Shemoth- Shared Reading Torah Portions 2.1: Shemoth (Exodus) Chapters 1:1-6:1 Hebrew Word/Phrase of the Week: Shemoth Meaning: ‘Names’ This week’s Torah Portion is called Shemoth (שמות), meaning, “Names”. A baby is born during a time that it’s dangerous to be a Hebrew baby boy, and the time comes that YHWH remembers his covenant and is preparing the way. Chapter 1: In the …
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.): …
Vayigash
וַיִּגַּשׁ Parsha Wayigash (Vayigash) Beresheeth (Genesis) 44:18-47:27 And Yahuwdah came near to him and said, “O my master, please let your servant speak a word in my master’s hearing, and do not let your displeasure burn against your servant, for you are like Pharaoh Beresheeth (Genesis) 44:18 Yahuwseph tested his brothers to see if they had changed, at the end …
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 …
Genesis 32:3-36:43 Vayashilach
וַיִּשְׁלַח Parshah Wayashilach (Vayashilach) Beresheeth (Genesis) 32:3-36:43 And Yaacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom. (Gen. 32:3) This week’s Torah portion is called וַיִּשְׁלַח Wayashilach meaning “and he sent”. The root word “shilach” שְׁלַח lends us such words that have been translated emissary, envoy or as it has been deemed …