Parshat Shoftim “Arise, Hashem, and don Your might as you did in earlier generations,” cries Yeshayahu HaNavi in the verses that precede this week’s haftarah.

Shabbat Rosh ChodeshParshat Re’eh This Shabbat is Rosh Chodesh as well, and as a result we take a “break” from the series of “consolation” haftarot

Parshat Ekev This week’s haftarah, the second in the series of seven haftarot of consolation that follow Tisha B’Av (“sheva d’nechemta”), is taken from Sefer

Parshat Va’etchanan Shabbat Nachamu The first pasuk of this week’s haftarah, that opens the 40th perek of Sefer Yeshayahu as well, marks a turnaround in

Parshat Devarim Shabbat Chazon “Chazon,” the word that opens our haftarah and, therefore, the entire Sefer Yishayahu, is one of 10 synonymous terms for “prophecy.”

Parshiyot Matot-Masei The haftarah we read this week, a selection chosen from the second perek of Sefer Yirmiyahu, is a direct continuation of last week’s

Parshat Pinchas The haftarah we read this week introduces the three-week mourning period that precedes Tisha B’Av and is, therefore, the first of the “tlat

Parshat Balak The closing words of this week’s haftarah are among the most familiar in all of Tanach. The navi Micha’s statement that Hashem demands

Parashat Chukat The eleventh perek in Sefer Shoftim relates to us the story of Yiftach HaGiladi, a person rejected by his family who eventually becomes

Parashat Chukat The eleventh perek in Sefer Shoftim relates to us the story of Yiftach HaGiladi, a person rejected by his family who eventually becomes

Parshat Korach As in numerous readings of past weeks, we find the message left by our haftarah to be taught by both comparison and contrast.

Parshat Shelach When discussing this week’s haftarah, the story of the spies sent by Yehoshua, the most troubling question that is often asked is why