Parashat
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
July 11, 2025
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
April 24, 2025 Yesterday evening marked the beginning of Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. Our Rabbi, Rabbi Levy, was invited—along with other rabbis in Santa Fe—to speak at the Roundhouse,
We come to the end of Shemot, the story of the exodus and revelation. This Torah portion is called “records” in English, because it is a statistical summary of all
Our Torah portion describes in detail the actual building of the temporary movable desert sanctuary that will house the Ark of the Testimony, and serve as the religious center for
from the week of February 17, 2025 From the key word ‘Mishpatim’ in the first line of our portion, it’s clear that our Torah portion will focus on a series
From the week of February 10 Our Torah portion is all about freedom and the direction of ethical living for a new community, freed from bondage. It’s one thing to
From the week of February 7 The Exodus from Egypt is not quite completed. The actual “exodus” in last week’s Torah sedrah, is concluded in this portion as Israel once
From the week of January 24 Our Torah portion opens with God making a distinction between the name of El Shaddai, revealed to the patriarchs, and the four-letter name of
This is the last Torah portion for Genesis. It is the denouement to Jacob’s stormy life. It ends in peace, in typical patriarchal style, with his children and grandchildren around
From the week of December 30 This is one of the famous Torah portions that will be read during Chanukah. Our saga begins with the dreams of Pharoah, which are
