Parshat Vayikra This opening parsha of sefer Vayikra serves as a logical continuation of the final parshiyot of sefer Shemot that we read last week.

Parshat Pekudei, Shabbat HaChodesh The Tannaim in our Mishna established this Shabbat’s special maftir reading from parshat Bo, in order to remind the congregation that

Shabbat Parah, Parshat Vayakhel The haftarah we read on Shabbat Parah is taken from the 36th perek of sefer Yechezkel and, understandably, focuses upon the

Parshat Ki Tisa This week’s haftarah is taken from the 18th perek of sefer Melachim Aleph and relates the story of Eliyahu HaNavi’s confrontation with

Shabbat Zachor, Parshat Tetzaveh “ … Timcheh et zecher Amalek mitachat hashamayim” The special Maftir reading for Shabbat Zachor—the Shabbat before Purim—obligates Israel to destroy

Shabbat Rosh Chodesh Shekalim, Parshat Terumah The Shabbat of—or before—Rosh Chodesh Adar (the Adar preceding Pesach) is designated by the Gemara in Megillah as the

Parshat Mishpatim The source of this week’s haftarah is found in Sefer Yirmiyahu, beginning with perek 34 and closing with its final pesukim from perek

Parshat Yitro “Kadosh, kadosh, kadosh Hashem tzavakot … ” What a powerful declaration! What a glorious revelation! And what a remarkable introduction to Yishayahu’s divine

Parshat Beshalach Shabbat Shira The connection of this week’s haftarah from Sefer Shofetim to our parasha of Beshalach requires little explanation. We have previously discussed

Parshat Bo The prophet Yirmiyahu issues a familiar message in this week’s haftarah—a message we read last week in the words of Yechezkel—about the punishments

 Parshat Vaera The navi Yechezkel—whose words we read this week as our haftarah, lived in Babylonia during the years preceding and following churban bayit, the