|  | In the Sinai Desert, God says to conduct a census of the twelve tribes of Israel.
| | | | | |  | | On the mountain of Sinai, God communicates to Moses the laws of the sabbatical year. | | | | | |  | | The Torah section of Emor begins with the special laws pertaining to the kohanim. | | | | | |  | The Parshah of Tazria continues the discussion of the laws of Tumah v'Taharah, ritual impurity and purity.
| | | | | |  | | Moses and Aaron subsequently disagree as to a point of law regarding the offerings, but Moses concedes to Aaron that Aaron is in the right. | | | | | |  | God instructs Moses to command Aaron and his sons regarding their duties and rights as Kohanim who offer the korbanot in the Sanctuary.
| | | | | |  | | God calls to Moses from the Tent of Meeting, and communicates to him the laws of the korbanot, the animal and meal offerings brought in the Sanctuary. | | | | | |  | | There is no doubt that our world is full of brilliant and gifted people who create great beauty and make awesome discoveries. Still with all of the immeasurable brilliance, we see before us a sad and self-destructing world. | | | | | |  | | Moses assembles the people of Israel and reiterates to them the commandment to observe the Shabbat. | | | | | |  | | The people of Israel are told to each contribute exactly half a shekel of silver to the Sanctuary. | | | | | |  | | God tells Moses to receive from the Children of Israel pure olive oil to feed the "everlasting flame" of the menorah, which Aaron is to kindle each day, "from evening till morning." | | | | | |  | | On the summit of Mount Sinai, Moses is given detailed instructions on how to construct this dwelling for God so that it could be readily dismantled, transported and reassembled as the people journeyed in the desert. | | | | | |  | | Following the revelation at Sinai, God legislates a series of laws for the people of Israel. | | | | | |  | | Moses' father-in-law, Jethro, hears of the great miracles which God performed for the people of Israel, and comes from Midian to the Israelite camp, bringing with him Moses' wife and two sons. | | | | | |  | Soon after allowing the Children of Israel to depart from Egypt, Pharaoh chases after them to force their return, and the Israelites find themselves trapped between Pharaoh's armies and the sea.
| | | | | |  | The death of the firstborn finally breaks Pharaoh's resistance and he literally drives the Children of Israel from his land.
| | | | | |  | Moses and Aaron repeatedly come before Pharaoh to demand in the name of God, "Let My people go, so that they may serve Me in the wilderness."
| | | | | |  | The Children of Israel multiply in Egypt. Threatened by their growing numbers, Pharaoh enslaves them and orders the Hebrew midwives, Shifrah and Puah, to kill all male babies at birth.
| | | | | |  | | Jacob lives the final 17 years of his life in Egypt. Before his passing, he asks Joseph to take an oath that he will bury him in the Holy Land. | | | | | |  | | Judah approaches Joseph to plead for the release of Benjamin, offering himself as a slave to the Egyptian ruler in Benjamin's stead. | | | | | |  | | Joseph's imprisonment finally ends when Pharaoh dreams of seven fat cows that are swallowed up by seven lean cows, and of seven fat ears of grain swallowed by seven lean ears. | | | | | |  | | Jacob settles in Hebron with his twelve sons. His favorite is seventeen-year-old Joseph, whose brothers are jealous of the preferential treatment he receives from his father, such as a precious many-colored coat that Jacob makes for Joseph. | | | | | |  | | Jacob returns to the Holy Land after a 20-year stay in Haran, and sends angel-emissaries to Esau in hope of a reconciliation. | | | | | |  | | Jacob leaves his hometown of Beersheba and journeys to Haran. On the way, he encounters "the place" and sleeps there, dreaming of a ladder connecting heaven and earth, with angels climbing and descending on it. | | | | | |  | | Isaac and Rebecca endure twenty childless years, until their prayers are answered and Rebecca conceives. She experiences a difficult pregnancy as the "children struggle inside her." | | | | | |  | | Sarah dies at age 127 and is buried in the Machpelah Cave in Hebron, which Abraham purchases from Ephron the Hittite for four hundred shekels of silver. | | | | | |  | God reveals Himself to Abraham three days after the first Jew's circumcision at age 99; but Abraham rushes off to prepare a meal for three guests who appear in the desert heat.
