Beha’aloscha, Numbers 8:1-12:16 “And God spoke to Moses, saying: ‘Speak to Aaron and say to him: When you light the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the candlestick… And this was the work of the candlestick, beaten work of gold… according to the pattern which...

Naso, Numbers 4:21-7:89 A cherished part of American folklore is the story of how as a boy, George Washington, later to become first president of the United States, chopped down his father’s cherry tree and, when asked about it, bravely and honestly admitted his deed in the famous words: “Father...

Bamidbar, Numbers 1:1-4:20 The book of Numbers – fourth of the Five Books of Moses – opens with the people of Israel still encamped at the foot of Mount Sinai after receiving the Torah, but now poised to leave on their journey to their promised homeland where their mission would be to practice what...

Behar-Bechukosai Leviticus 25:1-26:2 & 26:3-27:34 The two portions of BEHAR and BECHUKOSAI (which in many years are read on the same Sabbath), put the seal on the book of Leviticus, which together with the latter part of Exodus covers all the laws given to the people of Israel in the Covenant at...