by Eric C. Martienssen | Sep 14, 2011 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Deuteronomy 26:1 till 29:8; Isaiah 60:1 till 22 From 1st Elul thru Hoshana Raba Psalm 27 will be read additionally in the Shacharit and Maariv Abstact of the commentary by Michael Schneider, Jerusalem: The backdrop of this week’s Shabbat reading is the giving of the...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Aug 11, 2011 | Current Shabbat-Reading
The Shabbat after Tisha B’Av is also called “Shabbat Nachamu”, Shabbat of consolation, for now, after three weeks of mourning (Bejn haMejzarim – between the afflictions) to the destruction of the temple, seven weeks will follow in which the...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Jun 30, 2011 | Current Shabbat-Reading
Numbers 19:1 – 22:1; Judges 11:1-33 by Michael Schneider, Jerusalem In many Synagoges the Shabbat service ends with the Sabbath Song “Adon Olam” [He reigns] Commentary: This week’s Torah portion Chukat / Hukkat contains further...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Nov 11, 2010 | Current Shabbat-Reading
Genesis 28:10–32:3; Hosea 12:13–14:10 Commentary by Michael Schneider, israel today, Jerusalem: Jacob begins his walk with God which was not so easy at the beginning, thus the emphasis is on “And he departed.” He left for a foreign country and place called Haran – far...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Oct 28, 2010 | Current Shabbat-Reading
Genesis 23:1–25:18; 1 Kings 1:1-31 Commentary by Michael Schneider, israel today, Jerusalem: Our Torah reading begins with Sarah’s death and ends with Abraham’s death. She was 127 years old. Abraham now set out to negotiate in typical Middle-Eastern style for a burial...
