Weekly Torah Reading, May 12, 2018
In Israel: Be-Hukkotai: This week’s reading consists for the most part of a long list of misfortunes that will befall the people of Israel if they fail to keep God’s commandments. These punishments—diseases, drought, military defeat, and exile—are recited …
Weekly Torah Readings, May 5, 2018
Why Two Readings? As sometimes happens, the Torah portions read in synagogues within Israel and those read in synagogues outside of Israel are scheduled to be out of sync for a while. So, for the coming weeks, I’ll be …
Weekly Torah Reading, April 28, 2018
(Why Two Readings?) As sometimes happens, the Torah portions read in synagogues within Israel and those read in synagogues outside of Israel are scheduled to be out of sync for a while. So, for the coming weeks, I’ll be …
Weekly Torah Reading, April 21, 2018: in Israel, Aḥarei Mot-Kedoshim, Outside Israel, Tazria‘-Metzora‘
Why These Two Readings? As sometimes happens, the Torah readings in Israel and outside it are scheduled to be out of sync for a while. So, for the coming weeks, I’ll be including comments on both Torah readings, the …
Weekly Torah Reading in Israel, Tazria‘-Metzora‘, April 14, 2018
Weekly Torah Reading in Israel, Tazria‘-Metzora‘, April 14, 2018; Outside Israel, Shemini, April 14, 2018 Why These Two Readings? As sometimes happens, the Torah readings in Israel and outside it are scheduled to be out of sync for …
Torah Reading, Seventh Day of Passover, April 6, 2018
Don’t Forget My Bones With the last of the Ten Plagues, Pharaoh was forced to relent, and the Israelites left Egypt “with hand held high,” that is, full of confidence. Nevertheless, God did not lead them by the shortest …
Weekly Torah Reading, Pesah, March 30-31, 2018
Some Pointers for the Seder In case you missed last week’s tips for the first night of Passover, here they are again: Reclining The whole reason for having a Passover seder is to carry out the Torah’s …
Weekly Torah Reading, Shabbat ha-Gadol, March 24, 2018
Some Pointers for the Seder Here are some of my annual tips for the first night of Passover: Reclining The whole reason for having a Passover seder is to carry out the Torah’s commandment, “And you shall …