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Parashah #36 B’ha’alotkha ~ בהעלתך ~ When You Set Up Torah: B’midbar / Numbers 8:1 ~ 12:16 Haftarah: Z’kharyah / Zechariah 2:14(2:10) ~ 4:7 B’rit Hadashah: Yochanan / John 19:31 – 37; Ivrim / Hebrews 3:1 – 6   CHAPTER 8 This week’s Parashah, (B’hah-ah-lote-khah) B’ha’alotkha, begins with a short mitzvah / commandment / instruction […]

Parashah #35 Nasso ~ נשא ~ Take (Lift, Bear Up, Carry, Elevate) Torah: B’midbar / Numbers 4:21~7:89 Haftarah: Shof’tim / Judges 13:2-25 B’rit Hadashah: Yochanan / John 7:53~8:11; Acts 21:17-32 B’midbar / Numbers seems to be a continuation of things in the previous books:   • B’resheet / Genesis was historical.   • Sh’mot / […]

Parashah #34 B’midbar ~ In The Wilderness Torah: B’midbar/Numbers 1:1~4:20 Haftarah: Hoshea/Hosea 2:1-22 (1:10~2:20) B’rit Hadashah: Luke 2:1-7; 1st Corinthians 12:12-31 The wilderness experiences of the Israelites from Sinai to (Keh-nah-ahn) Kena’an / Canaan, the Promised Land, are recorded in B’midbar, which literally means in the wilderness. The English title, “Numbers”, is derived from the […]

Parashah #33 B’chukkotai ~ בחקתי ~ By My Regulations Torah: Vayikra / Leviticus 26:3 ~ 27:34 Haftarah: Yirmeyahu / Jeremiah 16:19 ~ 17:14 B’rit Hadashah: Yochanan / John 14:15 – 21; Yochanan / John 15:10 – 12; Yochanan Alef / 1st John   We have finally come to the last portion of Vayikra, known as […]

Parashah #32 ~ B’har ~ בהר ~ On Mount Torah: Vayikra / Leviticus 25:1 ~ 26:2 Haftarah: Yirme’yahu / Jeremiah 32:6 – 27 B’rit Hadashah: Luke 4:16 – 21; 1st Corinthians 7:21 – 24; Galatians 6:7 – 10   B’har literally means on Mount but a more specific interpretation would be on the Mount of […]

Parashah #31 ~ Emor ~ Say or Speak Torah: Vayikra / Leviticus 21:1 ~ 24:23 Haftarah: Yechezk’el / Ezekiel 44:15 – 31 B’rit Hadashah: Mattityahu / Matthew 5:38 – 42; Galatians 3:26 – 29 CHAPTER 21 This weeks Parashah, first, gives us a series of regulations concerning the Levitical priests: • how they are to […]

Parashah # 29 Acharei Mot ~ אחרי מות ~ After the death Torah: Vayikra / Leviticus 16:1 – 18:30 Haftarah: Yechezk’el / Ezekiel 22:1 – 19 B’rit Hadashah: Romans 3:19 – 28; Romans 9:30 ~ 10:13; 1st Corinthians 5:1 – 13; 2nd Corinthians 2:1 – 11; Galatians 3:10 – 14; Ivrim / Hebrews 7:23 ~ 10:25 […]

Parashah #28 ~ Metzora ~ Person Afflicted With Tzara’at Torah: Vayikra / Leviticus 14:1 ~ 15:33 Haftarah: M’lakhim Bet / 2nd Kings 7:3 – 20 B’rit Hadashah: Mattityahu / Matthew 9:20 – 26; Mark 5:24b – 34; Luke 8:42b – 48; Ivrim / Hebrews 13:4   This portion continues with the purification process for the […]

Parashah #27 Tazria ~  תזריע  ~ She Conceives Torah: Vayikra / Leviticus 12:1 ~ 13:59 Haftarah: M’lakhim Bet / 2nd Kings 4:42 ~ 5:19 B’rit Hadashah: Mattityahu / Matthew 8:1 – 4; 11:2 – 6; Mark 1:40 – 45; Luke 2:22 – 24; Luke 5:12 – 16; Luke 7:18 – 23 The first part of […]

Parashah #26 Sh’mini ~ Eighth Torah: Vayikra / Leviticus 9:1 ~ 11:47 Haftarah: Sh’muel Bet / 2nd Samuel 6:1 ~ 7:17 B’rit Hadashah: Mark 7:1 – 23; Acts 5:1 – 11; Acts 10:1 – 35; 2nd Corinthians 6:14 ~ 7:1; Galatians 2:11 – 16; 1 Kefa / 1st Peter 1:14 – 16 Is there never […]