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18 Adar, 5786 Shabbat Shalom! Welcome to this week’s study of the Parasha (Torah Portion). Today’s portion of Torah, Ki Tisa (When You Take) and this Shabbat is called Shabbat Parah , which means "cow" as it is the time when the children of Israel are led astray by the golden calf . Ki Tisa (When You Take) · Exodus 30:11–34:35 · 1 Kings 18:1–39 · Matthew 17:1–13 · 2 Corinthians 3:1-18 “Then YAH said to Moses, ‘When you take a census of the Israelites to count them, each one must pay YAH a...

11 Adar, 5786 Shabbat Shalom! Welcome to Tetzaveh (You Shall Command), this week’s Parasha (Torah Portion). Tetzaveh (You Shall Command) · Exodus 27:20–30:10 · Ezekiel 43:10–27 · 1 Peter 2:1–25 · Hebrews 13:10-17 “Command [Tetzaveh] the Israelites to bring you clear oil of pressed olives for the light so that the lamps may be kept burning.” (Exodus 27:20) In last week’s Torah reading, YEHOVAH instructed Moses and the Israelites to construct a Tabernacle (Mishkan) in the wilderness. This week,...

4 Adar, 5786 Shabbat Shalom! Welcome to Terumah (Offering), this week’s Parasha (Torah Portion) which also is Shabbat Zachor . Terumah (Offering) · Exodus 25:1–27:19 · 1 Kings 5:26–6:13 · Hebrews 9:1–28 “YEHOVAH spoke to Moses, saying: ‘Speak to the children of Israel, that they bring ME an offering (terumah). From everyone who gives it willingly with his heart you shall take MY offering.’” (Exodus 25:1–2) Last week in Parasha Mishpatim, YEHOVAH gave to the Israelites about 53 Mitzvot (Laws)...

27 Shevat, 5786 Shabbat Shalom! Welcome to Mishpatim (Laws), this week’s Parasha (Torah Portion). Mishpatim (Laws) · Exodus 21:1–24:18 · Jeremiah 34:8–34:22, 33:25–26 · Matthew 5:38-42; 17:1-11 “These are the ordinances [mishpatim] that you are to set before them.” (Exodus 21:1) In last week’s portion of Scripture, Israel received the Ten Commandments at Mount Sinai. This week, YEHOVAH gives specific legislation – Laws called ‘mishpatim’ , meaning ‘judgements’. These are intended to guide...

20 Sh'vat, 5786 Shabbat Shalom! Welcome to Yitro , this week’s Parasha (Torah Portion). Yitro (Jethro) · Exodus 18:1–20:23 · Isaiah 6:1–7:6; 9:5–6 · Matthew 5:8-20 · 1 John 5:1–11 “Now Yethro, the priest of Midian and father-in-law of Moses, heard of everything YEHOVAH had done for Moses and for his people Israel, and how YEHOVAH had brought Israel out of Egypt.” (Exodus 18:1) In last week’s Torah study, YEHOVAH brought Israel out of Egypt and parted the Red Sea to save them from Pharaoh and...

13 Sh'vat, 5786 Shabbat Shalom! Welcome to this week’s Parasha (Torah Portion), which is called Veshalach (When He Let Go). Beshalach (When He Let Go) · Exodus 13:17–17:16 · Judges 4:4–5:31 · John 6:15-71 · 2 Peter 1 “Then it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that YEHOVAH did not lead them by way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for YEHOVAH said, 'Lest perhaps the people change their minds when they see war, and return to Egypt.’” (Exodus 13:17) In last...

6 Shevat, 5786 Shabbat Shalom! Welcome to Bo (Come), this week’s Parasha (Torah Portion). Bo (Come) · Exodus 10:1–13:16 · Jeremiah 46:13–28 · Revelation 9:1–21 · Luke 22:7-30 · 1 Corinthians 11:20-34 “Then YEHOVAH said to Moses, ‘Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his officials so that I may perform these signs of mine among them.’” (Exodus 10:1) In last week’s Parasha, we read of the first seven calamities (makot) that YEHOVAH inflicted upon Egypt to persuade...

28 Tevet 5786 Shabbat Shalom! Welcome to Va’era (And He Appeared), this week’s Parasha (Torah Portion). Va’era (And I Appeared) · Exodus 6:2–9:35 · Ezekiel 28:25 - 29:21 · Romans 9:14-33 · Revelation 15:1–16:20 “And I appeared [Va’era] to Avraham, Yitzchak, and Yaacov as El Shaddai [אל שדי] but by MY Name, YEHOVAH (יהוה), I did not make MYSELF known to them.” (Exodus 6:2–3) In last week’s Torah study, YEHOVAH appeared to Moses at the foot of Mount Sinai in a burning bush, instructing him to...

20 Tevet, 5786 Shabbat Shalom! Welcome to Shemot (Names), this week’s Parasha (Torah Portion). Shemot (Names) · Exodus 1:1–6:1 · Isaiah 27:6–28:13, 29:22–23 · Jeremiah 1:1–2:3 · Acts 7:17-35 · 1 Cor. 14: 18-25 · Romans 12:1–21 “These are the names (ve’eleh shemot) of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob, each with his family.” (Exodus 1:1) In last week’s Torah portion (Parasha), the first of the five books of Moses, Genesis ( Bereisheet – In the Beginning), ended with the deaths...

13Tevet 5786 Shabbat Shalom! Welcome to Vayechi (And He Lived), this week’s Parasha (Torah Portion). Vayechi (And He Lived) · Genesis 47:28–50:26; · 1 Kings 2:1–12; · 1 Peter 1:1-9 “And Jacob lived (Vayechi) in the land of Egypt seventeen years; so the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were a hundred forty and seven years.” (Genesis 47:28) This week’s Torah portion, Parasha Vayechi (and he lived) is the final Shabbat reading from the book of Genesis (Bereisheet). In last week’s study,...