Shabbat Tetsaveh (Ex. 27:20-30:10)
Last week, we read about how the Israelites “clothed” the Mishkan, the Tent of...
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Shabbat Themes
Shabbat Terumah (Exodus 25:1 – 27:19)
Moses is up on the mountain, and we begin to hear about building the...
Shabbat Mishpatim (Ex. 21:1-24:18)
Mishpatim, or “judgements” takes the 10 commandments from last week and begins to elaborate...
Shabbat Yitro (Ex. 18:1-20:23)
Looking at it with a storyteller’s perspective, last week we saw a slave population...
Shabbat Beshalach (Ex. 13:17-17:16)
In this parsha, Miriam is singing her Song of the Sea. The Israelites whine...
Shabbat Bo (Ex. 10:1-13:16)
This week our story begins with the words “God said to Moses, ‘Go to...
Shabbat Vaera (Ex. 6:2-9:25)
In the portion this week, God tells Moses that he appeared to the Patriarchs...
Shabbat Shemot (Ex. 1:1-6:1)
In the book, “The Torah Portion by Portion” by Seymour Rossell, an explanation of...
Shabbat Vayechi (Gen. 47:28-50:26)
The portion this week contains the closing verses for the book of Genesis/Bereshit. Jacob...
Shabbat Vayigash (Gen. 44:18-47:27)
In the portion this week, Joseph executes the plan to save both Egypt and...