#ThisWeeksTorahPortion ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฅ๐: Tzav Command โ ืฆื Tzav, Tsav, Zav, Sav, or แนขaw (ืฆึทืโ โ Hebrew for “command,” the sixth word, and the first distinctive word, in the parashah) is the 25th weekly Torah portion (ืคึธึผืจึธืฉึธืืโ, parashah) in the annual cycle of Torah reading and the second in the Book […]
๐ฌ #ThisWeeksTorahPortion ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฅ๐: VayikraโAnd he called โ ืึทืึดึผืงึฐืจึธื The title “Leviticus” is derived from the Greek Septuagint (LXX) version of the Torah. The book of Leviticus is predominantly concerned with Levitical rituals. An older Hebrew name for the book was “The Laws of the Priesthood,” but in Judaism […]
Pekundei ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฅ๐: Pekudei, Pekude, Pekudey, P’kude, or P’qude (ืคึฐืงืึผืึตืโโHebrew for “amounts of,” the second word, and the first distinctive word, in the parashah) is the 23rd weekly Torah portion (ืคึธึผืจึธืฉึธืืโ, parashah) in the annual cycle of Torah reading. It is the 11th and last in the Book of Exodus. […]
๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฅ๐: VAYAK’HEL Vayakhel, Wayyaqhel, VaYakhel, Va-Yakhel, Vayak’heil, or Vayaqhel (ืึทืึทึผืงึฐืึตืโ โ Hebrew for “and he assembled,” the first word in the parashah) is the 22nd weekly Torah portion (ืคึธึผืจึธืฉึธืืโ, parashah) in the annual cycle of Torah reading and the 10th in the Book of Exodus. The parashah tells of […]
๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐, ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ญ๐ก ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฌ which was officially founded after a workshop series at Trinity Wall Street Church on The Black Presence in the Bible, though I had been teaching and posting about this information since about 2011/2012. I did not […]
๐ฌ #ThisWeeksTorahPortion ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฅ๐: Ki Tisa, Ki Tissa, Ki Thissa, or Ki Sisa (ืึดึผื ืชึดืฉึธึผืืโ โ Hebrew for “when you take,” the sixth and seventh words, and first distinctive words in the parashah) is the 21st weekly Torah portion (parashah) in the annual cycle of Torah reading and the […]
๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฅ๐: Tetzaveh, Tetsaveh, T’tzaveh, or T’tzavveh (ืชึฐึผืฆึทืึถึผืโโHebrew for “[you] shall command,” the second word and first distinctive word in the parashah) is the 20th weekly Torah portion (ืคึธึผืจึธืฉึธืืโ, parashah) in the annual cycle of Torah reading and the eighth in the Book of Exodus. The parashah reports God’s commands […]
As we enter the Western month of September and continue the Biblical month of Elul and head towards the month of Tishrei we are preparing for the Fall Feast and Kodesh (Holy) Days of Scripture. The first of these special days is Yom Teruah aka Day of Trumpets most commonly […]
The season of Shavuot (aka Pentecost) known as Feast of Weeks commemorates two powerful moments in human history: when the Children of Israel and those who sojourned with them received the Torah and when people from various tongues and tribes received the infilling of the Ruach HaโKodesh (Holy Spirit) which […]
Except from Prophetic Whirlwind: Uncovering The Black Biblical Destiny On April 11, 2017, I was invited to give the opening reflection for the Lab Shul Freedom Feast Passover Seder. For the Seder Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie assigned me a passage from Exodus, which when read in Hebrew shows that the Hebrew […]