These tables indicate the traditional Diaspora date for each portion. On holidays, the cycle is interrupted in favor of a special reading appropriate to the day. Because of the Hebrew lunar-solar calendar, there are some portions that “double up” during the shorter years to fit all the read...
And on the eighth day, the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised. Leviticus 12:3 In the Torah portion of Tazria, we are commanded to circumcise a male child on the eighth day. In the previous Torah portion, Shemini, we read that the dedication of the Tabernacle (Mishkan) also took...
The Haftarah portion for today is taken from the Book of Samuel. This is the story of a barren woman, Channah, one of two wives of a man named Elkanah. Elkanah loves Channah and tries to show her affection. But this is insufficient for Channah and she goes to Shiloh to pray for a...