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,...