Torah Portion: Genesis 25:19-28:9 Toldot (“Generations”) opens with the births of Isaac and Rebecca’s twins, Jacob and Esau. Esau sells his birthright to Jacob in exchange for soup. Isaac and Rebecca travel t
Like this: Loading... Learning Hebrew: Reading the Joseph Story Image: Part of the story of Joseph in the Torah Scroll. Whenever we reachParashat Vayeshev, this week’s portion, I can taste tuna fish. That may seem like a weird association, but this portion is linked in my heart to th...
Torah Portion: Exodus 30:11-34:35 Ki-Tisa (“When You Elevate”) opens as God tells Moses to collect a half-shekel donation from all Israelites and to anoint the Mishkan (Tabernacle), its vessels, and the priests. The Israelites worship the golden calf and Moses breaks the tablets. ...
The meaning of words is very important to me. While I’m not as much of a Hebraist as my teacher, Rabbi Art Green, I value finding out what words precisely mean. That is a question with this week’s Torah portionPekudei. A common origin of the termpakadaccording to theBrown-Driver-...
The Torah Portion for this week speak of the sanctity of drawing near to the Lord. Nadav and Avihu are a testimony to that indicating for us the importance of going before the Lord with fear and reverence. These Scriptures are very important, in light of what we do in our bodies ...
What we find in this week’s Torah portion is the call of God on His people to go to the house of God (Bethel).Bereshit / Genesis 35:1 Then God said to Jacob, ‘Arise, go up to Bethel and live there, and make an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you fled from ...
Adarshan(interpreter or explainer)provides a d’var Torah, a discussion or written essay based on the Torah portion for the week. The explanation of the Torah portion, which might focus on certain words or verses or be an overview, is called thedrash (דרש—to seek out, study, in...
Parashat Vaetchanan (Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11). Read on 9 August 2025 / 15 Av 5785 in the Diaspora. Torah reading, Haftarah, links to audio and commentary.
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Torah Portion: Deuteronomy 26:1-29:8 Ki Tavo (“When You Come”) opens by describing the ceremony of the first fruit offering (bikkurim) and the declaration made upon the completion of tithing. It concludes with a detailed description of blessings that follow obedience to God's laws and ...