Beha’alotcha ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฅ๐: Beha’alotcha (ืึฐึผืึทืขึฒืึนืชึฐืึธโ โ Hebrew for “when you step up,” the 11th word, and the first distinctive word, in the parashah) is the 36th weekly Torah portion (ืคึธึผืจึธืฉึธืืโ, parashah) in the annual cycle of Torah reading and the third in the Book of Numbers. The parashah tells of […]
Nasso ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฅ๐: Nasso Take up โ ื ืฉื or Naso (ื ึธืฉึนืืโ โ 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 (ืคึธึผืจึธืฉึธืืโ, parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the second […]
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 […]
Behar ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฅ๐: Behar, BeHar, Be-har, or B’har (ืึฐึผืึทืจโ โ Hebrew for “on the mount,” the fifth word, and the first distinctive word, in the parashah) is the 32nd weekly Torah portion (ืคึธึผืจึธืฉึธืืโ, parashah) in the annualcycle of Torah reading and the ninth in the Book of Leviticus. The parashah […]
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 […]
Kedoshim #ThisWeeksTorahPortion ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฅ๐: Kedoshim, K’doshim, or Qedoshim (ืงึฐืึนืฉึดืืืโ โ Hebrew for “holy ones,” the 14th word, and the first distinctive word, in the parashah) is the 30th weekly Torah portion (ืคึธึผืจึธืฉึธืืโ, parashah) in the annual cycle of Torah reading and the seventh in the Book of Leviticus. It constitutes […]
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 […]
Shemini Shel Pesach ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฅ๐: Shemini Shel Pesach Eighth Day of Passover โ ืคึถึผืกึทื ืืณ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐: Deuteronomy 14:22โ16:17 ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: In between instructions for giving tithes and the three major pilgrimage feast Passover, Shavuot and Sukkot is the Sabbatical Year which I find amazing. The Sabbatical year happened in Israel every […]
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. […]