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Parashat: Matot-Masei

Posted on July 8, 2026

Parashat: Matot-Masei Torah Reading: Numbers 30:2-36:13 “Why will you turn the mind of the Israelites from crossing into the land that God has given them?” ~Numbers 32:7 Though I know the years keep rolling on, somehow we’ve made it to the end of yet another book. Parashat Matot-Masei concludes Numbers and reminds us to turn Continue Reading »

Parshat: Pinchas

Posted on July 1, 2026

Parshat: Pinchas Numbers 25:10-30:01 In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall observe a sacred occasion: you shall not work at your occupations. You shall observe it as a day when the horn is sounded. You shall present a burnt offering of pleasing odor to the Eternal: one bull of Continue Reading »

Parashat: Chukat-Balak

Posted on June 24, 2026

Parashat: Chukat-Balak Torah Reading: Numbers 19:1-25:9 “Then Israel sang this song: Spring up, O well. Sing to it,” — Numbers 21:17 In the portion Chukat, Moses is memorialized for a moment in which he loses his patience — a moment where he quite literally strikes out and thus loses a lifetime’s commitment to crossing into Continue Reading »

Parashat: Korach

Posted on June 16, 2026

Parshat: Korach Torah Reading: Numbers 16:1-18:32 [Korach and his band] combined against Moses and Aaron and said to them, “You have gone too far! For all the community are holy, all of them, and יהוה is in their midst. Why then do you raise yourselves above יהוה’s congregation?”   -Numbers 16:3 In this week’s Torah portion, Continue Reading »

Parashat: Sh’lach Lechla

Posted on June 9, 2026

Parashat: Sh’lach Torah Reading: Numbers 13:1–15:41 “There shall be one law for you and for the resident stranger; it shall be a law for all time throughout the ages. You and the stranger shall be alike before the Eternal. The same ritual and the same rule shall apply to you and to the stranger who Continue Reading »

Parashat: Beha’alotcha

Posted on June 3, 2026

Parashat: Beha’alotcha Torah Reading: Numbers 8:1–12:16 “Then the Eternal spoke to Moses: ‘Gather for Me seventy of Israel’s elders… and I will come down and speak with you there; and I will draw upon the spirit that is upon you and put it upon them; they shall share the burden of [the leadership of] the Continue Reading »