Parashat Noach: Genesis 6:9 to 11:32
Week of October 21, 2025 This Torah ‘sedrah’ is given over to the adventures of Noah. The purpose is more phenomenology. It seeks to explain some of the natural occurences
October 23, 2025
Week of October 21, 2025 This Torah ‘sedrah’ is given over to the adventures of Noah. The purpose is more phenomenology. It seeks to explain some of the natural occurences
By Elisheva Herrera We Jews are very good at marking the passage of time. We have baby namings, bar and bat mitzvahs, and of course, the cycle of holidays. The
Week of September 22 Our Torah portion is only one chapter, and the title comes from the verb “h-l’ch,” to go or to walk. So the opening words are “Moses
Kee Teytzey: Deuteronomy 21:10 to25:19 Our Torah portion continues with the rules for the conduct of warfare, when the Israelites are compelled to fight. “When you go out to make
originally printed in the CBT Summer Newsletter June, 2025 Have you ever noticed how quickly that which is current becomes passé? One week we extoll the bounties of crypto and
originally printed in the CBT Summer Newsletter June, 2025 Have you ever noticed how quickly that which is current becomes passé? One week we extoll the bounties of crypto and
week of July 7 Balak: Numbers 22:2 to 25:9 Our Torah portion takes its title from the name of the kind of Moab, who engages the prophet Balaam to work
Week of June23 to June 27 Korach, a Levite, is a cousin to Moses and Aaron. Chapters 16 and 17 describe his challenge to Moses’ and Aaron’s authority to continue
Week of June 30 to July 4 Our Torah reading, known as “laws,” i.e. statutes that are difficult to understand via our reasoned thinking, is a basic place for mystery
Week of June 9 Our Torah portion begins with repeated instructions to the biblical priests as to the proper method of lighting the seven-branched menorah in the Sanctuary. The first
In our Torah portion, which contains the classic words of the “priestly blesssing,” we also learn about the “nazir” and the vows made by a nazirite. The root “n-z-r” means
“The Lord said to Moses: speak “emor,” unto the priests, the sons of Aaron and say unto them…” So this opening verse introduces all manner of regulations for the biblical
Parashat Tazria-Metzora: Leviticus 12:1 to 15:33 This is one of the seven designated Torah portions that can be read as a combined “parashah,” depending on the
