Posts Tagged Torah Reading

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Mashiach: Discovering the Burning Bush

Weekly Sidra: Shemot (Names) Torah Portion: Shemot /Exodus 1:1-6:1 Haftorah: Yermiyahu /Jeremiah 1:1-2:3 This weeks Torah reading, starts the new book of Shemot (Sefer Shemot / Book of Exodus). We learn about the Hebrews gradual enslavement, Moses’s birth and some significant moments in his life. One of the most significant and dramatic event is Moses discovering the Burning Bush and God commanding him to “Go down Moses, way down to Egypt Land… tell old Pharaoh to Let My People Go!” Of course in the great tradition of Jewish conversations with God, Moses argues and tells God that He must of made some kind of divine accounting mistake and that he wasn’t the person for the job, choose some one else, please! Moses explains / reasons with God, (like He didn’t know) that he doesn’t have much self confidence to do anything great with his life, and that he’s a terrible public speaker. He basically argues, who Am I to do this amazing job, I can’t do it on my own! God says pratically – Yofi meod “Great! That’s exactly the type of self nullifying personal qualities I’m looking for, you’re hired!!” Moses is a reluctant Messiah type person, who after (some say) seven days of arguing with God, he begrudgingly takes on the job and starts to make his way to Egypt. What’s going on? A Burning bush? A self-conscious Messiah type?...

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Parasha Shemot, Torah, Torah Video

Speak Up – Sidra Shemot

Speak Up - Sidra Shemot

Weekly Sidra: Shemot (Names) Torah Portion: Shemot /Exodus 1:1-6:1 Haftorah: Yermiyahu /Jeremiah 1:1-2:3 The word of the Lord came to me: 5 Before I created you in the womb, I selected you; Before you were born, I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet concerning the nations. 6 I replied: Ah, Lord God! I don't know how to speak, ...

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Parasha Vayechi, Torah, Torah Video

Parasha Overview: Vayechi (Videos)

Parasha Overview: Vayechi (Videos)

Weekly Sidra: Vayechi (He lived) Torah Portion: Bereshit / Genesis 47:28-50:26 Haftorah: Melechim Alef / Kings I 2:1-12 Vayechi, Vayehi, or Vayhi (וַיְחִי — Hebrew for “and he lived,” the first word of the prshah) is the twelfth weekly Torah portion (parshah) in the annual Jewish cycle of ...

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Parasha Miketz, Torah, Torah Video

Parasha Overview: Miketz (Videos)

Parasha Overview: Miketz (Videos)

Weekly Sidra: Mikeitz (at the end) Torah Portion: Bereshit / Genesis 41:1-44:17 Haftorah: Zecharya / Zechariah 2:14-4:7 Miketz or Mikeitz (מקץ — Hebrew for “at the end,” the second word — and first distinctive word — of the parshah) is the tenth weekly Torah portion (parshah) in the annual Jewish cyc ...

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Parasha Toledot, Torah, Video of the Week

Parasha Overview: Toledot (Videos)

Parasha Overview: Toledot (Videos)

Weekly Sidra: Toledot (Generations) Torah Portion: Bereshit / Genesis 25:19-28:9 Haftorah: Sh'muel Alef / I Samuel 20:18-20:42 Toledot, Toldot, or Tol'doth (תּוֹלְדֹת — Hebr "" for “line” or “Generations,” the second word and the first distinctive word in ...

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Parasha Chaye Sarah, Torah, Torah Video

Parasha Overview: Chaye Sarah (Videos)

Parasha Overview: Chaye Sarah (Videos)

Weekly Sidra: Chayei Sarah (Sarah's life) Torah Portion: Bereshit / Genesis 23:1-25:18 Haftorah: Melachim Alef / Kings I 1:1-31 Chayei Sarah, Chaye Sarah, or Hayye Sarah (חַיֵּי שָׂרָה — Hebrew for “life of Sarah,” the first words in the parshah) is the fifth ...

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Jewish Roots, Jewish Studies

What’s in a (Jewish) name?

