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

Parshat Vayechi The completion of sefer Bereishit marks the conclusion of an era—the era of the patriarchs. And, together with that we find the resolution

Parshat Vayigash This week’s haftarah from sefer Yechezkel marks the closing of the Geula section of the book—a section that includes chapters 36 and 37.

Parashat Miketz Shabbat Chanukah Our haftarah this Shabbat, Shabbat Chanukah, is taken from Sefer Zecharya. The navi served his people in the fifth century BCE

The charge of every navi is to bring Hashem’s word to the people. More often than not, the message to be delivered is one meant

Parshat Vayishlach Although this week’s parsha describes the long-awaited reunion and rapprochement between Eisav and Yaakov, it also indicates that there seems to have been

Parshat Vayeitzei The final chapters of the Book of Hoshea from which our haftarah is taken, reflect the basic theme of the entire book, that

Erev Rosh Chodesh Kislev Parshat Toldot “Vayomer lo Yehonatan ‘Machar Chodesh’ … ” The opening words of this week’s haftarah—now a commonly used phrase for

Parshat Chayei Sarah Over the past years, I have shared with you the contrasting depiction of King David’s final days as described in our haftarah