Parashat Pinchas
Bamidbar / Num. 25:10 – 29:40 (30:1)
Haftarah of affliction: Yermiyahu / Jer. 1:1-2:3
Brit Hadashah: Yohanán / Jn. 2:13-22
Pinchas means “snake’s mouth”.
Parashat Korach
Bamidbar / Num. 16:1 – 18:32
Haftarah: 1 Samuel 11:14 – 12:22
Brit Hadashah: Matittiyahu / Mt. 26:14-24
Korach means “shaved.”
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Parashat Shelach Lecha
Bamidbar / Num. 13:1 – 15:41
Haftará: Joshua 2:1-24
Brit Hadashah: Matittiyahu / Mt. 10:1-14
Shelach Lecha means “send you“
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Parashat BeHa’alotechah
Bamidbar / Num. 8:1-12:16
Haftarah: Zac 2:10 (v. 14 heb.) – 4:7
Brit Hadashah: Matittiyahu / Mt. 14:14-21
BeHa’alotechah means “when you bring up“
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Parashat Naso
Bamidbar / Num. 4:21-7:89
Haftarah: Judges 13:2-25
Brit Hadashah: Luke 1:11-20
Naso means “get up“
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What is Shavuot?
Today we say that it is the giving of the Torah or the ten words or the ten commandments. But the Torah does not say that this is Shavuot.
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Parsha Bamidbar
Bamidbar / Num. 1:1-4:20
Haftarah: Hoshea 1:10-2:20
Brit Hadashah: Matittiyahu / Mt. 4:1-17
Bamidbar means “in the steppe of” or “in the desert of“.
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Parashat Bechukotai
Vayikrá / Lev. 26:3 – 27:34
Haftarah: Jeremiah 16:19 – 17:14
Brit Hadashah: Matittiyahu / Mt. 16:20-28
Bechukotai signifies “in my statutes“.
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Parashat Kedoshim
Vayikrah / Lev. 19:1 – 20:27
Haftarah: Amos 9:7-15
Brit Hadashah: Mark 12:28-34
Kedoshim means “saints”; “separate”; “set-apart”.
Summary of our parashat
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Parashat Acharei mot
Vayikrah / Lev. 16:1 – 18:30
Haftarah: Yechezkel / Ezekiel 22:1-19
Brit Hadashah: Matittiyahu / Mt. 15:10-20; Mark 12:28-34
Acharei mot means “After death“.