What’s in a (Jewish) name?

Names are more than convenient labels—going by your Jewish name is a statement of pride in your Jewish heritage. The Jews of ancient Egypt, tradition tells us, kept their Jewish names. That’s one of the ways they remained a cohesive people and merited redemption. There’s more: Your Jewish name is the channel by which life reaches ...

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Parasha Vayera, Torah, Torah Video

Parasha Overview: Vayera (Videos)

Parasha Overview: Vayera (Videos)

Weekly Sidra: Vayera (And he appeared) Torah Portion: Bereshit / Genesis 18:1-22:24 Haftorah: Melachim Bet / Kings II 4:1-4:23 Vayeira, Vayera, or Va-yera (וַיֵּרָא — Hebrew for "and He appeared,” the first word in the parshah) is the fourth weekly Torah portion (parshah) in the annu ...

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Parasha Lech Lecha, Torah, Torah Video

Parasha Overview: Lech Lecha (Videos)

Parasha Overview: Lech Lecha (Videos)

Weekly Sidra: Lech Lecha (Go for youself) Torah Portion: Bereshit / Genesis 12:1-17:27 Haftorah: Yeshayhu / Isaiah 40:27-41:16 Lech-Lecha, Lekh-Lekha, or Lech-L'cha (לֶךְ-לְךָ — Hebrew for "go!” or "leave!" or "go for you" — the fifth and sixth words in the ...

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Parasha Noach, Torah, Torah Video

Parasha Overview: Noach (Videos)

Parasha Overview: Noach (Videos)

Noah (or Noe, Noach; Hebrew: נֹחַ, נוֹחַ, Modern Noaẖ Tiberian Nōăḥ; Arabic: نوح Nūḥ; Greek: Νωέ) was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the tenth and last of the antediluvian Patriarchs. The biblical story of Noah is contained in ch ...

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Parashat Vezot HaBeracha, Simchat Torah, Torah Video

Parasha Overview: V’Zot HaBerachah (Videos)

Parasha Overview: V'Zot HaBerachah (Videos)

V'Zot HaBerachah, VeZot Haberakha, or Zos Habrocho (וְזֹאת הַבְּרָכָה — Hebrew for "and this is the blessing," the first words in the parshah) is the 54th and last weekly Torah portion (parshah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah readin ...

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Parasha Masei, Parasha Matot, Torah

Parasha Overview: Matot – Masei (Videos)

Parasha Overview: Matot - Masei (Videos)

The year is 2448 and the 40 years in the desert are drawing to a close. Miriam and Aharon have passed on, and Yehoshua has been appointed as the successor. In these last two portions of Sefer Bamidbar, Matot - Masei, HaShem begins to wrap things up. Pay attention to the laws selected to end the 4th Sefer. Parshat Matot is always read during the th ...

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Jewish Studies, Parasha Korach, Torah

Parasha Overview: Korach (Videos)

Parasha Overview: Korach (Videos)

Weekly Sidra: Korach (Korah) Torah Portion: Bamidbar/ Numbers 16:1-18:32 Haftorah: Shamuel Alef / I Samuel 11:14-12:22 Until the previous parsha, Shlach, the people of Israel in the desert thought they were but three days away from entering Israel, their Promised Land. However, in that previous parsha, the people of Israel sent spie ...

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Jewish Studies, Parasha Bechukotai, Parasha Behar, Torah, Torah Video

Parasha Overview: Behar – Bechukotai (Videos)

Parasha Overview: Behar - Bechukotai (Videos)

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 calend ...

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Parasha Emor, Torah, Torah Video

Parasha Overview: Emor (Videos)

Parasha Overview: Emor (Videos)

Weekly Sidra: Emor (Say) Torah Portion: Leviticus / Vayikra / 21:1 Haftorah: Yechezkel / 44:15 - 44:31 Emor (אמור — Hebrew for "speak," the fifth word, and the first distinctive word, in the parshah) is the 31st weekly Torah portion (parshah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the ...

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