Parshat Yitro The great theophany experienced by Bnei Yisrael at Har Sinai is undoubtedly the highlight of this week’s parsha. Ostensibly, it is also the

One of the themes of Sefer Shoftim is that of chet and onesh, sin and punishment. The book relates to us the pattern of sinfulness

Parshat Bo This week we have the unique opportunity of reading a haftarah that includes a nevuah of Yirmiyahu that parallels the nevuah of Yechezkel

Parshat Va’eira The navi Yechezkel, whose words we read this week as our haftarah, lived in Babylonia during the years preceding and following Churban Bayit

Parshat Vayechi As King David’s years draw to an end, he summons his successor, Shlomo, and advises him how to best ensure his hold upon

Parshat Vayigash This week’s haftarah is a selection taken from the latter part of perek 37 in the Book of Yechezkel. This chapter opens with

Parshat Mikeitz-Chanukah There is much that connects this week’s haftarah to the chag of Chanukah. The basis of the rabbinic decision to read a selection

Parshat Vayeishev Sefer Amos, the third of the “minor” prophetic books that comprise Trei Asar, opens with a scathing criticism of those kingdoms that surround

Parshat Vayishlach The Book of Ovadya, which we read this week as our haftarah, focuses upon the sins of Edom, depicting the ultimate destruction of

Parshat Toldot The navi Malachi, whose words echo in today’s haftarah, was the last prophet of Israel. This selection, the opening prophecy of Sefer Malachi,

Parshat Chayei Sarah This week’s haftarah, a selection taken from the opening perek of Sefer Melachim I, focuses upon two seemingly different events. The first

Parshat Vayeira The two stories about the navi Elisha that make up this week’s haftarah closely parallel the events found in our parsha. Clearly, the