Numbers 4:21 And יהוה spoke to Moses saying, 22 Take אֶת־ a count of the sons of Gershon, also, by the houses אֲבֹתָם of their fathers; by their families; 23 From thirty years old to fifty years old count אֹותָם them; all who will enter in to perform the service, to do the work in the Tabernacle of the Congregation. …
Shavuot/ Pentecost
Question: How should you celebrate Shavuot? In Hebrew Shavuot means “weeks” or “feast of weeks”. The Greek name for Shavuot is Pentecost or “the fiftieth day” because it falls on the 50th day. The festival of Shavuot marks the completion of the seven-week counting period between Passover and Shavuot. This is a time to celebrate the giving of the Ten …
Bamidbar (In the desert)
Numbers 1:1 And יהוה spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the Tabernacle of the Congregation, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying, 2 Take you את־ the sum of all the congregation of the Children of Israel, after their families, by …
BEHAR (on Mount Sinai)/ BECHUKOTAI (in My statutes)
Leviticus 25:1 And יהוה spoke to Moses at Mount Sinai saying, 2 Speak to the Children of Israel וְאמַרְת and you say to them, when you come into the land which I give you, then the land itself will keep a Sabbath to ליהוה. 3 Six years you will sow your field and six years you will prune your vineyard …
Emor (Speak to the Kohen)
This Torah portion gives the laws for the Kohanim, whose Divine service places upon them a particular responsibility to maintain higher standards of righteous behavior and purity. Leviticus 21:1 And יהוה said to Moses, speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron וְאמַרְת and you say to them, No priest will be defiled for the dead among his people: Question: …