Naso

נשא Parasha Naso Bamidbar (Numbers) 4:21-7:89 And YaHuWaH spoke to Mosheh, saying, “Take a count also of the sons of Gereshon, by their fathers’ house, by their clans.– Bamidbar (Numbers) 4:21-22 The Torah Portion נשא “Naso” begins with YaHuWaH giving instruction to Mushah (Moses) to “naso et rosh” which actually means “lift up the head”, but is interpreted to take a …

Bamidbar

במדבר Parasha Bamidbar Bamidbar (Numbers) 1:1-4:20 And YaHuWaH spoke to Mosheh (Mushah) in the Wilderness of Sinai, in the Tent of Meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they hadcome out of the land of Mitsrayim, saying, “Take a census of all the congregation of the children of Yisrael (Yashar’el), by their clans, …

Kedoshim (Qedoshim)

קדושים Parasha “Kedoshim” (Qedoshim) Wayyiqra (Leviticus) 19:1-20:27 And YaHuWaH spoke to Mushah, saying, “Speak to all the congregation of the children of Yashar’al (Yisrael), and say to them, ‘Be set-apart, for I YaHuWaH your Elohim am set-apart.– Wayyiqra (Leviticus) 19:1-2 YaHuWaH has commanded that we be “Qedoshim” (Kedoshim), which literally translates as “set apart ones.” YaHuWaH is called HaQodesh throughout …

Metzorah

מצורע Parshat Metzorah Wayyiqra (Leviticus) 14:1-15:33 And YaHuWaH spoke to Mushah, saying,“This shall be the Torah of the leper for the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought to the priest- Wayyiqra (Leviticus) 14:1-2 This Torah Portion deals with הַמְּצֹרָע HaMetzorah, which has often been translated “the lepor.” According to Torah the צָרָעַת Tsaraat, which has been called leprosy, can …

Tazria

תזריע Parshat Tazria Wayyiqra (Leviticus) 12:1-13:59 And YaHuWaH spoke to Mushah, saying,“Speak to the children of Yashar’al (Yisrael), saying, ‘When a woman has conceived, and has given birth to a male child, then she shall be unclean seven days, as in the days of her monthly separation she is unclean.- Wayyiqra (Levitivus) 12:1-2 This Torah Portion is called תזריע Tazria which means …

Pekudei

פקודי Parshat Pekudei Shemoth (Exodus) 38:21-40:38 These were the appointments of the Dwelling Place, the Dwelling Place of the Witness, which was appointed by the command of Mosheh, for the service of the Lewites, by the hand of Ithamar, son of Aharon the priest. – Shemoth (Exodus) 38:21 The word פקודי Pekudei literally means “accounts.” Mosheh (Mushah) made פקודי Pekudei, an accounting …

Mishpatim

מִּשְׁפָּטִים Parshah Mishpatim Shemoth (Exodus) 21:1-24:18 “These are the right-rulings which you are to set before them”–Shemoth (Exodus) 21:1 This portion opens וְאֵלֶּה הַמִּשְׁפָּטִים “w’eleh ha’mishpatim” which translates and these are the judgments אֲשֶׁר תָּשִׂים לִפְנֵיהֶֽם “asher tashim l’pnechem”, which you are to set before their faces. By saying “and these” YaHuWaH is including the following mishpatim or Judgments to the ten …