| | | | | |  | | A famine forces the first Jew to depart for Egypt, where beautiful Sarai is taken to Pharaoh's palace; Abram escapes death because they present themselves as brother and sister. | | | | | |  | | Noah plants a vineyard and becomes drunk on its produce. Two of Noah's sons, Shem and Japeth, are blessed for covering up their father's nakedness, while his third son, Ham, is cursed for taking advantage of his debasement. | | | | | |  | | V'zot Haberachah relates how Moses ascended Mount Nebo from whose summit he saw the Promised Land. | | | | | |  | | The greater part of the Torah reading of Haazinu consists of a 70-line "song" delivered by Moses to the people of Israel on the last day of his earthly life. | | | | | |  | | The Parshah of Vayelech recounts the events of Moses' last day of earthly life. | | | | | |  | | The Parshah of Nitzavim includes some of the most fundamental principles of the Jewish faith. | | | | | |  | | Moses instructs the people of Israel: When you enter the land that God is giving to you as your eternal heritage, and you settle it and cultivate it, bring the first-ripened fruits of your orchard to the Holy Temple. | | | | | |  | | Seventy-four of the Torah's 613 commandments are in the Parshah of Ki Teitzei. | | | | | |  | | "See," says Moses to the people of Israel, "I place before you today a blessing and a curse." | | | | | |  | | Moses continues his closing address to the Children of Israel, promising them that if they will fulfill the commandments of the Torah, they will prosper in the Land they are about to conquer. | | | | | |  | | Moses tells the people of Israel how he implored God to allow him to enter the Land of Israel, but God refused, instructing him instead to ascend a mountain and see the Promised Land. | | | | | |  | | Moses begins his repetition of the Torah to the assembled Children of Israel, reviewing the events that occurred and the laws that were given in the course of their 40-year journey from Egypt to Sinai to the Promised Land. | | | | | |  | | Moses conveys the laws governing the annulment of vows to the heads of the tribes of Israel. | | | | | |  | | Aaron's grandson, Pinchas, is rewarded for his act of zealotry in killing the Simeonite prince Zimri and the Midianite princess who was his paramour: God grants him a covenant of peace and the priesthood. | | | | | |  | | Balak, the king of Moab, summons the prophet Balaam to curse the people of Israel. On the way, Balaam is berated by his ass, who sees, before Balaam does, the angel that God sends to block their way. | | | | | |  | | Moses is taught the laws of the red heifer, whose ashes purify a person who has been contaminated by contact with a dead body. | | | | | |  | | Korach incites a mutiny challenging Moses' leadership and the granting of the kehunah (priesthood) to Aaron. | | | | | |  | | Moses sends twelve spies to the Land of Canaan. Forty days later they return, carrying a huge cluster of grapes, a pomegranate and a fig, to report on a lush and bountiful land. | | | | | |  | | The Almighty is not in need of our light. On the contrary, we are in need of His. | | | | | |  | Aaron is commanded to raise light in the lamps of the menorah, and the tribe of Levi is initiated into the service in the Sanctuary.
| | | | | |  | | On the mountain of Sinai, God communicates to Moses the laws of the Sabbatical year. | | | | | |  | | Following the deaths of Nadav and Avihu, God warns against unauthorized entry "into the holy." | | | | | |  | | The Parshahs of Tazria and Metzora continue the discussion of the laws of tumah v'taharah, ritual impurity and purity. | | | | | | | | | Moses and Aaron subsequently disagree as to a point of law regarding the offerings, but Moses concedes to Aaron that Aaron is in the right. | | | | | | | | God instructs Moses to command Aaron and his sons regarding their duties and rights as Kohanim who offer the korbanot in the Sanctuary.
| | | | | | | | | God calls to Moses from the Tent of Meeting, and communicates to him the laws of the korbanot, the animal and meal offerings brought in the Sanctuary. | | | | | | | | | Moses assembles the people of Israel and reiterates to them the commandment to observe the Shabbat. | | | | | | | | | God tells Moses to receive from the Children of Israel pure olive oil to feed the "everlasting flame" of the menorah, which Aaron is to kindle each day, "from evening till morning." | | | | | | | | | On the summit of Mount Sinai, Moses is given detailed instructions on how to construct this dwelling for God so that it could be readily dismantled, transported and reassembled as the people journeyed in the desert. | | | | | | | | | Moses' father-in-law, Jethro, hears of the great miracles which God performed for the people of Israel, and comes from Midian to the Israelite camp, bringing with him Moses' wife and two sons. | | | | | |  | | Soon after allowing the Children of Israel to depart from Egypt, Pharaoh chases after them to force their return, and the Israelites find themselves trapped between Pharaoh's armies and the sea. | | | | | |  | The death of the firstborn finally breaks Pharaoh's resistance and he literally drives the Children of Israel from his land.
