Torah

Parashat Ki Tisa /פרשת כִּי תִשָּׂא

Shabbat Times Gal’on, Israel

Candle lighting: 17:23 on Friday, Mar 5
Shabbat Parah occurs on Saturday, Mar 6
This week’s Torah portion is Parashat Ki Tisa
Havdalah: 18:18 on Saturday, Mar 6

Read in the Diaspora on 6 March 2021 (22 Adar 5781).

Portion (parasha) for this week:

Ki Tisa | כי תשא | “When You Take”

Torah: Exodus 30:11 – 34:35

Prophets: 1 Kings 18:1-39; Ezekiel 36:16-38

Brit Hadasha: Matthew 9:35 – 11:1; Luke 11:14-20; Acts 7:35 – 8:1; 1 Corinthians 10:1-13; 2 Corinthians 3:1-18

(Please review the listed scriptures below each each photo)

“Torah Portions” are a systematic teaching schedule that includes a portion of scripture from the Torah, Prophets, and Brit Hadasha each week. This schedule is known all over the world, and serves as a great way to facilitate discussion and learning with others in the Body of the Messiah.

Shabbat Parah 2021 / שַׁבָּת פּרה 5781

Shabbat Parah (Shabbat of the Red Heifer) for Hebrew Year 5781 begins at sundown on Friday, 5 March 2021 and ends at nightfall on Saturday, 6 March 2021.

Shabbat Parah (“Sabbath [of the] red heifer” שבת פרה) takes place on the Shabbat before Shabbat HaChodesh, in preparation for Passover. Numbers 19:1-22 describes the parah adumah (“red heifer”) in the Jewish temple as part of the manner in which the kohanim and the Jewish people purified themselves so that they would be ready (“pure”) to sacrifice the korban Pesach.

Shabbos

רוברט ג’קסון

Parashat Tetzaveh / פרשת תְּצַוֶּה

Shabbat Times HaGosherim, Israel

Fast begins: 05:00 on Thursday, Feb 25
Ta’anit Esther occurs on Thursday, Feb 25
Fast ends: 17:59 on Thursday, Feb 25
Erev Purim occurs on Thursday, Feb 25
Purim occurs on Friday, Feb 26
Candle lighting: 17:11 on Friday, Feb 26
This week’s Torah portion is Parashat Tetzaveh
Havdalah: 18:07 on Saturday, Feb 27
Shushan Purim occurs on Sunday, Feb 28

Ta’anit Esther 2021 / תַּעֲנִית אֶסְתֵּר 5781

Ta’anit Esther (Fast of Esther) for Hebrew Year 5781 ocurrs at dawn on Thursday, 25 February 2021.

The Fast of Esther (Ta’anit Ester, Hebrew: תַּעֲנִית אֶסְתֵּר) is a Jewish fast from dawn until dusk on Purim eve, commemorating the three-day fast observed by the Jewish people in the story of Purim. If the date of the Fast of Esther falls on Shabbat (Saturday), the fast is instead observed on the preceding Thursday. Like other minor fasts, Ta’anit Esther begins at dawn (first light) and ends at nightfall (full dark).

Purim 2021 / פּוּרִים 5781

Purim (Celebration of Jewish deliverance as told by Megilat Esther) for Hebrew Year 5781 begins at sundown on Thursday, 25 February 2021 and ends at nightfall on Friday, 26 February 2021.

Purim (Hebrew: פּוּרִים, Pûrîm “lots”, from the word פור pur, also called the Festival of Lots) is a Jewish holiday which commemorates the saving of the Jewish people from Haman in the ancient Persian Empire, a story recorded in the Biblical Book of Esther (Megillat Esther).

Read the Entire Book of Ester

Shabbos

מי יתן ותחתום לתמיד בספר החיים

Parashat Terumah / פרשת תְּרוּמָה

Shabbat Zachor 2021 / שַׁבָּת זָכוֹר 5781

Shabbat Zachor (Shabbat before Purim) for Hebrew Year 5781 begins at sundown on Friday, 19 February 2021 and ends at nightfall on Saturday, 20 February 2021.

Shabbat Zachor (“Sabbath [of] remembrance שבת זכור) is the Shabbat immediately preceding Purim. Deuteronomy 25:17-19, describing the attack by Amalek, is recounted. There is a tradition from the Talmud that Haman, the antagonist of the Purim story, was descended from Amalek. The portion that is read includes a commandment to remember the attack by Amalek, and therefore at this public reading both men and women make a special effort to hear the reading.