by Eric C. Martienssen | Dec 3, 2009 | Current Shabbat-Reading
Genesis 32:4–36:43; Obadiah 1:1-21 Commentary by Michael Schneider, israel today, Jerusalem: This week’s Torah portion begins with Jacob returning to the land of his parents after working for his father-in-law Laban. Upon his return, Jacob meets Esau who 20 years...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Oct 30, 2009 | Current Shabbat-Reading
Genesis 12:1–17:27; Isaiah 40:27–41:16 Commentary by Michael Schneider, israel today, Jerusalem: This week’s Torah portion introduces Abraham, the first patriarch. It is here the Lord called him to “Go forth… to the Land which I will show you!” It tells us this was a...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Oct 16, 2009 | Current Shabbat-Reading
Genesis / Bereshith 1:1 – 6:8; Isaiah 42:5 – 43:10 Bereishit is the Hebrew name of the “First Book of Moses” and also the translated form of the first word of the Torah, “In the beginning of…” This are also the first five books of the Tanach, the Jewish Bible....
by Eric C. Martienssen | Sep 25, 2009 | Current Shabbat-Reading
Deut. 32:1 -52; Hosea 14:2-10; Joel 2:15-27 Pullout of the Commentary by Michael Schneider, israel today, Jerusalem: This week’s portion is the last before the yearly reading cycle of the five books of Moses, the Torah, begins again. It is a one-chapter portion...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Aug 27, 2009 | Current Shabbat-Reading
Deuteronomy 21:10 till 25:19; Haftarah: Isaiah 54:1 till 10 Kiteze or Ki Tetze, means “When you go forth” … and Rabbi David L. Locketz of Bet Shalom Congregation gets it right to the very point, beginning with the words: “As we continue our...
