Torah Reading: KI SEITZEI Deuteronomy 21:10-25:19. Haftara: Isaiah 54:1-10. THE HOME AND THE FAMILY The opening mitzvah of the parshah, that of the beautiful captive, takes us directly inside the home, which is where the captive is taken to “grow her hair and nails”. Life in the home and in the family is a central…
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Torah Portion #48 Shof’tim
Torah Portion #48 Shof’tim (Deuteronomy 16:18-21:9) In this Torah Portion we read about justice for the people and laws for ruling the nations. The Judgest and officers are commanded that they must judge with righteous judgement. We also learn about the guidelines for a king concerning Torah. Other topics cover gifts for priests and Levites,…
Parashat Shoftim / פרשת שופטים
Next read in the Diaspora on 22 August 2015. Parashat Shoftim is the 48th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading. SHOPHETIM. 18 Judges and officers(25) shalt thou appoint to thee in all thy cities which the Lord thy God will give thee throughout thy tribes, and they shall judge the…
WHAT DOES G-D ASK OF YOU?
In parshas Eikev one of the main focuses of Moses’ reproof is the sin of the Golden Calf. This represents the exact opposite of the relationship with wealth and prosperity that G-d wants in the rectified Land of Israel. The sin of the Golden Calf represents the pursuit of material prosperity and pleasure for their…
TORAH: DEVARIM
Torah Reading: DEVARIM, Deuteronomy 1:1-3:22 Isaiah 1:1-27. THE BOTTOM LINE As always, we commence the reading of the book of DEVARIM (Deuteronomy), the last of the Five Books of Moses, on the Shabbos preceding the fast of Tisha Be’Av (9th Av) commemorating the destruction of the Holy Temple. Tisha Be’Av is a call to Teshuvah…
Haftorah – Parshas Pinchas
Parshas Pinchas Yirmiyahu 1:1 This week begins a series of haftorah readings which reflect the inner feelings of the Jewish people during their final months of the year.The series consists of moving visions of the prophets depicting the pending Jewish exile and destruction of the Bais Hamikdash and concludes with an ongoing exchange between Hashem…
LET’S STUDY ONKELOS PINCHAS
STUDY GUIDE PINCHAS (CHAPTER 25:10–30:1) SUMMARY OF THE TORAH PORTION Phinehas is rewarded by God for his daring and courageous act with a covenantal guarantee of a perpetual priesthood for his descendants; Moses is commanded to kill the Midianites for attempting to undermine the Israelite nation by seducing them to commit acts of sexual immorality…
Parashat Pinchas / Rashi
1st Portion Chapter 25 10The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: יוַיְדַבֵּר יְהֹוָה אֶל משֶׁה לֵּאמֹר: 11Phinehas the son of Eleazar the son of Aaron the kohen has turned My anger away from the children of Israel by his zealously avenging Me among them, so that I did not destroy the children of Israel because of…
Parashat Sh’lach / פרשת שלח־לך
UNIVERSAL TORAH: SHELACH LECHA By Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum Torah Reading: SHELACH LECHA, Numbers 13:1-15:41 Haftara: Joshua 2:1-24 With the arrival of the summer solstice and the longest day of the year, we are now standing on the threshold of TEKUFAT TAMMUZ, “the season of the month of Tammuz”, the hottest time of the year. For…
PARSHA SHEMINI
SECTION XXVI.SHEMINI. LEVITICUS 9 (ONKELOS) — 1 And on the eighth day Mosheh called Aharon and his sons and the elders of Israel. 2 And he said unto Aharon, Take to thee a calf, a young bullock from the herd, for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering unblemished, and offer before…
TORAH: VAYAKHEL-PEKUDEY
UNIVERSAL TORAH: VAYAKHEL-PEKUDEY By Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum This week’s Torah reading is the double portion of VAYAKHEL, Exodus 35:1-38:20 & PEKUDEY 38:21-40:38. VAYAKHEL: Exodus 35:1-38:20 GATHERING OF THE PEOPLE The parshah of VAYAKHEL opens with the words: “And Moses gathered together all the Community of Israel.” (Exodus 35:1). According to our sages, Moses’ gathering of…
PARSHA TERUMAH – LIFTING UP
JACOB’S CEDARS “And you shall make THE boards for the Sanctuary from the wood of cedar trees STANDING upright” (Ex. 26:15). On this, Rashi comments: “It should have simply said, ‘you shall make boards’ in the same way as was said of everything else. What are ‘THE boards’? These were boards from those that were…
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