Weekly Torah Lesson Parasha: Yitro Torah: Shemot 18:1 – 20:26 Shemot 18 appears to be out of chronological order. Some place it after 11 Tishrei 2449which is after Moshe returns from his third , forty day, meeting with Avinu on Mount Sinai. This would put it near Shemot 35. However, whether it fits better as chapter 18 or 35 isn’t relevant for what I want to discuss. Today, we are going to focus on the type of men who were chosen to teach the people and how these attributes roll over … [Read more...] about Choosing Leaders
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Parasha: B'shalach "When he let go" Torah: Shemot 13:17 – 17:16 The Lesson of the Manna Led by Avinu’s pillar of cloud, the people proceeded on their journey toward Mount Sinai. On the 15th day of the second month, Israel ran out of matzot. Avinu then began to feed them with manna, a type of flaky, powdery food that descended from heaven each morning. Avinu told Moses to tell the people . . . The people will go out and gather each day’s portion on that day. Exodus … [Read more...] about Weekly Torah Lesson
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Parasha: Bo – come, enter Torah: Shemot: 10:1 – 13:16 Observing Passover Today Shemot 12:12 For I will pass through the land of Mitzryim this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Mitzryim, both man and beast; and against all the demon-idols of Mitzryim I will execute judgment: I am Avinu. 13 And the blood shall be to you for a token on the houses where you are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be on you to destroy you, when I … [Read more...] about Weekly Torah Lesson
Rosh Chodesh
At sundown, at the end of Sunday, 1/6/19, the month of Tevet comes to its end and Rosh Chodesh Sh’vat begins. Rosh Chodesh is not a prescribed monthly Shabbat but it is commanded to be “observed”. In 1Samuel 20, we see that particular Rosh Chodesh was being observed for two days . Some use this recorded biblical event as proof that the current calendar based method of determining the arrival of Rosh Chodesh today was in use earlier than the construction of the first Temple. This two day … [Read more...] about Rosh Chodesh
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Parasha: Va Era – and I appeared Torah: Shemot 6:2 – 9:35 The Mystery of Avinu’s Name 6:2-3 And Elohim spoke to Moshe, and said to him, I am YHVH: 3 And I appeared to Avraham, to Yitzchak, and to Ya’akov, by the name of El Shaddai, but by my name YHVH was I not known to them. ** From BeReishit 12:1 through Shemot 6:3 and possibly further, the fathers and possibly their descendants that were in Egypt for hundreds of years, called YHVH “El Shaddai”. There are dozens of “names” … [Read more...] about Weekly Torah Lesson
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Parasha: Shemot – Names Torah: Shemot 1:1 – 6:1 “9 That which has been is what will be, That which is done is what will be done, And there is nothing new under the sun. 10 Is there anything of which it may be said, “See, this is new”? It has already been in ancient times before us. 11 There is no remembrance of former things, Nor will there be any remembrance of things that are to come By those who will come after. 12 I, the Preacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem. 13 And I set … [Read more...] about Weekly Torah Lesson