Weekly Sidra: Reeh (See) Torah Portion: Devarim / Deuteronomy 11:26-16:17 Maftir: Bamidbar / Numbers 28:9-15 Haftorah: Yeshayahu / Isaiah 66:1-66:24 (Shabbat Rosh Chodesh) “For as the new heaven and the new earth Which I will make Shall endure by My will— declares HaShem — So shall your seed and your name endure. And new moon after new moon, And Sabbath after Sabbath, All flesh shall come to worship Me— said HaShem” — (Isaiah 66:22-23) When I talk to people about the Sabbath I always hear the same argument. We can worship God whatever day we want or we should worship God every day. Well there is something we can all agree on!! We should worship HaShem every day. Jews actually pray three times per day and four times on Sabbath. I think most people do not understand what the Sabbath is all about. The first mention of Shabbat is in Genesis [...]
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Weekly Sidra: Va’etchanan (and I pleaded) Torah Portion: Devarim / Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11 Haftorah: Yeshayahu / Isaiah 40:1-40:26 1 Comfort, oh comfort My people, Says your God. 2 Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, And declare to her that her term of service is over, that her iniquity is expiated; For she has received at the hand of H ...
Weekly Sidra: Devarim Torah Portion: Devarim / Deuteronomy 1:1-3:22 Haftorah: Yeshayahu / Isaiah 1:1-1:27 I was struck this week by all of the violence in our city. Every day this past week there was reports of shootings across the city of Toronto. It was capped by the shooting of innocent movie patrons in Colorado. ...
Weekly Sidra: Matot-Masei Torah Portion: Bamidbar/ Numbers 30:2-36:13 Haftorah: Yermiyahu / Jeremiah: 2:4-28; 4:1-4:2 “For My people have done a twofold wrong: They have forsaken Me, the Fount of living waters, And hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, Which cannot even hold water.” (Jeremiah 2:13) The human body is m ...
Weekly Sidra: Phinehas (Pinchas) Torah Portion: Bamidbar/ Numbers 25:10-30:1 Haftorah: Yermiyahu / Jeremiah: 1:1-2:3 They shall come, and shall each set up a throne Before the gates of Jerusalem, Against its walls roundabout, And against all the towns of Judah. (Jeremiah 1:14) This week we read a special Haftarah portion which is par ...
Weekly Sidra: Balak Torah Portion: Bamidbar/ Numbers 22:2-25:9 Haftorah: Micah 5:6-6:8 "My people, Remember what Balak king of Moab Plotted against you, and how Balaam son of Beor Responded to him. [Recall your passage] From Shittim to Gilgal–And you will recognize the gracious acts of Adonai." (Micah 6:5) This week w ...
Weekly Sidra: Korach Torah Portion: Bamidbar / Numbers 16:1-18:32 Haftorah: Sh’muel Alef / I Samuel 11:14-12:22 “Then Samuel said to all Israel, "I have yielded to you in all you have asked of me and have set a king over you. 2 Henceforth the king will be your leader. "As for me, I have grown old and gray ...
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: Beha’alotcha (when you step up) Torah Portion: Bamidbar / Numbers 8:1-12:16 Haftorah: Zecharya / Zechariah 2:14-4:7 14 Shout for joy, Fair Zion! For lo, I come; and I will dwell in your midst–declares the Lord. 15 In that day many nations will attach themselves to the Lord and become His people and He will d ...
Weekly Sidra: Bamidbar (Numbers) Torah Portion: Bamidbar / Numbers 1:1-4:20 Haftorah: Hoshea / Hosea 2:1-2:22 “The number of the people of Israel shall be like that of the sands of the sea, which cannot be measured or counted; and instead of being told, "You are Not-My-People," they shall be called Children-of-the-Liv ...
Weekly Sidra: Behar-Bechukotai Torah Portion: Leviticus / Vayikra 25:1 – 27:34 Haftorah: Yermiyahu / Jeremiah 16:19 – 17:14 Thus said the Lord: Cursed is he who trusts in man, Who makes mere flesh his strength, And turns his thoughts from the Lord. He shall be like a bush in the desert, Which does not sense the ...
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: Achrei Mot-Kedoshim Torah Portion: Vayikra / Leviticus 16:1-20:27 Haftorah: Yechezkel / Ezekiel 20:2-20 I am HaShem your God; walk in My statutes, and keep Mine ordinances, and do them; and hallow My Sabbaths, and they shall be a sign between Me and you, that you may know that I am the Lord your God. (Yehez ...
Weekly Sidra: Tazria-Metzora (Conceived-Leper) Torah Portion: Vayikra / Leviticus 12:1-15:33 Haftorah: Melachim Bet / II Kings 7:3-7:20 There were four men, lepers, outside the gate. They said to one another, "Why should we sit here waiting for death? If we decide to go into the town, what with the famine in the town, we shall d ...
Weekly Sidra: Shemini (Eight) Torah Portion: Vayikra / Leviticus 9:1-11:47 Haftorah: Sh’muel Bet / II Samuel 6:1-6:19 David was afraid of the Lord that day; he said, "How can I let the Ark of the Lord come to me?" 10 So David would not bring the Ark of the Lord to his place in the City of David; instead, David d ...
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