Weekly Torah Parashah
Torah Parashah for Shabbat of June 22, 2019 Behaaloscha (בְּהַעֲלֹתְךָ) — Hebrew for “when you step up,” the 11th word in the parashah) is the 36th weekly Torah portion (פָּרָשָׁה, parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the third in the Book of Numbers. The parashah tells of the Menorah in the…
Torah Parashah for June 8th, 2019 Naso (נָשֹׂא)— Hebrew for “take a census” or “lift up,” is the sixth word in the 35th weekly Torah portion (פָּרָשָׁה) in the annual cycle of Torah reading. It constitutes Numbers 4:21–7:89. The parashah addresses priestly duties, purifying the camp, restitution for wrongs committed, the wife accused of unfaithfulness (sotah), the…
B’midbar (בְּמִדְבַּר)— Hebrew for “in the wilderness of” [Sinai], the fifth overall and first distinctive word in the parashah), often called Bamidbar is the 34th weekly Torah portion (פָּרָשָׁה, parasha) in the annual cycle of Torah reading and the first in the Book of Numbers. The parashah tells of the census and the priests’ duties and…
(In most years this is a double Torah Parashah B’har with Bechukotai, but in leap years such as this year B’har Teaching will be for Shabbat of May 25th, 2019 and Bechukotai Teaching For Shabbat of June 1st, 2019) (Donate and support this Ministry by clicking here) B’har (בְּהַר) — Hebrew for “on the mount,”…
Teaching For Shabbat of May 18th, 2019 (Donate and support this Ministry by clicking here) Emor (אֱמֹר) – Hebrew for “speak,” the fifth word, in the parashah, it is the 31st weekly Torah portion (פָּרָשָׁה, parsha) in the annual cycle of Torah reading. The parsha provides purity rules for priests (כֹּהֲנִים, Kohanim), recounts the holy days,…
Learn about Passover, the two Firstfruits, and how to count the Omer up to Shavu’ot as well as the deeper symbolism and significance of all God’s Holy Days in the video study above! -Readings below for Passover and the week of Unleavened Bread – 2019 Passover Readings On the FIRST DAY OF PASSOVER (14 Nisan – April 18th, 2019) we read from the book of…
Teaching For Shabbat of April 6th, 2019 (Donate and support this Ministry by clicking here) In some years this week is a double Torah portion covering both Torah Parsha Tazria as well as Torah Parsha Metzora so we have posted both here… Tazria, (תַזְרִיעַ) — Hebrew for “she conceives”, the 13th word, and the first…
Shemini (שְּׁמִינִי) – Hebrew for “eighth,” the third word, and the first distinctive word, in the parsha, is the 26th weekly Torah portion in the annual cycle of Torah reading and the third in the Book of Leviticus. It constitutes Leviticus 9:1–11:47
Teaching For Shabbat of March 16th, 2019 (Donate and support this Ministry by clicking here) Torah: Leviticus 1:1–5:26 Haftarah: Isaiah 43:21-44:23 Vayikra (וַיִּקְרָא)— Hebrew for “and He called,” the first word in the parsha) is the 24th weekly Torah portion in the annual cycle of Torah readings and the original name for the Book of Leviticus. The parsha lays out the…
Teaching For Shabbat of February 30th, 2019 (Donate and support this Ministry by clicking here) Torah: Exodus 35:1–40:38 Haftarah: I Kings 7:51-8:21 This week we have a double Torah Parsha… Vayakhel and Pekudei. Vayakhel (וַיַּקְהֵל) — Hebrew for “and he assembled,” is the 22nd weekly Torah portion (פָּרָשָׁה, parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah readings. The parashah…