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PARSHA From Reform Judaism https://reformjudaism.org/torah/portion/shlach-lcha Sh’lach L’cha (שְׁלַח-לְךָ — Hebrew for “Send [Notables to Scout the Land]”) – Num. 13:1−15:41 The Eternal One spoke to Moses, saying, “Send emissaries to scout the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelite people; send one man from each of their ancestral tribes, each one a …
PARSHA From Reform Judaism https://reformjudaism.org/torah/portion/bhaalotcha B’haalot’cha (בְּהַעֲלֹתְךָ — Hebrew for “When You Raise [the Lamps]“) – 8:1−12:16 The Eternal One spoke to Moses, saying: “Speak to Aaron and say to him, ‘When you mount the lamps, let the seven lamps give light at the front of the lampstand.’” – Numbers 8:1-2 SUMMARY God speaks to …
PARSHA From Reform Judaism https://reformjudaism.org/torah/portion/naso Naso (נָשֹׂא — Hebrew for “Take a census” or “lift up”) – 4:21−7:89 The Eternal One spoke to Moses: “Take a census of the Gershonites also, by their ancestral house and by their clans.” – Numbers 4:21-22 SUMMARY A census of the Gershonites, Merarites, and Koathites between the ages of …
JUNE BIRTHDAYS, ANNIVERSARIES, AND SIGNIFICANT EVENTS Mazal Tov – Mazal Bueno to all those celebrating a birthday, anniversary, or significant event during the Month of June. If we were together at Temple Kol Hamidbar, we would extend a Tallit over you, say a special prayer for you, and recite the following blessing (cf Num. 6:24-26): …
PARSHA From Reform Judaism https://reformjudaism.org/torah/portion/bchukotai B’chukotai (בְּחֻקֹּתי — Hebrew for “My Laws”) – Leviticus 26:3-27:34 If you follow My laws and faithfully observe My commandments, I will grant your rains in their season, so that the earth shall yield its produce and the trees of the field their fruit. – Lev. 26:3-4 SUMMARY: God promises …
PARSHA – the Shmitah and the Yovël From Reform Judaism https://reformjudaism.org/torah/portion/bhar Bhar (בְּהַר — Hebrew for “on Mount [Sinai]”) – Leviticus 25:1-26:2 The Eternal One spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai: “Speak to the Israelite people and say to them: When you enter the land that I assign to you, the land shall observe a …
PARSHA From Reform Judaism https://reformjudaism.org/torah/portion/emor Emor (אֱמֹר — Hebrew for “speak”) – Leviticus 21:1-24:23 The Eternal One said to Moses: “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them: None shall defile himself for any [dead] person among his kin, . . .” – Lev. 21:1 SUMMARY: Laws regulating the lives and …
MAY BIRTHDAYS, ANNIVERSARIES, AND SIGNIFICANT EVENTS Mazal Tov – Mazal Bueno to all those celebrating a birthday, anniversary, or significant event during the Month of May. If we were together at Temple Kol Hamidbar, we would extend a Tallit over you, say a special prayer for you, and recite the following blessing (cf Num. 6:24-26): …
PARSHA From Reform Judaism https://reformjudaism.org/torah/portion/acharei-mot-ii Acharëi Mot II (אַחֲרֵי מוֹת II — After the Death [of the Two Sons of Aaron]) – Leviticus 18:1-30 The Eternal One spoke to Moses, saying: Speak to the Israelite people and say to them: I the Eternal am your God. – Leviticus 18:1-2 SUMMARY: Moses condemns the sexual practices …
PARSHA From Reform Judaism https://reformjudaism.org/torah/portion/mtzora M’tzora (מְצֹרָע — A Leper) – Leviticus 14:1–15:33 The Eternal One spoke to Moses, saying: “This shall be the ritual for a leper at the time of being purified .” – Leviticus 14:1-2 SUMMARY: Priestly rituals to cure tzaraat (a skin condition) when it afflicts humans are described. (14:1-32) Rituals …