Mattot-Massei Tribes-Journeys — מטות-מסעי Mattot-Massei Tribes-Journeys — מטות-מסעי Masei, Mas’ei, or Masse (מַסְעֵי — Hebrew for “journeys,” the second word, and the first distinctive word, in the parashah) is the 43rd weekly Torah portion (פָּרָשָׁה, parashah) in the annualcycle of Torah reading and the 10th and last in the Book […]
Pinchas 𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞: Pinechas, Pinchas, Pinhas, or Pin’has (פִּינְחָס—Hebrew for “Phinehas,” a name, the sixth word and the first distinctive word in the parashah) is the 41st weekly Torah portion (פָּרָשָׁה, parashah) in the annual cycle of Torah reading and the eighth in the Book of Numbers. It tells of […]
Balak 𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞: This portion is from the section Balak (בָּלָק — Hebrew for “Balak,” a name, the second word, and the first distinctive word, in the parashah) is the 40th weekly Torah portion (פָּרָשָׁה, parashah) in the annual cycle of Torah reading and the seventh in the Book of […]
Beha’alotcha 𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞: Beha’alotcha (בְּהַעֲלֹתְךָ — Hebrew for “when you step up,” the 11th word, and the first distinctive word, in the parashah) is the 36th weekly Torah portion (פָּרָשָׁה, parashah) in the annual cycle of Torah reading and the third in the Book of Numbers. The parashah tells of […]
Nasso 𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞: Nasso Take up — נשא or Naso (נָשֹׂא — Hebrew for “take a census” or “lift up,” the sixth word, and the first distinctive word, in the parashah) is the 35th weekly Torah portion (פָּרָשָׁה, parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the second […]
𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞: Shemini, Sh’mini, or Shmini (שְּׁמִינִי — Hebrew for “eighth,” the third word, and the first distinctive word, in the parashah) is the 26th weekly Torah portion (פָּרָשָׁה, parashah) in the annual cycle of Torah reading and the third in the Book of Leviticus. Parashah Shemini tells of the […]
In this week’s Torah Portion we see that the King of Moab tried about three times to curse the Hebrew people as they Sojourned from Egypt to Canaan. Each time the King tried to get Balaam to curse the Hebrews instead of a curse he heard a blessing. Even Balaam’s […]
🌬This is actually last week’s Torah Portion but it still brings up an interesting paradox we should be mindful to pay attention to. As I was reading the Torah Portion reflection by First Fruits of Zion I read: “Sprinkling of the ashes of the red heifer purified the unclean, but […]