Tag Archives: Exodus
Weekly Torah Portion – VaYakhel Pekudey
Meaning of the name This week’s Torah reading is in fact the combination of two portions. These two portions are often combined, since the system of dividing the Torah into portions is designed so that there will be enough portions for all of the Sabbaths of the year. The weekly portion is not read on [...]
Weekly Torah Portion – Tetzaveh
Meaning of the name The portion is named Tetzaveh, , literally "you shall command", because it begins with God’s order to Moses to command the Israelites to bring pure olive oil in order to light the light in the Tabernacle regularly. literally "offering", because it begins with God telling Moses. The portion contains [...]
The Angel of Death and Yahweh
The Festival of Passover There exists a very strong and powerful Jewish tradition remembered and enacted every year, called the Festival of Passover. This Festival is bittersweet because by remembering it one recalls that as a nation they were enslaved, but also as a nation they were freed through the miracle of God! The miracle [...]
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