Weekly Torah and Prophets Reading

This Shabbat's weekly Torah portion Toledot (The Life and Times of), Genesis 25:19 - 28:9, is the only portion that focuses...

  This Shabbat's weekly Torah portion Chayei Sarah (The Life of Sarah), Genesis 23:1 - 25:18, opens with the death...

This Shabbat's weekly Torah portion Vayera, Genesis 18:1 - 22:24, continues the stories of Abraham, starting with his visit from...

  This Shabbat's weekly Torah portion Lech Lecha, Genesis 12:1 - 17:27, introduces Abraham, promises blessing to non-Jews who support...

This week we read Noah (the "h" should be pronounced more gutturally, like you are clearing your throat), Genesis 6:9 –...

This week we read Breshit (In the beginning of), Genesis 1:1 – 6:8. This is a festive reading, as we...

On Holidays, the regular weekly Torah reading is preempted by the special Holiday reading. The Sukkot reading for Shabbat is Exodus...

This week we read Ha'azinu (Listen!), Deuteronomy 32:1 - 32:52. As introduced in last week's reading, Moses concludes his messages from...

Judaism has a whole bunch of holidays, most from the Bible going back thousands of years. Yom Kippur, literally the...

This week we read Vayelech (And He Went), Deuteronomy 31:1 - 31:30. This is the weekly portion with the fewest verses,...