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| | | Moses and Aaron repeatedly come before Pharaoh to demand in the name of God, "Let My people go, so that they may serve Me in the wilderness."
| | | | | |  | | The Children of Israel multiply in Egypt. Threatened by their growing numbers, Pharaoh enslaves them and orders the Hebrew midwives, Shifrah and Puah, to kill all male babies at birth. | | | | | | | | | Jacob lives the final 17 years of his life in Egypt. Before his passing, he asks Joseph to take an oath that he will bury him in the Holy Land. | | | | | | | | | Jacob leaves his hometown of Beersheba and journeys to Haran. On the way, he encounters "the place" and sleeps there, dreaming of a ladder connecting heaven and earth, with angels climbing and descending on it. | | | | | | | | | Isaac and Rebecca endure twenty childless years, until their prayers are answered and Rebecca conceives. She experiences a difficult pregnancy as the "children struggle inside her." | | | | | | | | | Sarah dies at age 127 and is buried in the Machpelah Cave in Hebron, which Abraham purchases from Ephron the Hittite for four hundred shekels of silver. | | | | | |  | God remembers His promise to Sarah, and gives her and Abraham a son, who is named Isaac.
| | | | | | | | | A famine forces the first Jew to depart for Egypt, where beautiful Sarai is taken to Pharaoh's palace; Abram escapes death because they present themselves as brother and sister. | | | | | |  | | God forms the human body from the dust of the earth and blows into his nostrils a "living soul." | | | | | |  | | The Torah reading for Yom Kippur morning describes the service performed on this day by the Kohen Gadol (high priest) in the Holy Temple in Jerusalem. | | | | | | | | | The greater part of the Torah reading of Haazinu consists of a 70-line "song" delivered by Moses to the people of Israel on the last day of his earthly life. | | | | | | | | | The Parshah of Nitzavim includes some of the most fundamental principles of the Jewish faith. | | | | | |  | | Moses instructs the people of Israel: When you enter the land that God is giving to you as your eternal heritage, and you settle it and cultivate it, bring the first-ripened fruits of your orchard to the Holy Temple. | | | | | | | | | Seventy-four of the Torah's 613 commandments are in the Parshah of Ki Teitzei. | | | | | |  | | Moses instructs the people of Israel to appoint judges and law-enforcement officers in every city. "Justice, justice shall you pursue," he commands them. | | | | | | | | | Moses continues his closing address to the Children of Israel, promising them that if they will fulfill the commandments of the Torah, they will prosper in the Land they are about to conquer. | | | | | |  | | Moses tells the people of Israel how he implored God to allow him to enter the Land of Israel, but God refused, instructing him instead to ascend a mountain and see the Promised Land. | | | | | | | | | Moses begins his repetition of the Torah to the assembled Children of Israel, reviewing the events that occurred and the laws that were given in the course of their 40-year journey from Egypt to Sinai to the Promised Land. | | | | | |  | | The forty-two journeys and encampments of Israel are listed, from the Exodus to their encampment on the plains of Moab across the river from the Land of Canaan. | | | | | |  | Moses conveys the laws governing the annulment of vows to the heads of the tribes of Israel.
| | | | | |  | | Aaron's grandson, Pinchas, is rewarded for his act of zealotry in killing the Simeonite prince Zimri and the Midianite princess who was his paramour: God grants him a covenant of peace and the priesthood. | | | | | | | | | Balak, the king of Moab, summons the prophet Balaam to curse the people of Israel. On the way, Balaam is berated by his ass, who sees, before Balaam does, the angel that God sends to block their way. | | | | | | | | | Moses is taught the laws of the red heifer, whose ashes purify a person who has been contaminated by contact with a dead body. | | | | | | | | | Korach incites a mutiny challenging Moses' leadership and the granting of the kehunah (priesthood) to Aaron. | | | | | | | | | Moses sends twelve spies to the Land of Canaan. Forty days later they return, carrying a huge cluster of grapes, a pomegranate and a fig, to report on a lush and bountiful land. | | | | | | | | Aaron is commanded to raise light in the lamps of the menorah, and the tribe of Levi is initiated into the service in the Sanctuary.
| | | | | | | | | God promises that if the people of Israel will keep His commandments, they will enjoy material prosperity and dwell securely in their homeland. | | | | | |  | | The Torah section of Emor begins with the special laws pertaining to the kohanim. | | | | | |  | | "This is the entire Torah, the rest is commentary" - Love your fellow as yourself. | | | | | | | | | Following the deaths of Nadav and Avihu, God warns against unauthorized entry "into the holy." | | | | | |  | | This week's Torah reading begins by detailing how the recovered metzora is purified by the Kohen (priest) with a special procedure. | | | | | | | | The Parshah of Tazria continues the discussion of the laws of Tumah v'Taharah, ritual impurity and purity.
