This week’s Torah portion, Parshat Ki Teitzei, contains 74(!) of the 613 mitzvot, commandments. I chose two commandments for this week’s Parsha Sweets and Treats. The first is shiluach hakan. […]
Weekly Torah Portion
Insight and themes on the weekly Torah portion read aloud in synagogue.
Torah thought for Parshas Shoftim with Oorah‘s general counsel, Rabbi Bentzion Turin. More on Parshas Shoftim from the Oorah Spirit: Shoftim: The Dark Side What Gives Rabbis the Right to […]
In this week’s Torah portion, Parshas Shoftim, Moshe instructs the Jews to appoint judges and law enforcement officers in every city, telling them specifically, “justice, justice shall you pursue.” A […]
This week’s Torah portion, Parshat Re’eh, continues Moshe’s long speech to the Jewish people before they enter the Land of Israel. He again urges them to follow the path of […]
This week’s Torah portion, Parshas Eikev, opens and closes with two famous passages in which the Torah teaches us that the Jewish people’s entire fortune depends purely on whether or […]
This week’s Torah portion is Parshat Eikev and continues Moshe’s long speech to the Jewish people before his death. He begins by assuring the people that if they adhere to […]
In this week’s Torah Portion, Parshat Chukat, Moshe is taught the intricate laws of the Parah Adumah, red heifer, whose ashes purify a person who has become impure by contact […]
In Parshas Shelach we learn of the incident of the meraglim (spies), in which the spies sent to investigate the land of Israel returned with an evil report about the […]
In this week’s Torah Portion, Parshat Shelach, Hashem gives permission to Moshe to send twelve spies into the Land of Canaan as they are about to enter the land. They […]
In this week’s Torah Portion, Parshat Beha’alotcha, Aharon is taught how to light the flames of the menorah, one of his daily tasks in the Mishkan. Then the Levites are […]
