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Yitro 01-18-2014

This week we read from Yitro – Exodus 18:1 – 20:23. (Click to listen/download) This weeks portion called yeetro (translated “Yitro”) is from Exodus 18:1 – 20:23. In this week’s reading, Yitro, Moses’ father-in-law, Jethro, arrives at the Israelite encampment, and advises them to set up a smoothly functioning legal system. The Israelites experience the

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Beshalach 01-11-2014

This week’s portion called be-sha-lach (translated “when he send out”) is from Exodus 13:17 – 17:16. (Click to listen/download) In this week’s reading Pharaoh pursues the Israelites into the desert. The Red Sea splits, the Israelites cross the sea while the Egyptian army is drowned. Moses and the Israelites sing a special song thanking God

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Bo 01-04-2014

This week’s portion called bo (translated “go”) is from Exodus 10:1 – 13:16. (Click to listen/download) In this week’s reading the last three plagues – Locust, Darkness, and Death of the Firstborn – are inflicted upon the Egyptians. Moses commands the Israelites concerning the Passover Offering and the laws of the seder. After the final

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Shemot 12-21-2013

This week’s portion called she-mot (translated “names”) is from Exodus 1:1 – 6:1. (Click to listen/download) This week’s Torah reading begins the Book of Exodus. Pharaoh issues harsh decrees against the Israelites, beginning decades of suffering and slavery. Moses is born and raised in the Egyptian royal palace. After killing an Egyptian, Moses escapes to

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Vayechi 12-14-2013

This week’s portion called va-ye-chee (translated “And He Lived”) is from Genesis 47:28 – 50:26. (Click to listen/download) This week’s Torah reading, Vayechi, discusses Jacob’s final years. Shortly before his passing, Jacob blesses Joseph’s children as well as his own. A massive funeral procession escorts Jacob’s body to Canaan. The reading, and the Book of

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Vayigash 12-07-2013

No audio this week (service canceled) This weeks portion called va-yee-gash (translated “And He Come Near”) is from Genesis 44:18 – 47:27. In this week’s Torah treading, Vayigash, Judah responds to Joseph’s demand that Benjamin remain enslaved in Egypt, pleading to be taken as a substitute. Joseph reveals his identity to his brothers. At Joseph’s

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Vayeshev 11-23-2013

This weeks portion called va-ye-shev (translated and he sit down (dwelt)) is from Genesis 37:1 – 40:23. (Click to listen/download) In this week’s reading, Joseph relates to his brothers his dreams of greatness, arousing their jealousy. He is consequently sold into slavery to an Egyptian master. After defying his Egyptian master’s wife, Joseph is thrown

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