| | | | | |  | | Moses and Aaron subsequently disagree as to a point of law regarding the offerings, but Moses concedes to Aaron that Aaron is in the right. | | | | | |  | God instructs Moses to command Aaron and his sons regarding their duties and rights as Kohanim who offer the korbanot in the Sanctuary.
| | | | | |  | | Moses makes an accounting of the gold, silver and copper donated by the people for the making of the Mishkan. | | | | | | | | | Moses assembles the people of Israel and reiterates to them the commandment to observe the Shabbat. | | | | | |  | Moses' father-in-law, Jethro, hears of the great miracles which God performed for the people of Israel, and comes from Midian to the Israelite camp, bringing with him Moses' wife and two sons.
| | | | | | | | The death of the firstborn finally breaks Pharaoh's resistance and he literally drives the Children of Israel from his land.
| | | | | | | | God reveals Himself to Moses. Employing the "four expressions of redemption," He promises to take out the Children of Israel from Egypt, deliver them from their enslavement, redeem them and acquire them as His own chosen people at Mount Sinai.
| | | | | | | | The Children of Israel multiply in Egypt. Threatened by their growing numbers, Pharaoh enslaves them and orders the Hebrew midwives, Shifrah and Puah, to kill all male babies at birth.
| | | | | |  | Joseph's imprisonment finally ends when Pharaoh dreams of seven fat cows that are swallowed up by seven lean cows, and of seven fat ears of grain swallowed by seven lean ears.
| | | | | |  | Joseph is taken to Egypt and sold to Potiphar, the minister in charge of Pharaoh's slaughterhouses. God blesses everything he does, and soon he is made overseer of all his master's property.
| | | | | |  | Jacob returns to the Holy Land after a 20-year stay in Charan, and sends angel-emissaries to Esau in hope of a reconciliation, but his messengers report that his brother is on the warpath with 400 armed men.
| | | | | |  | Jacob leaves his hometown Be'er Sheva and journeys to Charan. On the way, he encounters 'the place' and sleeps there, dreaming of a ladder connecting heaven and earth, with angels climbing and descending on it.
| | | | | |  | God reveals Himself to Abraham three days after the first Jew's circumcision at age 99; but Abraham rushes off to prepare a meal for three guests who appear in the desert heat.
| | | | | |  | | A famine forces the first Jew to depart for Egypt, where beautiful Sarai is taken to Pharaoh's palace; Abram escapes death because they present themselves as brother and sister. | | | | | |  | | Noah plants a vineyard and becomes drunk on its produce. Two of Noah's sons, Shem and Japeth, are blessed for covering up their father's nakedness, while his third son, Ham, is cursed for taking advantage of his debasement. | | | | | |  | | God forms the human body from the dust of the earth and blows into his nostrils a "living soul." Originally Man is a single person, but then God takes a 'side' from the man, forms it into a woman, and marries them to each other. | | | | | |  | | Vezot Haberachah then relates how Moses ascended Mount Nebo from whose summit he saw the Promised Land. | | | | | |  | | The greater part of the Torah reading of Haazinu ('Listen In') consists of a 70-line "song" delivered by Moses to the people of Israel on the last day of his earthly life. | | | | | |  | | The Parshah of Nitzavim includes some of the most fundamental principles of the Jewish faith. | | | | | | | | | Our Parshah also includes the laws of the tithes given to the Levites and to the poor, and detailed instructions on how to proclaim the blessings and the curses on Mount Grizzim and Mount Ebal. | | | | | |  | | Seventy-four of the Torah's 613 commandments (mitzvot) are in the Parshah of Ki Teitzei. | | | | | |  | | In every generation, says Moses, there will be those entrusted with the task of interpreting and applying the laws of the Torah. | | | | | |  | | A Temple should be established in 'the place that God will choose to make dwell His name there' where the people should bring their sacrifices to Him. | | | | | |  | | Moses continues his closing address to the Children of Israel, promising them that if they will fulfill the commandments of the Torah, they will prosper in the Land they are about to conquer. | | | | | |  | | Moses tells the people of Israel how he implored God to allow him to enter the land of Israel, but God refused. | | | | | |  | | Moses begins his repetition of the Torah to the assembled Children of Israel, reviewing the events that occurred and the laws that were given in the course of their 40-year journey from Egypt to Sinai to the Promised Land. | | | | | |  | | Aaron's grandson, Pinchas, is rewarded for his act of zealotry in killing the Shimonite prince Zimri and the Midianite princess: G-d grants him a covenant of peace and the priesthood. | | | | |
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