Please join us for Shabbat worship and Torah study, 9:30 am.

Throughout the Torah, in fact, throughout Hebrew scripture, there is this constant tension, an ongoing, irresolvable paradox between the universal and the particular. The Torah seems to be telling us that we are to live in this friction. This paradox. That one informs the other and visa versa.

THE TROPE

Torah: Genesis 12:1 – 17:27 – Click here.
Haftarah: Isaiah 40:27 – 41:16 – Click here.

This week our readings and Torah discussion focus on:

Torah:

1. Gen. 12:1-3, p. 69
2. Gen. 12:4-6, p. 71
3. Gen. 12:7-13, p. 72

Haftarah:

Isaiah 40:27-41:16, p. 95

THE TROPE

Torah: Genesis 6:9 – 11:32 – Click here.
Haftarah: Isaiah 54:1 – 55:5 – Click here.

This week our readings and Torah discussion focus on:

Torah:

1. Genesis 11: 1-5, p. 58
2. Genesis 11: 6-9, p. 60
3. Genesis 11: 10-16, p. 60

Haftarah:

Isaiah 54: 1-55:5, p. 65

We will consider this story from the perspective of peace through power and through diversity.

THE TROPE

Torah: Genesis 1:1 – 6:8 – Click here.
Haftarah: Isaiah 42:5 – 43:10 – Click here.

This week our readings and Torah discussion focus on:

Torah:

1. Genesis 2:4-9, pp. 12-14
2. Genesis 2:10-19, pp. 14-16
3. Genesis 2:20-25, pp. 16-17

Haftarah:

Isaiah 42:5 – 43:10, pp. 36-40

Please join us for Shabbat worship and Torah study, 9:30 am.

THE PORTION

Torah: Exodus 33:12 – 34:26 & Numbers 29:26 – 29:31 
Haftarah: Ezekiel 38:18 – 39:16 

This week our readings and Torah discussion focus on:

Torah:

1. Exodus 34:1-3, p. 540
2. Exodus 34:5-7, p. 541
3. Exodus 34:8-9, p. 542

Haftarah:

• Ezekiel 38:18-39:16, p. 1260

Please join us for Shabbat worship and Torah study, 9:30 am.

Rav Kook was famous for saying that you have to chew over a single word in the Torah at least 400 times before you can start to learn that word.

THE TROPE

Torah: Deuteronomy 32:1 – 32:52 – Click here.
Haftarah: II Samuel 22:1 – 22:51 – Click here.

This week our readings and Torah discussion focus on:

Torah:

1. Deut. 32:1-6, p. 1185
2. Deut. 32:7-12, p. 1186
3. Deut. 32:13-18, p.1187

Haftarah:

II Samuel 22:1-22:51, p. 1197

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This week’s Torah portion:

Vayelech

THE TROPE 

Torah: Deuteronomy 31:1 – 31:30 – Click here.
Haftarah: Isaiah 55:6 – 56:8 – Click here.

THE TROPE

Torah: Deuteronomy 29:9 – 31:30 – Click here.
Haftarah: Isaiah 61:10 – 63:9 – Click here.

This week our readings and Torah discussion focus on:

Torah:

1. Deut. 29: 9-11, p. 1165
2. Deut. 29: 12-14, p. 1165
3. Deut. 30: 15-20, p. 1171

Haftarah:

Isaiah 61:10 – 63:9, p. 1180

THE TROPE

Torah: Deuteronomy 26:1 – 29:8 – Click here.
Haftarah: Isaiah 60:1 – 60:22 – Click here.

This week our readings and Torah discussion focus on:

Torah:

1. Deut. 26: 1-4, p. 1140
2. Deut. 26: 5-8,  p. 1141
3. Deut. 26: 9-11, p. 1141

Haftarah:

Isaiah 60:1 – 60:22, p. 1161

Please join us for Shabbat worship and Torah study, 9:30 am.

The Torah gives us a model for a healthy transition of leadership in the narrative of Moses and Joshua. That all transitions must start with an ending.

THE TROPE

Torah: Deuteronomy 16:18 – 21:9 – Click here.
Haftarah: Isaiah 51:12 – 52:12 – Click here.

This week our readings and Torah discussion focus on:

Torah:

1. Deut. 16: 18-22, p. 1088
2. Deut. 17: 1-7, p. 1089
3. Deut. 17: 8-13, p. 1090

Haftarah:

Isaiah 51:12-52:12 (4th Haftarah d’Nechamtah, of Consolation), p. 1108