first to deliver Israel from the Philistines." (Judges 13:2-5) This week’s Parashat means to lift up. Among the many topics it deals with is that of the Nazarite vow. The Haftarah portion [...]
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Weekly Sidra: Ki Tisa (when you lift up) Torah Portion: Shemot / Exodus 30:1-34:35 Haftorah: Melachim Alef / I Kings 18:20-18:39 This parashah, Ki Tisa begins with the giving of the half shekel by every man over 20 years, equally rich and poor alike as an offering to make atonement for their souls. This takes place after the go ...
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 ...
Weekly Sidra: Yitro (Jetro) Torah Portion: Shemot / Exodus 21:1-24:18 Haftorah: Yermiyahu / Jeremiah 34:8-22, 23:25-26 Parashat Yitro is considered one of the most important portions by our sages. There are varying opinions by the rabbis as to the chronology of the Torah. Did Yitro, the father-in-law of Moshe, come to him at the time ...
Weekly Sidra: Yitro (Jetro) Torah Portion: Shemot / Exodus 21:1-24:18 Haftorah: Yermiyahu / Jeremiah 34:8-22, 23:25-26 These are the rules that you shall set before them: 2 when you acquire a Hebrew slave, he shall serve six years; in the seventh year he shall go free, without payment. (Shemot 21:1-2) This week’s reading deals with many rulin ...
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 ...
¿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 ...
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: Toledot (Generations) Torah Portion: Bereshit / Genesis 25:19-28:9 Haftorah: Malachi 1:1 – 2:7 This week we see a dilemma in the fact that Isaac loves Esau, but Rebecca loved Jacob. Each twin wanted the blessing, but neither parent could agree as to who deserves to be blessed. God reveals Himself ...
Weekly Sidra: VaYera / And he appeared Torah Portion: Bereshit / Genesis 18:1-22:24 Haftorah: Melachim Bet / Kings II 4:1-4:23 My intention is to bring people together without the imposition of the dogmas of any religion. Religious people debate back and forth but I am not interested in debating; my desire is to bring us back t ...
Weekly Sidra: Chayei Sarah (Sarah’s life) Torah Portion: Bereshit / Genesis 23:1-25:18 Haftorah: Melachim Alef / Kings I 1:1-31 Among the many events which take place in this week’s portion is that Abraham asks his servant to get a wife for Isaac from among his kin. The Torah says: “and I will make you swear b ...
Weekly Sidra: VaYera / And he appeared Torah Portion: Bereshit / Genesis 18:1-22:24 Haftorah: Melachim Bet / Kings II 4:1-4:23 Abraham faced many hard times; this week’s portion deals with one of the most difficult trials the binding of Isaac. Maimonides or the Rambam in (Guide to the Perplexed 3, 24) is very concerned about di ...
Weekly Sidra: Lech Lecha (Go for youself) Torah Portion: Bereshit / Genesis 12:1-17:27 Haftorah: Yeshayhu / Isaiah 40:27-41:16 In this week we find two covenants which God makes with Abraham – the covenant between the pieces and the covenant of circumcision. I will focus on the former covenant. This covenant w ...
Weekly Sidra: Noach (Noah) Torah Portion: Bereshit / Genesis 6:9-11:32 Haftorah: Yeshayahu / Isaiah 54:1-54:10 The portion of Noah presents two accounts of sins committed by the early generations, the generation of the flood and the generation of the Tower of Babel. According to Rabbi Elazar “The actions done by the peopl ...
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 ...
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