ROSH HASHANAH
1-2 Tishri 5787 Link to HAFTARAH ● Link to MIDRASH FROM THE TORAH FIRST DAY Genesis 21:1-34 ISAAC IS BORN TO ABRAHAM AND SARAH 21:1-8 The Eternal attends Sarah as He promised. She conceives and bears a son to Abraham in his old age at the time that God foretold. Abraham names him Isaac [Yitzchak],…
51/52. NITZAVIM-VAYELECH 5786
Link to HAFTARAH ● Link to MIDRASH FROM THE TORAH Deuteronomy 29:9-31:30 Sedra Nitzavim, the first of this week’s double Sedra, is the projected denouement of Israel’s choices as covenantal partner with the Eternal. The covenantal provisions and sanctions have been presented in previous sedras. Now, “this day” (Deuteronomy 29:9 et seq), as Moses surveys…
50. KEE-TAVO 5786
Link to HAFTARAH ● Link to MIDRASH FROM THE TORAH Deuteronomy 26:1-29:8 This week’s Sedra Kee-Tavo is filled with narrative and prescriptive ceremonial drama, anticipated for the occasion of entrance into the Land of Israel. It begins with a succinct review of Israelite history (cf. Tsey Ulmad in the Haggadah of Pesach) as a basket…
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