Shoftim- Shared Reading Torah Portions 5.5: Debarim (Deuteronomy) 16:18-21:9 Hebrew Word/Phrase of the Week: Shoftim Meaning: “Judges” The Torah Portion this week is called Shoftim (שופטים), meaning “Judges”. Moshe tells the people how they are to judge the different types of situations and people they run into in the promised land. Chapter 16 (Continued): Our Torah Portion this week continues …
Re’eh
ראה Parshat Re’eh Debarim (Deuteronomy) 11:26-16:17 See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse – Debarim (Deuteronomy) 11:26 The title of this Torah Parsha is ראה Re’eh. ראה Re’eh is a tense of the verb ra’ah, which means to see, perceive or have vision. Mosheh (Mushah) essentially is opening the eyes of Yisrael (Yashar’al) commanding that they …
Kids Learning: Ekev 5.3 Debarim (Deuteronomy) 7:12-11:25
Ekev- Shared Reading Torah Portions 5.3: Debarim (Deuteronomy) 7:12-11:25 Hebrew Word/Phrase of the Week: Ekev Meaning: “Because of” The Torah Portion this week is called Ekev (עקב), which means “heel”, or “because of”. This week, Moshe is still recapping all the events the children of Yashra’el have been through since Mitsrayim (Egypt) and reminds them to keep YHWH’s commands! Chapter …
Kids Learning: Debarim 5.1 Debarim (Deuteronomy) 1:1-3:22
Debarim- Shared Reading Torah Portions 5.1: Debarim (Deuteronomy) 1:1-3:22 Hebrew Word/Phrase of the Week: Debarim Meaning: “Words” Debarim (דברים), meaning “words”, is not only the last book of the Torah, but also the name of this first portion too. Moshe summarizes the journey up for the children of Yashra’el. Chapter 1: So before Moshe passes away, he repeats the words …
Kids Learning: Pinehas (Pinchas) 4.8 Bamidbar (Numbers) 25:10-30:1
Pinehas (Pinchas)- Shared Reading Torah Portions 4.8: Bamidbar (Numbers) 25:10-30:1 Hebrew Word/Phrase of the Week: Pinehas (Pinchas) Meaning: the Name of a Lewite (son of El’azer, grandson of Aharon) Pinehas or Pinchas (פנחס), is Aharon’s grandson, and the zealous man that stops the YHWH’s plague from spreading by setting an example for the people. Moshe is near his time to …
Balak (Balaq)
בלק Parsha Balak Bamidbar (Numbers) 22:1-25:9 And the children of Yashar’al (Yisra’el) set out and camped in the desert plains of Mo’ab beyond the Yarden of Yericho. And Balaq son of Tsippor saw all that Yashar’al (Yisra’el) had done to the Amorites. – Bamidbar (Numbers) 22:1-2 בלק Balak (Balaq), sovereign of the Moabites along with all his people were …
Kids Learning: Balaq (Balak) 4.7 Bamidbar (Numbers) 22:2-25:9
Balaq (Balak)- Shared Reading Torah Portions 4.7: Bamidbar (Numbers) 22:2-25:9 Hebrew Word/Phrase of the Week: Balaq (Balak) Meaning: a Moabite king’s name The Torah Portion this week is called Balaq (Balak, בלק), named after a king of Moab. This king seeks out a sorcerer to curse the children of Yashra’el and things don’t end up going his way. Chapter 22 …
Chukat
חוקת Parasha Chukat Bamidbar (Numbers) 19:1-21:35 Shemoth (Exodus) 19:1And YaHuWaH spoke to Mosheh and to Aharon, saying, 2 “This is a law of the Torah which YaHuWaH has commanded, saying, ‘Speak to the children of Yisra’Ãl, that they bring you a red heifer, a perfect one, in which there is no blemish and on which a yoke has never come.3‘And …
Kids Learning: Chukat 4.6 Bamidbar (Numbers) 19:1-22:1
Chukat- Shared Reading Torah Portions 4.6: Bamidbar (Numbers) 19:1-22:1 Hebrew Word/Phrase of the Week: Chukat Meaning: Statue The Torah Portion this week is called chukat (חוקת), meaning “statue”. This time we read about the waters from the rock, Aharon and Miryam’s passing away, and the journey closer to the promised land. Chapter 19: YHWH speaks to Moshe and tells him …
Korach (Qorach)
קורח Parasha Korach (Qorach) Bamidbar (Numbers) 16:1-18:32 And Qorach, son of Yitshar, son of Qehath, son of Lewi, took both Dathan and Abiram the sons of Eliyab, and On, son of Peleth, sons of Re’uben,2 and they rose up before Mosheh with some of the children of Yisra’el, two hundred and fifty leaders of the congregation, called ones of the …