Parsha Summary for Parshas Reeh Note: The Shabbos Torah Reading is divided into 7 sections. Each section is called an Aliya [literally: Go up] since for each Aliya, one person “goes up” to make a bracha [blessing] on the Torah Reading. 1st and 2nd Aliyot: Moshe instructs the Chosen People to eradicate any remnant of…
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Parashat Eikev / פרשת עקב
Eikev, Deuteronomy 7:12 -11:25 The Big IF “If only [i.e. because] you shall hearken to these laws, safeguarding and keeping them, then Hashem your G-d will safeguard for you the covenant and the kindness that He swore to your forefathers.” (Devarim 7:12) If only you shall hearken to these laws – The Hebrew word is “Eikev” which can…
Parashat Pinchas / פרשת פינחס
PINCHAS Torah Reading PINCHAS, Numbers 25:10-30:1 PINCHAS, PRINCE OF PEACE “Pinchas son of Elazar son of Aaron the Priest turned away My wrath from upon the Children of Israel in his zealousness. Therefore say: I hereby give him My Covenant of Peace” (Numbers 25:11-12). The opening verses of our parshah of PINCHAS follow immediately after…
Parashat Chukat / פרשת חקת
AND the Lord spake with Mosheh and to Aharon, saying: This is the decree of the law which the Lord hath commanded, saying: Speak to the sons of Israel that they bring to thee a red heifer, unblemished, with no spot in her, and upon which no yoke hath been put. And you shall give…
Parashat Bamidbar / פרשת במדבר
Sefer Bamidbar-Lessons of Desolation א. .1 Numbers 1:1-2 ב. במדבר א׳:א׳-ב׳ .2 (א) ַוְיַדֵבּר יקוק ֶאל ֹמ ֶשׁה ְבּ ִמְדַבּר ִסיַני ְבּ ֹאֶהל מוֵֹעד ְבֶּאָחד ַל ֹחֶדשׁ ַה ֵשִּׁני ַבּ ָשָּׁנה ַה ֵשִּׁנית ְלֵצא ָתם ֵמֶאֶרץ ִמ ְצַריִם ֵלא ֹמר. (ב) ְשׂאוּ ֶאת ֹראשׁ ָכּל ֲעַדת ְבֵּני יִ ְשָׂרֵאל ְל ִמ ְשׁ ְפּ ֹח ָתם…
Parashat Emor / פרשת אמור
According to Yemenite tradition 21 } 1 And he said to Moses, saying to Aaron the sons of Aaron; And he pretended to be a witness, to whom he did not want to be. 2, In God, come closer to her, to her mother and to her father, and to her daughters and to my…
Parashat Shmini / פרשת שמיני
Torah Reading: Parshas SHEMINI, Leviticus 9:1-11:47 THE EIGHTH DAY The “eighth day” with which our parshah of SHEMINI opens was the first day of the month of Nissan, one year since the Exodus from Egypt. This was the day marked out for the final inauguration of the Sanctuary following seven days of consecration of Aaron…
Parashat Vayeshev / פרשת וישב
SECTION IX. VAYESHEV. And Jakob dwelt in peace in the land of the sojourning of his fathers, in the land of Kenaan. These are the generations of Jakob. Joseph was a son of seventeen years. He had come forth from the school, and was a youth brought up with the sons of Bilhah and the…
PARASHAT TERUMAH / פרשת תרומה
PARASHAT TERUMAH readings 17-Feb-2018,”Terumah”,1,”Exodus 25:1 – 25:16″,16 17-Feb-2018,”Terumah”,2,”Exodus 25:17 – 25:30″,14 17-Feb-2018,”Terumah”,3,”Exodus 25:31 – 26:14″,24 17-Feb-2018,”Terumah”,4,”Exodus 26:15 – 26:30″,16 17-Feb-2018,”Terumah”,5,”Exodus 26:31 – 26:37″,7 17-Feb-2018,”Terumah”,6,”Exodus 27:1 – 27:8″,8 17-Feb-2018,”Terumah”,7,”Exodus 27:9 – 27:19″,11 17-Feb-2018,”Terumah”,”maf”,”Exodus 27:17 – 27:19″,3 17-Feb-2018,”Terumah”,”Haftara”,”I Kings 5:26 – 6:13″ God spoke to Moses… Some say that this was said to Moses during the 40…
Parashat Kedoshim / פרשת קדשים
LET’S STUDY ONKELOS A Guide for Rabbis, Teachers and Torah Students to Study and Teach the Parashat Hashavua through the Eyes of its Most Important Translator By Stanley M. Wagner and Israel Drazin Based on the five volume, Onkelos on the Torah (Genesis-Deuteronomy), Understanding the Bible Text, by Israel Drazin and Stanley M. Wagner, published…
Parashat Achrei Mot / פרשת אחרי מות
Ha’aretz‘s cartoonist summarizes a substantial slice of what concerns us this week. He depicts one variety of religious Jews wanting to perform a sacrifice on the Temple Mount, and another Jew, unkempt and secular, walking his dog in the opposite direction. The Jew leading a young goat in the direction of the Temple Mount is…
Parashat Metzora / פרשת מצרע
LET’S STUDY ONKELOS STUDY GUIDE METZORA (CHAPTER 14:1–15:33) SUMMARY OF THE TORAH PORTION The purification process of the metzora is outlined; the indigent metzora is allowed to bring fewer sacrifices; a house afflicted with tzara’at has a special purification procedure; the Torah addresses the impurity derived from female and male bodily discharges and under what…

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