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Parashat Emor
Parashat EmorVaYikra 21:1 - 24:23Parashat SummaryLaws Regulating the Lives and Sacrifices of the KohanimThe Set Times of the Jewish Calendar are Named and Described: the Shabbat, Rosh HaShanah, Yom...
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Parashat Behar - Bechukotai
Parashat Behar - BechukotaiVaYikra 25:1 - 27:34Parashat SummaryThe Shemitah - every seventh year, the land shall observe a Shabbat of complete rest The Yovel - sold land should be returned to its...
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Parashat BaMidbar
Parashat BaMidbarBaMidbar 1:1-4:20Parashat SummaryGd commands Moshe to take a census of all the Benei Yisrael males over the age of twenty The duties of the Levi'im, who are not included in the census,...
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Parashat Naso
Parashat NasoBaMidbar 4:21 - 7:89(Birkat Kohanim [Priestly Blessing] at the Kotel)-Art by Alex Levin-Parashat SummaryA Census of the Gershonim, Merarim, and KohatimUnclean people, repentant...
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Parashat Beha'alotecha
Parashat Beha'alotechaBaMidbar 8:1-12:16Parasha SummaryG-d describes for Moshe the Menorah for the Ohel Mo'edThe Leviim are appointed to serve under Aharon and his sonsThe Second Pesach in the month of...
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Parashat Shelach
Parashat ShelachBaMidbar 13:1 - 15:41Parasha SummaryMoshe sends twelve spies to the Land of YisraelG-d threatens to wipe out the Benei Yisrael but relents when Moshe intercedes on their behalfAll who...
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Parashat Korach
Parashat KorachBaMidbar 16:1-18:32; 28:9-15Rosh Chodesh TammuzKorach and his followers, Datan and Aviram, lead a rebellion against the leadership of Moshe and AharonThe chief of each tribe deposits his...
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Parashat Chukat
Parashat ChukatBaMidbar 19:1 - 22:1[Parah Adumah - Red Heifer]Parasha SummaryThe laws of the Parah Adumah (Red Heifer)The people arrive at the wilderness of Zin. Miriam dies and is buried thereThe...
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Yom Teruah - Rosh HaShanah
Rosh HaShanah - begins evening of September 4th; ends evening of September 6th[Zichron Teru'ah - Remembrance of the Sounding of the Shofar]DIRECTING OURSELVES FOR THE COMING YEARThe holiday of Rosh...
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Yamim Noraim - Days of Awe
Yamim Noraim - Days of Awe - Ten Days of RepentanceYou are great and do wonders, You alone, O G-d...In Your hands are the depths of the land and the loftiest mountains too... In His hands are the souls...
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Yom Kippur - Day of Atonement
Yom Kippur - begins evening of September 13th; ends evening of September 14th[G'mar Chatimah Tovah - A Good Final Sealing]Yom Kippur, also known as Yom HaKippurim the Torah literally says in reference...
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Sukkot - Huts & The Four Species
Sukkot - begins evening of September 18th; ends evening of September 25thThe Torah speaks of the commandments of dwelling in a Sukkah and taking the Lulav (VaYikra 23:33-44). The festival is known as...
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Hoshana Rabbah
Hoshana Rabbah - 7th Day of Sukkot - September 25Tradition is that on Hoshana Rabbah (7th day of Sukkot) the judgment of G-d, passed on Yom Kippur, is sealed by a written verdict. During Sukkot the...
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5774 Torah Parashiyot - Weekly Torah Portions
To begin all over again! 5774 Torah ParashiyotThe book of Bereishit (Genesis), which is not merely an account of the beginning, a narration of how it went, but it is the very blueprint for the...
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Haftarah Bereishit
Yeshayahu 42:5 - 43:10[Parashat Bereishit]The Haftarah of Parashat Bereishit opens by declaring HaShem the Creator of heaven and earth. This echoes the recount of HaShem’s creating the world in six...
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Rosh Chodesh - Cheshvan
Beginning of new Hebrew month of Cheshvan - October 4th[Rosh Chodesh - New Moon]The establishing of Rosh Chodesh, the New Moon, did not originally depend on the sighting of the moon, but completely on...
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Haftarah Noach
Yeshayahu 66:1-24Rosh Chodesh[Parashat Noach]This week's Haftarah is from Yishayahu Chapter 66 and reflects the fact that today is also Rosh Chodesh (corresponding parashah - Parashat Noach)....
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Haftarah Lech Lecha
Yeshayahu 40:27-41:16[Parashat Lech Lecha]Fear not, [Yisrael] for I am with you; be not fainthearted, for I am your G-d. I shall strengthen you and help you, even supporting you with My righteous...
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Haftarah VaYera
Melachim Bet [2 Kings] 4:1-37 [Parashat VaYera]4:1Ve'ishah achat minshei venei-hanevi'im tza'akah el-Elisha lemor avdecha ishi met ve'atah yadata ki avdecha hayah yare et-HASHEM vehanosheh ba lakachat...
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Haftarah Chayei Sarah
Melachim Alef [1 Kings] 1:1-31Parashat Chayei Sarah[David HaMelech - King David]1:1Vehamelech David zaken ba bayamim vayechasuhu babegadim velo yicham loKing David was old and advanced in years, and...
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