Kollel VaYikra
Galatians 1 & 2
We must always remember the warning of Peter when we start a new Pauline epistle – that false teachers distort Shaul’s words to make it appear he was teaching Torahlessness.
2Pe 3:15 Regard the patience of Adonai as salvation; even as our beloved brother Sha’ul also, according to the [...]
Epistle VaYikra
John 2:1-25
Joh 2:1 The third day, there was a marriage in Kanah of the Galil. Yeshua’s mother was there.
Joh 2:2 Yeshua also was invited, with his talmidim, to the marriage.
Joh 2:3 When the wine ran out, Yeshua’s mother said to him, “They have no wine.”
Joh 2:4 Yeshua said to her, [...]
Talmidim VaYikra
Luke 8:22-10:24
Luk 8:22 Now it happened on one of those days, that he [Yeshua] entered into a boat, himself and his talmidim, and he said to them, “Let’s go over to the other side of the lake.” So they launched out.
Luk 8:23 But as they sailed, he fell asleep. A wind storm [...]
Haftarah VaYikra
Isaiah 43:21–44:23
Isa 43:21 The people which I formed for Myself, that they might tell of My praise.
Isa 43:22 Yet you have not called upon Me, O Jacob, neither have you wearied yourself about Me, O Israel.
Jacob (Yehudah) has not called upon YHWH because they believe they are now invested with the [...]
Torah Portion VaYikra
Leviticus 1:1-5:26
This parashat is about various types of acceptable offerings, followed by a list of some situations that may call for an offering to be made. Finally, Elohim lists situations where a person is presumed to be guilty and needs to make an offering.
Lev 1:1 YHWH called to Moshe, and [...]
Friday after Pekudei
Weekday Reading
Ezekiel chapter 14 & 15
Eze 14:1 Then came certain of the elders of Yisra’el to me, and sat before me.
Eze 14:2 The word of YHWH came to me, saying,
Eze 14:3 Son of man, these men have taken their idols into their heart, and put the stumbling block of their iniquity [...]
Thursday after Pekudei
Weekday Reading
Ezekiel chapter 12 & 13
Eze 12:1 The word of YHWH also came to me, saying,
Eze 12:2 Son of man, you dwell in the midst of the rebellious house, who have eyes to see, and don’t see, who have ears to hear, and don’t hear; for they are a rebellious house.
Eze [...]
Wednesday after Pekudei
Weekday Reading
Ezekiel chapter 10 & 11
Eze 10:1 Then I looked, and see, in the expanse that was over the head of the Keruvim there appeared above them as it were a sappir stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.
Eze 10:2 He spoke to the man clothed in linen, and [...]
Tuesday after Pekudei
Weekday Reading
Ezekiel chapter 7, 8 & 9
Eze 7:1 Moreover the word of YHWH came to me, saying,
Eze 7:2 You, son of man, thus says Adonai YHWH to Eretz-Yisra’el, An end: the end is come on the four corners of the land.
Eze 7:3 Now is the end on you, and I [...]
Monday after Pekudei
Weekday Reading
Ezekiel chapter 5 & 6
Eze 5:1 You, son of man, take a sharp sword; [as] a barber’s razor shall you take it to you, and shall cause it to pass on your head and on your beard: then take balances to weigh, and divide the hair.
Another “living art” exhibition.
Ezekiel, [...]
Sunday after Pekudei
Weekday Reading
Ezekiel chapter 3 & 4
Eze 3:1 He said to me, Son of man, eat that which you find; eat this scroll, and go, speak to the house of Yisra’el.
This is not the only time in scripture a scroll is eaten by a prophet.
Rev 10:8 The voice which I [Yochanan] [...]
UPDATE BELOW: Avi ben Mordechai’s thoughts!
Karaite Korner Newsletter #376
New Moon Report
March 2009
First Biblical Month
Part 2
We received reports from observers who sighted the new moon on Friday night, March 27, 2009 (many of them do not use phones on Shabbat, hence the delay). The new moon was sighted:
*from Ashdod by Eli Shamuel and Magdi Shamuel [...]
Here is the email received from from Nehemia in Jerusalem:
Karaite Korner Newsletter #375
New Moon Report – March 2009 – First Biblical Month
On Friday March 27, 2009 we did not sight the moon from Jerusalem. The horizon was covered with clouds. The moon would have been visible if there had not been clouds and therefore based [...]
Karaite Korner Newsletter #373
Aviv Found!
On Thursday March 26, 2009 we found Aviv Barley in two fields in the Jordan Valley, several kilometers south of Beth Shean. Samplings from these plots of barley were between 70% and 90% Aviv or beyond. Much of the barley we found had ripened past the stage of Aviv. Based on [...]
Kollel PeKudei
II Corinthians Chapter 13
2Co 13:1 This is the third time I am coming to you. “At the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word established.”
This visit, in other words, will be the “deciding vote” as to whether or not the congregation can be established as part of the kingdom [...]
Epistle PeKudei
John 1:29-51
Joh 1:29 The next day, he [John] saw Yeshua coming to him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of Elohim, who takes away the sin of the world!
Joh 1:30 This is he of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who is preferred before me, for he was before me.’
Joh 1:31 [...]
Talmidim PeKudei
Luke 6:27-8:21
Luk 6:27 “But I tell you who hear: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,
Luk 6:28 bless those who curse you, and pray for those who mistreat you.
Luk 6:29 To him who strikes you on the cheek, offer also the other; and from him who takes away [...]
Haftarah PeKudei
I Kings 7:51-8:21 (A)
I Kings 7:40-50 (S)
In this reading we have a summary of the completion of construction details for the First Temple, built by King Solomon.
Sephardi Readers begin here.
1Ki 7:40 Chiram made the basins, and the shovels, and the basins. So Chiram made an end of doing all the work that [...]
Torah Portion PeKudei
Exodus 38:21-40:38
Here we have yet another re-iteration of the construction of the Tabernacle and the sacred objects used in it and the garments and turbans worn by Aharon and his priests.
Exo 38:21 This is the amount of material used for the tent, even the Tent of the Testimony, as they were counted, [...]
This past shabbat the Rabbinic calendar indicated that a double portion should be read on Shabbat – parashat VaYakhel and parashat PeKudei. However, at this time it cannot be known whether or not any double portions will be needed this year, since the Aviv search is not yet complete and it has not been confirmed [...]
