Parsha Achrei Mot-Kedoshim

This week’s parsha is Tazria-Metzora: Leviticus 16:1-20:27 Acharei (16:1-18:30) – (After The Death): Haftorah: Amos 9:7-15 (Ashkenazi); Ezekiel 22:1-16 (Sephardi) 16:1-5: The death of Aaron’s sons and the Yom Kippur service 17:10-12: Prohibition against eating blood 16:6-11: The lots 17:13-16:…

Parsha Tazria-Metzora

This week’s parsha is Tazria-Metzora: Leviticus 12:1-15:33 Tazria (12:1-13:59) – (She Conceives): Haftorah: II Kings 4:42-5:19 (Ashkenazi); II Kings 4:42-5:19 (Sephardi) 12:1-2: Human contamination 13:24-28: Burns 12:3-8: Childbirth and purification 13:29-39: Tzaraas of the head or face 13:1-3: The basic…

Parsha Shemini

This week’s parsha is Shemini: Leviticus 9:1-11:47 Shemini (9:1-11:47) – (Eighth): Haftorah: II Samuel 6:1-7:17 (Ashkenazi); II Samuel 6:1-19 (Sephardi) 9:1-21: The Priestly service begins 11:13-19: The forbidden birds 9:22-24: Aaron’s blessing and the Divine Presence 11:20-25: Forbidden and permissible…

Chag HaMatzot (Passover)

This month shall be to you the head of the months; to you it shall be the first of the months of the year. (Exodus 12:2) The first mitzvah (command) given by the Eternal One to Moshe and Aharon was…

Parsha Tzav

This week’s parsha is Tzav: Leviticus 6:1-8:36 6:1-4: The taking of the ash and the Altar fire 7:19-21: Eating in a state of contamination 6:5-6: The three Altar fires 7:22-27: Fat and blood 6:7-16: Meal offering, Sin offering 7:28-38: The…

Parsha Vayikra

This week’s parsha is Vayikra: Leviticus 1:1-5:26 1:1-9: General rules of offerings 4:3-12: The bull of the anointed Kohen 1:10-13: Burnt offerings from sheep and goats 4:13-21: The bull 1:14-17: Burnt offerings from fowl 4:22-26: He-goat of a ruler 2:1-3:…

Judaism 101: What is the Mishneh Torah

The Mishneh Torah (“Repetition of the Torah”) subtitled Sefer Yad HaHazaka (“Book of the Strong Hand,”) is a code of Rabbinic halakhah (Jewish religious law) authored by Maimonides (Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon, also known as RaMBaM or “Rambam”), one of…

Parsha Vayakhel-Pekudei

This week’s (double) parsha is Vayakhel-Pekudei: Exodus 35:1-40:38 This week’s Haftarah is: Ezekiel 36:16-38 D’var Torah: Sanctifying Time and Space, Shabbat, and the Building of the Mishkan Torah Pearls: Parsha Vayakhel–Pekudei