DEVARIM
The Forty-fourth Sedra 27 Tammuz – 9 Av 5786 Link to HAFTARAH_CHAZON ● Link to MIDRASH_DEVARIM Link to TISHAH_BAV – FROM THE TORAH Deuteronomy 1:1-3:22 The opening verses of this first Sedra Devarim of the fifth book of the Torah announce the intention of Moses “to clarify this Torah” (Deuteronomy 1:5). At the outset Moses…
42/43. MATTOT-MAS’EY 5786
Link to HAFTARAH ● Link to MIDRASH FROM THE TORAH Numbers 30:2-36:13 The annual reading of the Book of Numbers draws to a close with this week’s double Sedra of Mattot and Mas’ey. The founding human leadership of Israel’s wilderness epoch has started to pass from the scene. Alongside their mediation of Divine instruction to…
41. PINCHAS 5786
Link to REMEMBRANCE ● Link to HAFTARAH ● Link to MIDRASH FROM THE TORAH Numbers 25:10-30:1 As last week’s Sedra Chukkat-Balak concluded with the zealotry of Pinchas son of Elazar son of Aaron the Kohen, this week’s Sedra Pinchas opens with the reward he earned: the secure covenant of Kehunah (Priesthood) for him and for…
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