Parashat Chukat Shabbat Reading and Commentary...

Numbers 19:1 – 22:1; Judges 11:1-33 by Michael Schneider, Israel today, Jerusalem (The Sabbath starts with Shalom Aleichem – a Sabbath Song prior to Kiddush) Commentary: This week’s Torah portion Chukat / Hukkat contains further “ordinances” (Hebrew: hukkim). First, we read about the “water of cleansing,” an atonement mechanism made from ashes of the sacrifice of a red heifer. The ashes...

Shabbat Reading and Commentary for the coming Sabb...

Founding Membership »» Numbers 19:1 – 22:1; Judges 11:1-33 by Michael Schneider, Israel today, Jerusalem (The Sabbath starts with Shalom Aleichem – a Sabbath Song prior to Kiddush) Commentary: This week’s Torah portion contains further “ordinances” (Hebrew: hukkim). First, we read about the “water of cleansing,” an atonement mechanism made from ashes of the sacrifice of a...

Shabbat Reading and Commentary for week 28, 2008 (...

Numbers 19:1-22:1; Judges 11:1-33 by Michael Schneider, israel today, Jerusalem Commentary: This week’s Torah portion contains further “ordinances” (Hebrew: hukkim). First, we read about the “water of cleansing,” an atonement mechanism made from ashes of the sacrifice of a red heifer. The ashes are kept (Numbers 19:19) for the cleansing of a person who came into contact with a dead body or...