Torah - Exodus 1:1-6:1 Haftarah - Isaiah 27:6-28:13; 29:22-23, Jeremiah 1:1-2:3 Brit Hadashah - Matthew 22:23-46, Luke 5:12-39, Acts 3:12-15; 5:27-32; 7:17-36; 22:1-22; 24:14-16, Hebrews 11:23-26 The book of Exodus picks up right where the book of Genesis leaves off, by listing the "names" (sh'mot) of the descendants of Jacob who came down to Egypt …
Category: Weekly Torah Portions
Vayigash (And He Came Near)
Torah - Genesis 44:18-47:27 Haftarah - Ezekiel 37:15-28 Brit Hadashah - Acts 7:13-15, 2 Corinthians 5:1-21 Ephesians 2:1-10 Colossians 1:1-29 This is the eleventh reading from the book of Genesis (Bereshith). In this parshah we see Joseph's final and most telling test of his brothers, their tearful reunion, and Israel's journey to Egypt after receiving a …
Miketz (at the end)
Torah - Genesis 41:44:17 Haftarah - 1 Kings 3:15-4:1 Brit Hadashah - Acts 7:9-16, Revelation 12:1-17 This is the tenth reading from the book of Genesis. Last weeks portion (Vayeshev) ended with Joseph still in prison for a crime he did not commit, and now any hope of an appeal are pretty much gone as …
VaYeshev (He Settled)
Torah – Genesis 37:1-40:23 Haftarah – Amos 2:6-3:8 Brit Hadashah– Acts 7:9-16, Revelation 12:1-17 Last week's parashah (VaYishlach) was loaded! Its hard to summarize everything that was presented in the account of Jacob's (now Israel's) return to Haran to be with his father. But the prominent event in my mind was the wrestling with the …
VaYishlach (He Sent)
Torah – Genesis 32:4-36:43 Haftarah – Hosea 11:7-12:12, Obadiah 1:1-21 Brit Hadashah– 1 Corinthians 5:1-13, Revelation 7:1-12 In last week's parashah (Vayetzei) we are told how Jacob fled from his brother Esau and went to Haran to find Rebekah’s family and to hopefully find a wife. On his way there, God appeared to him …
Torah is Light 