TORAH PORTIONSDevarim is the 44th parashah in the annual cycle of Torah reading, and the first one in the Book of Deuteronomy, the fifth and final book of the Torah. It tells of Moses addressing the Israelites as they prepare to enter the Land of Israel, delegating leaders, and retelling stories of their travels in…
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Matot Adv
11. The world is maintained by two colors only Rabbi Yehuda and Rabbi Yitzchak talk about the wise-hearted women that spin and work with their hands, and from this they derive that those women combine Judgment and Mercy. We hear that Rabbi Elazar said that every woman is considered Judgment until she marries a man…
Parashat Matot-Masei / פרשת מטות־מסעי
1These are the journeys of the children of Israel who left the land of Egypt in their legions, under the charge of Moses and Aaron.These are the journeys: Why were these journeys recorded? To inform us of the kind deeds of the Omnipresent, for although He issued a decree to move them around [from place…
Tisha b-Av
“Tisha b-Av”The following blessing is said in place of the regular “Dwell within” blessing: “Have mercy O MAR’ YAH our ALLAHA, upon us and upon Israel Your people, and on Jerusalem Your city, the city of mourning and desolate destruction, which is given over to the hand of foreigners, sitting with her head veiled like…
Parshas Matos
Moshe spoke to the heads of the tribes (MATOS) of the children of Israel, saying: This is the thing (Davar) HASHEM has commanded. If a man makes a vow to HASHEM or makes an oath to prohibit himself, he shall not degrade his speech (D’varo); according to whatever came out of his mouth, he shall…
Parashat Matot-Masei / פרשת מטות־מסעי
Mattot–Mas’ei Haftarot according to the Yemenite RiteMas’ei Isaiah 1:120 Yeshayah 1:1-20 Orthodox Jewish Bible 1 The chazon (vision) of Yeshayah ben Amotz, which he saw concerning Yehudah and Yerushalayim in the yamim of Uziyahu, Yotam, Achaz, and Yechizkiyahu, melachim of Yehudah. 2 Hear, O Shomayim, and give ear, O Eretz, for Hashem hath spoken; I have nourished…
Nephilim in the Bible
Nephilim in the Bible: Who are they, and what is their significance?Learn all about the giants of the Bible, the Nephilim, and what—if anything—their role was in the Genesis flood.Who are the Nephilim? Translated into English, “Nephilim” means “fallen ones,” and Genesis 6:1–4 tells us that the Nephilim were offspring of divine beings and human…
Parshas Pinchas
Parshas Pinchas contains 6 positive mitzvos The laws of inheritance [27:8ff.]. The daily burnt-offerings [28:2]. The additional offering of Shabbos [28:9]. The additional offering of Rosh Chodesh [28:11-15]. The additional offering of Shavuos [28:26]. To sound the shofar on Rosh Hashanah [29:1]. [ THE COMMUNAL SHEMINI ATZERE S OFFERINGS [29:35 The eighth day will be…
The Yeshua Code
Key Verses: Then some of the Pharisees and teachers of the law said to him, ‘Teacher, we want to see a sign from you.’ 39 He answered, ‘A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a sign! But none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. 40 For as Jonah was three days…
The “Three Weeks”
The three-week period between the Seventeenth of Tammuz and the Ninth of Av is dubbed by our Sages “Between the Straits,” based on the verse (Eicha 1, 3), “All of her enemies overtook her between the straits.” Our Sages tell us that these three weeks between the Seventeenth of Tammuz and the Ninth of Av…
The Prohibition of Milk and Meat Mixtures
The Torah states three separate times (Shemot 23 and 34; Devarim 14): “You shall not cook a kid in its mother’s milk.” Our Sages (Chullin 114a) expounded that each of the times this prohibition is mentioned comes to teach us another law: The first time it is mentioned teaches us about the prohibition to cook…
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…
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