Bo- Shared Reading Torah Portions 2.3: Shemoth (Exodus) Chapters 10:1-13:16 Hebrew Word/Phrase of the Week: Bo Meaning: ‘Come’ This week’s Torah Portion is called Bo (בוא), meaning, “Come”. The first verse of the torah portion reads, ‘Come to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart”. This portion tells us about the remaining plagues from last time and how YHWH saves …
Va’era
וָאֵרָא Parshah Wa’era (Va’era) Shemoth (Exodus) 6:2-9:35 And Elohim spoke to Mosheh and said to him, “I am YaHuWaH. “And I appeared to Abraham, to Yitshaq, and to Yaaqob as Al Shaddai. And by My Name, YaHuWaH, was I not known to them?– Shemoth (Exodus) 6:2-3 The name of this Torah Portion is Wa’era ( va’era) וָאֵרָא which translates “and I appeared”. …
Kids Learning: 2.2 Va’era Shemoth (Exodus) Chapters 6:2-9:35
Va’era- Shared Reading Torah Portions 2.2: Shemoth (Exodus) Chapters 6:2-9:35 Hebrew Word/Phrase of the Week: Va’era Meaning: ‘I Appeared’ This week’s Torah Portion is called Va’era (וארא), meaning, “And I Appeared”. As YHWH appeared to Abraham, Yitshaq and Ya’acob, he is establishing his covenant and plaguing Mitsrayim until Pharaoh will let his people go! Chapter 6 (cont.): In last week’s Torah …
Vayechi
וַיְחִי Parashah Wayechi (Vayechi) Beresheeth (Genesis) 47:28-50:26 “And Yaacob lived in the land of Mitsrayim (Egypt) seventeen years. So the days of Yaacob, the years of his life, were 147 years. (Gen. 47:28) וַיְחִי Wa’Yechi literally means and he lived. Yaacob was well advanced in years, 147 to be exact, and he was aware that his life was coming to an end. …
Kids Learning: 1.12 Vayechi Bereshith (Genesis) Chapters 47:28-50:26
Vayechi- Shared Reading Torah Portions 1.12: Bereshith (Genesis) Chapters 47:28-50:26 Hebrew Word/Phrase of the Week: Vayechi Meaning: ‘And He Lived’ This week’s Torah Portion is called Vayechi (ויחי), meaning, “And He Lived”. The first sentence of this portion says, “And Ya’acob lived in the land..”. Ya’acob’s time comes to pass away and later on, Yahuseph’s (Yoseph’s) also. Chapter 47 (cont.): …
Kids Learning: 1.11 Vayigash Bereshith (Genesis) Chapters 44:18-47:27
Vayigash- Shared Reading Torah Portions1.11: Bereshith (Genesis) Chapters 44:18-47:27 Hebrew Word/Phrase of the Week: Vayigash Meaning: ‘Came Near’ This week’s Torah Portion is called Vayigash (ויגש), and it means “came near”. In the first sentence of this portion, it says, “And Yahudah came near (Vayigash) to him..”. Yahudah begs to take the place of BenYammin (Benjamin/Binyamin) as a slave in …
Miketz
מִקֵּץ Parshah Miketz Genesis 41:1-44:17 “And it came to be, at the end of two years’ time, that Pharaoh had a dream, and saw him standing by the river…”-Beresheeth (Genesis 41:1) This Torah portion is called מִקֵּץ “Miketz”, meaning “at the end of.” Mitketz literally begins the solemn “end” of two long years since the time Yahuwseph interpreted the …
Kids Learning: 1.10 Miketz Bereshith (Genesis) Chapters 41:1-44:17
Miketz- Shared Reading Torah Portions 1.10: Bereshith (Genesis) Chapters 41:1-44:17 Hebrew Word/Phrase of the Week: Miketz Meaning: ‘The End Of’ This week’s Torah Portion is called Miketz (מקץ), and it means “the end of“. “And it came to be at the end of (Miketz) two years time, that Pharaoh had a dream..” Yahuseph (Yoseph) understood that dream interpretations belong to …
Vayeshev
וַיֵּשֶׁב Parshah Vayeshev (Wayesheb) Beresheeth (Genesis) 37:1-40:23 And Yaacob was settled in the land where his father had sojourned, the land of Kena’an. –Beresheeth (Genessis) 37:1 This Torah portion begins “WaYesheb Ya’acob” meaning and settled Yaacob, thus the title “VaYeshev”. Immediately in verse two we read “This is the Toldot (genealogy) of Yaacob: Yahuwseph being 17 years old was feeding the flock …
Kids Learning: 1.9 Vayeshev Bereshith (Genesis) Chapters 37:1-40:23
Vayeshev- Shared Reading Torah Portions 1.9 Bereshith (Genesis) Chapters 37:1-40:23 Hebrew Word/Phrase of the Week: Vayeshev Meaning: ‘He Settled/he dwelt’ This week’s Torah Portion is called Vayeshev (וישב), and it means “ He settled, or he dwelt .” The first verse of this portion reads, “Now Ya’acob dwelt (vayeshev) in the land of his father’s sojournings..”. However, this torah portion …