Parashat Beha’alotcha / פרשת בהעלתך

Next read in the Diaspora on 06 June 2015. Parashat Beha’alotcha is the 36th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.Torah Portion: Numbers 8:1 – 12:16After the dedication of the Sanctuary — the portable Temple and repository of the Torah — the Children of Israel were almost ready to start the…

Parshas Naso

Parshas Naso 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 Aliya: The family of Gershon is assigned to carry the curtains and tapestries of the Mishkan….

Parashat Nasso / פרשת נשא

Next read in the Diaspora on 30 May 2015. Parashat Nasso is the 35th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.NASO21 And the Lord spake with Mosheh, saying: 22 Take the account of the sons of Gershon also, after the house of their fathers, by their families; 23 from thirty years…

Parshas Emor

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 Aliya: Specific restrictions for Kohanim and the Kohain Gadol pertaining to marriages, sexuality, and mourning. 2nd Aliya: Laws…

Parshas Shemin

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 & 2nd Aliyot: The Parsha begins on Nissan 1, 2449. The seven-day inauguration of Aharon and his sons…

Parshas Vayakhel-Pekudai

Parshas Vayakhel-Pekudai 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 Aliya: The Parsha begins with the Mitzvah of Shabbos and the penalty for her transgression. Note…

Parshas Tetzaveh

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. The following Aliya summary will list the numerous laws detailed in Parshas Mishpatim. A total of 53 Mitzvot are…

Parshas Mishpatim

Torah Portion Summary of The Weekly Torah Reading: Parshas Mishpatim 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. The following Aliya summary will list the numerous laws…

Parsha Summary – Parshas Beshalach

Parshas Beshalach
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.

Haftorah – Parshas Bo

Parshas Bo Yirmiyahu 46:13 This week’s haftorah reflects the painful reality that people do not learn from the past and history will undoubtedly be repeated. The setting is the Babylonian destruction of the Egyptian Empire. The prophet Yirmiyahu states in the name of Hashem, “I will direct my attention to the multitudes of Alexandria and…

Parshas VAYEISHEV

Torah Reading: VAYEISHEV Gen. 37:1-40:23; Numbers 7:18-29. Haftara: Zechariah 2:14-4:7.  B’rit Chadashah: Acts 7:9-16 “FROM THE DEPTH OF HEBRON”: JACOB & HIS CHILDREN “These are the generations of Jacob. These are their dwellings and rollings (GILGULIM) until they came to a state of habitation (YISHUV). The first cause was that ‘Joseph was seventeen years old.’…

VAYISHLACH

UNIVERSAL TORAH: VAYISHLACH By Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum Torah reading: Gen. 32.4-36.43. Haftara: Obadiah 1.1-21. Major Testimonies: 1Qurintaus 5.1-13. (Optional substitution: Hosea 11.7-12.12). THE ENCOUNTER WITH ESAU At the end of the previous parshah, VAYEITZEI, we saw Jacob at MOUNT Gil’ad in his final encounter with Laban, who represents the evil husk in its spiritual manifestation,…