Shoftim
Welcome to Torah portion Shoftim Shoftim means Judges. Scripture passage: Deuteronomy 16:18-21:9 Read Aloud from My First Torah Torah teaches us much about how to live right. Torah also shows us how a country would look if everyone obeyed Torah. First, it would be a country where everyone is treated fairly. Judges and officers are […]
Re’eh
Welcome to Torah portion Re’eh Re’eh means See. Scripture passage: Deuteronomy 11:26-16:17 Read Aloud from My First Torah Moses continued to teach the people to prepare them for going into the Promised Land. They were to destroy the altars and holy places of other gods. They were to worship and serve only YHVH. YHVH would […]
Ekev
Welcome to Torah portion Ekev Ekev means Consequence. Scripture passage: Deuteronomy 7:12-11:25 Read Aloud from My First Torah Moses reminded the people that when they obey, YHVH blesses them. YHVH made a covenant, a promise, with them. He would love and bless them. He would give them many children. He would give them big herds […]
Vaetchanan
Welcome to Torah portion Vaetchanan Vaetchanan means And I pleaded. Scripture passage: Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11 Read Aloud from My First Torah Moses continued to teach the people to prepare them for going into the Promised Land. He told them that he would not be going because he had lost his temper and hit the rock. Moses […]
Devarim
Welcome to Torah portion Devarim Devarim means words. Scripture passage: Deuteronomy 1:1-3:22 Read Aloud from My First Torah The Children of Israel were now by the Jordan River waiting to cross over and enter the Promised Land. Moses knew he would not be going with them. He wanted to talk to them one last time. […]
Mattot and Massei
Welcome to Torah portions Mattot and Massei Mattot means Tribes and Massei means Journeys Scripture passage: Numbers 30:2-36:13 Read Aloud from My First Torah YHVH always does what He says. He expects us to always do what we say. He has special rules for women. When a young girl makes a promise, she must keep […]
Pinchas
Welcome to Torah portion Pinchas Pinchas means Phinehas Scripture passage: Numbers 25:10-30:1 Read Aloud from My First Torah Phinehas did the right thing by killing the wicked people in the camp. Because he obeyed YHVH, YHVH made a covenant with him and his descendants. They would always serve as priests. Since much time had passed, […]
Balak
Welcome to Torah portion Balak Balak means Balak 🙂 Scripture passage: Numbers 22:2-25:9 Read Aloud from My First Torah The Children of Israel camped near Moab. Balak, the king of Moab, and all the Moabites were very fearful of Israel. So Balak sent a message to Balaam, asking him to curse Israel, so they would […]
Chukat
Welcome to Torah portion Chukat Chukat means Statute Scripture passage: Numbers 19:1-22:1 Read Aloud from My First Torah YHVH had explained to the people that some things make a person unclean, like touching a dead body. Touching a dead body was not sinful, but the person needed to be cleaned before they could approach the […]
Korach
Welcome to Torah portion Korach Korach means Korah Scripture passage: Numbers 16:1-18:32 Read Aloud from My First Torah YHVH kept showing the Children of Israel how to obey. But some of them still chose to disobey. Korah, from the tribe of Levi, gathered 250 men and went to speak against Moses and Aaron. They thought […]
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