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Omer Day 46 – Wednesday is the festival of Shav’uot – or Pentecost. As we have counted the days between Passover and Pentecost together there is great anticipation as to what we will hear from the Holy One on that day. We all need to be ready to listen to God when the 50’th day […]

Omer 39 (tonight at sundown 40) This weeks was a double portion called B’har (translated “In Mountain”) and B’chook-o- tay (translated “In My Statutes”) is from Leviticus 25:1 – 27:34 (end). (Click to listen/download) This week’s reading, Behar, speaks about the Sabbatical and Jubilee years, laws regulating commerce and the redemption of slaves. This week’s

Omer Day 32 This weeks portion called Emor (translated “Speak”) is from Leviticus 21:1 – 24:23. (Click to listen/download) This week’s reading, Emor, discusses the laws which pertain to Kohanim (priests), and various laws which relate to sacrifices. These are followed by a lengthy discussion of the festivals. The portion concludes with the story of

Omer Day 25 This weeks portion is another double portion called Acharei Mot (translated “After Death”) Ke-du-sheem (translated “Be Holy”) is from Leviticus 16:1 – 20:27. (Click to listen/Download) This week’s reading, Acharei Mot, begins with a detailed description of the service of the High Priest on Yom Kippur. The Torah then discusses prohibitions against

Omer Day 18 This week’s portion. (Click to listen/Download) These audio files are stored (for free) at archive.org. CoM does not control or approve other content on archive.org

Omer Day 11 This weeks portion called she-mee-nee (translated “Eighth”) is from Leviticus 9:1 – 11:47. (Click to listen/Download) This week’s reading, Shemini, is a continuation of the previous week’s reading, Tzav, where we learned about the Tabernacle’s seven-day inaugural ceremony. This week’s reading opens on the eighth day, when God’s presence descends upon the

Today is a special shabbat in that is falls during the 7 day festival of unleavened bread. So, we take a break this week from the regular Torah reading schedule in honor of the Passover season. The special readings for today are from Exodus 12:21-51 and Numbers 28:16-25. The Haftorah reading is Joshua 5:2 –

This weeks portion called tzav (translated “Command”) is from Leviticus 6:1 – 8:36. (Click to listen/download) This week’s Torah reading, Tzav, continues describing the various sacrifices offered in the Tabernacle and Temple — a topic started in last week’s reading. This is followed by an account of the seven-day inaugural of the Tabernacle. Let’s read

This weeks portion called va-yeek-rah (translated “And He Called”) is from Leviticus 1:1 – 5:26. This week’s Torah reading, Vayikra, begins the third book of the Torah, Leviticus. Last week we completed the reading of the book of Exodus, which concluded with a description of the construction of the Tabernacle. This week’s portion will provide

This week’s portion is a double portion called va-vak-hel (translated “and he gather”) pe- koo-dei (translated “Sum / Number”) (translated “and he gather”) is from Exodus 35:1 – 40-38. We finish the book of Exodus. (Click to listen) Let’s read from our Parsha: Exo 37:1 Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood. Two cubits and