๐๐๐ฒ๐๐ญ๐ณ๐ ๐๐:๐๐-๐๐:๐ ๐๐๐ฒ๐๐ญ๐ณ๐ ืึทืึตึผืฆึตืโโ Hebrew for “and he left,” the first word in the parashah) is the seventh weekly Torah portion (ืคึธึผืจึธืฉึธืืโ, parashah) in the annual cycle of Torah reading. It constitutes Genesis 28:10โ32:3. The parashah tells of Jacob’s travels to, life in, and return from Haran. The parashah recounts […]
KiTavo ๐ฌ #ThisWeeksTorahPortion Ki Tavo, Ki Thavo, Ki Tabo, Ki Thabo, or Ki Savo (Hebrew: ืึดึผื-ืชึธืืึนืโ) meaning When you come in or When you enter. This is second and third words, and the first distinctive words, in the parashah) is the 50th weekly Torah portion (Hebrew: ืคึธึผืจึธืฉึธืืโ, parashah) in the […]
Balak ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฅ๐: This portion is from the section Balak (ืึธึผืึธืงโ โ Hebrew for “Balak,” a name, the second word, and the first distinctive word, in the parashah) is the 40th weekly Torah portion (ืคึธึผืจึธืฉึธืืโ, parashah) in the annual cycle of Torah reading and the seventh in the Book of […]
Bamidbar ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฅ๐: Bamidbar In the wilderness โ ืืืืืจ is the fifth overall and first distinctive word in the parashah), is the 34th weekly Torah portion (ืคึธึผืจึธืฉึธืืโ, parashah) in the annual cycle of Torah reading and the first in the Book of Numbers. The parashah tells of the census and […]
๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฅ๐: Emor (ืืืืจ): The thirty-first reading from the Torah is called Emor (ืืืืจ), a title that comes from the first verse of the reading, which says, “Then Yah said to Moses, ‘Speak (emor) to the priests, the sons of Aaron …’” (Leviticus 21:1). Emor begins with special laws of […]
Acharei Mot ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฅ๐: Acharei Mot After the death โ ืึทืึฒืจึตื ืืึน is the 29th weekly Torah portion in the annual cycle of Torah reading. It is the sixth weekly portion (ืคึธึผืจึธืฉึธืืโ, parashah) in the Book of Leviticus, containing Leviticus 16:1โ18:30. It is named after the fifth and sixth Hebrew […]
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 […]
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 […]
The original name of the people who are called the โHebrewsโ in the Bible is EฦฒE. Abraham is the first person called a Hebrew (Genesis 14:13) Abraham’s 5th Great Grandfather was Ever/Eber. We know this because Genesis 10:24 tells us that Shalach bore Ever. Ever is spelled ืขืืจ(EB/VR). According to the dictionary […]