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Parashah # 23 P’kudei ~  פקודי ~ Accounts Torah:   Sh’mot / Exodus 38:21 ~ 40:38 Haftarah: M’lakim Alef / 1st Kings 7:40 ~ 8:21 B’rit Hadashah: Revelation 15:5 – 8 With P’kudei (P’koo-day), we’ve reached our final parashah in the book of Sh’mot / Exodus. Remember, sh’mot means names which is the plural form of […]

Parashah # 22 Vayak’hel ~ ויקהל ~ And he assembled Torah: Sh’mot / Exodus 35:1 ~ 38:20 Haftarah: M’lakhim Alef / 1st Kings 7:13 – 50 B’rit Hadashah: 2nd Corinthians 9:1 – 15; Ivrit / Hebrews 9:1 – 14; Revelation 11:1 – 13 Wow Oh Wow!!! This is SO much fun. Who says the Original […]

Parashah #21 Ki Tissa  ~  When you take Torah: Sh’mot / Exodus 30:11~34:35 Haftarah: M’lakhim Alef / 1st Kings 18:1-39 B’rit Hadashah: Luke 11:14-20; Acts 7:35-8:1; 1st Corinthians 10:1-13; 2nd Corinthians 3:1-18 This week’s Torah portion (Key Tee-sah) Ki Tissa is PACKED with goodies (!!!) and includes: • Instructions for taking a census (each person […]

Parashah #20 Tetzaveh ~  תצוה ~ You are to order Torah: Sh’mot / Exodus 27:20 ~ 30:10 Haftarah: Yechezk’el / Ezekiel 43:10-27 B’rit Hadashah: Philippians 4:10-20   As much as last weeks Parashah detailed the Mishkan / Tabernacle, so this week’s portion details the clothing the (Ko-hah-neem) Cohanim / Priests are to wear in the […]

Parashah #19 T’rumah ~ תרומה ~ Contribution Torah: Sh’mot/Exodus 25:1~27:19 Haftarah: M’lakim Alef/1st Kings 5:26 (5:12) ~6:13 B’rit Hadashah: Ivrim/Hebrews 8:1-6; 9:23-24; 10:1 CHAPTER 25   T’rumah means donation, gift, contribution or freewill offering. It had to be voluntary and from the heart. For these contributions to qualify for the (Mish-kahn) Mishkan/Tabernacle/ dwelling place, the […]

Parashah #18 Mishpatim ~ משפטים ~ Rulings  Torah: Sh’mot/Exodus 21:1~24:18 Haftarah: Yirmeyahu/Jeremiah 34:8-22 & 33:25-26 B’rit Hadashah: Mattityahu/Matthew 5:38-42 & 15:1-20 Mark 7:1-23; Acts 23:1-11; Ivrim/Hebrews 9:15-22 & 10:28-39  Here I am again with WAY more information than I can assimilate this week. I guess that’s one reason we get to keep doing this year after […]

Parashah #17 Yitro ~ יתרו ~ Jethro (Hebrew for Excellence or Abundance) Torah: Sh’mot/Exodus 18:1-20:23 (26) Haftarah: Yesha’yahu/Isaiah 6:1-7:6; 9:5-6 (6-7) B’rit Hadashah: Mattityahu/Matthew 5:1-30; 15:1-11; 19:16-30; Mark 7:5-15; 10:17-31; Luke 18:18-30; Acts 6:1-7; Romans 2:17-29; 7:7-12; 13:8-10; Ephesians 6:1-3; 1st Timothy 3:1-14; 2nd Timothy 2:2; Titus 1:5-9; Ivrim/Hebrews 12:18-29; Ya’akov/James 2:8-13; 1st Kefa/1st Peter […]

Parashah # 16 B’shalach ~ After he had let go  Torah: Sh’mot/Exodus 13:17-17:16 Haftarah: Shof’tim/Judges 4:4-5:31 B’rit Hadashah: Luke 2:22-24; Yochanan/John 6:25-35 & 19:31-37 1 Corinthians 10:1-13; 2 Corinthians 8:1-15; Revelation 15:1-4 Here I am again, with so much information I don’t know where to start ~ I feel like I’ve been in an orchard […]

Parashah #15 Bo ~ בוא ~ Go Torah: Sh’mot/Exodus 10:1~13:16 Haftarah: Yirme’yahu/Jeremiah 46:13-28 B’rit Hadashah: Luke 2:22-24; Yochanan/John 19:31-37; Acts 13:16-17; Revelation 8:6-9:12; Revelation 16:1-21 In last week’s Parashah, we saw how Pharaoh hardened his own heart toward (B’nay Is-rah-el) Bnei Isra’el/the Children of Israel during the first five plagues but during the sixth plague […]

Parashah #14 ~ Va’era ~ וארא ~ And I appeared Torah: Sh’mot/Exodus 6:2~9:35 Haftarah: Yechezk’el/Ezekiel 28:25~29:21 Brit Hadashah: Romans 9:14-17; 2nd Corinthians 6:14-7:1 As the Last Days grow shorter and shorter, many are looking at (Say-fer Sh’mote) Sefer Sh’mot/Book of Exodus as prophetic. Egypt represents the world (including the United States) and many of its […]