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Parsha Sh’lach – 5777

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Parshat Sh’lach In-Depth “Send out for yourself men (Numbers 13:2) ‘Send out for yourself’—as your mind dictates. I am not instructing you; if you so desire, send. For the people of Israel had come to Moses, saying ‘Let us send…

Parsha Nitzavim

This week’s parsha is Nitzavim: Deuteronomy 29:9-30:20 Nitzavim (29:9-30:20) – (Ones Standing): Haftorah: Isaiah 61:10-63:9 (Ashkenazi); Isaiah 61:10-63:9 (Sephardi) 29:9-14: Renewal of the covenant 30:11-14: The Torah is accessible 29:15-28: Warning against idolatry 30:15-20: Choose life 30:1-10: The eventual repentance…

Parsha Shelach

This week’s parsha is Shelach: Numbers 13:1-15:41 Shelach (13:1-15:41) – (Send): Haftorah: Joshua 2:1-24 (Ashkenazi); Joshua 2:1-24 (Sephardi) 13:1-15: The command to send spies to Eretz Yisrael 14:26-39: God spells out the decree 13:16-26: Moses prays for Joshua 14:40-45: A…

Parsha Behar-Bechukotai

This week’s parsha is Behar-Bechukotai: Leviticus 25:1-27:34 Behar (25:1-26:2) – (On The Mount): Haftorah: Jeremiah 32:6-27 (Ashkenazi); Jeremiah 32:6-22 (Sephardi) 25:1-7: Shemittah/Sabbatical Year 25:35-38: Preventing poverty 25:8-13: Yovel/Jubilee Year 25:39-46: A Jew’s Jewish “slave” 25:14-22: Sequence of the passages 25:47-55:…

Parshat Nitzavim-Vayelekh

This week’s parsha is Nitzavim-Vayelekh (Deuteronomy 29:9-31:30) Torah Pearls: Nitzavim – Vayelekh Parsha Nitzavim – Vayelekh (Union for Reform Judaism) Parsha Nitzavim-Vayelekh (United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism) Parsha Nitzavim-Vayelekh (Orthodox Union) Parsha Nitzavim – Vayelekh (Jewish Reconstructionist Communities) Parshat Nitzavim:…