This week’s parsha is Re’eh: Deuteronomy 11:26-16:17 Re’eh (11:26-16:17) – (See): Haftorah: Isaiah 54:11-55:5 (Ashkenazi); Isaiah 54:11-55:5 (Sephardi) 11:26-32: Blessing and curse 14:1-2: A treasured people 12:1-7: Sanctity of the Land 14:3-21: Permitted and forbidden food 12:8-14: Private altars 14:22-29:…
This week’s parsha is Eikev: Deuteronomy 7:12-11:25 Eikev (7:12-11:25) – (Because): Haftorah: Isaiah 49:14-51:3 (Ashkenazi); Isaiah 49:14-51:3 (Sephardi) 7:12-17: The reward 10:1-5: A temporary Ark and the second Tablets 7:18-26: The assurance 10:6-7: Aaron’s death 8:1-10: The lesson of food…
Proof: Tacitus mentions the Christians and Christ after whom they are named.1 Consequently, to get rid of the report, Nero fastened the guilt and inflicted the most exquisite tortures on a class hated for their abominations, called Christians by the…
This week’s parsha is Va’etchanan: Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11 Va’etchanan (3:23-7:11) – (And I Pleaded): Haftorah: Isaiah 40:1-26 (Ashkenazi); Isaiah 40:1-26 (Sephardi) 3:23-25: Moses prays again 5:1-18: The Ten Statements 3:26-29: Exile and return 5:19-26: Fire, cloud, thick smoke 4:1-11: Decrees and…
This week’s parsha is Devarim: Deuteronomy 1:1-3:22 Devarim (1:1-3:22) – (Words): Haftorah: Isaiah 1:1-27 (Ashkenazi); Isaiah 1:1-27 (Sephardi) 1:1-12: Veiled rebuke 2:17-30: God commands Israel to march toward the Land 1:13-18: The appointment of judges 2:31-37: The first conquest Sihon…
Maimonides’ Introduction to the Talmud Translator: Zvi Lampel Publisher: The Judaica Press, Inc. Year: 1998 Pages: 183 plus addendums Maimonides’ Introduction to the Talmud is the attempt by Rambam to give a precise introduction to the Talmud for the non-scholar.…
This week’s parsha is Mattot-Masei: Numbers 30:2-36:13 Mattot (30:2-32:42) – (Tribes): Haftorah: Jeremiah 1:1-2:3 (Ashkenazi); Jeremiah 1:1-2:3 (Sephardi) 30:2-17: Vows and oaths 31:42-47: The people’s share 31:1-12: The battle against Midian 31:48-54: The commanders 31:13-20: Moses rebukes the officers 32:1-5:…
This week’s parsha is Pinchas: Numbers 25:10-30:1 Pinchas (25:10-30:1) – (Phineas): Haftorah: I Kings 18:46-19:21 (Ashkenazi); I Kings 18:46-19:21 (Sephardi) 25:10-15: Phinehas’ zealotry 28:9: The mussaf offerings 25:16-18: A new attitude toward Midian 28:10: Sabbath 26:1-50: The new census 28:11-15:…
In Rabbinic Judaism, the Midrash is the body of homiletic stories told by Jewish rabbinic sages to explain passages in the Tanakh. Midrash is a method of interpreting biblical stories that goes beyond simple distillation of religious, legal, or moral…
This week’s parsha is Balak: Numbers 22:2-25:9 Balak (22:2-25:9) – (Balak): Haftorah: Micah 5:6-6:8 (Ashkenazi); Micah 5:6-6:8 (Sephardi) 22:2-19: Balaam 23:11-17: Balak’s anger 22:20-22: God’s ambiguous permission 23:18-24: Balaam’s second blessing 22:23-27: God impedes Balaam’s path 23:25-30: Balak’s anger and…
