Parshat Ki Teitzei This week’s prophetic selection, the third and fifth in the series of seven haftarot of consolation, is taken from the 54th and

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

Parshat Eikev The tragic words that open this week’s haftarah (“Vatomer Tziyon azavani Hashem Vashem shechechani”) reflect the hopelessness of post-exile Zion who exclaims that

Parshat Devarim Shabbat Chazon The first perek of Sefer Yeshayahu, which we read each year on the Shabbat before Tisha B’Av, is chanted in the

Parshat Pinchas This Shabbat we inaugurate the three-week mourning period that precedes Tisha B’Av with the reading of the first perek in Sefer Yirmiyahu, in

Parshat Balak This week’s haftarah reading, taken from Sefer Micha, would appear to have little in common with our Torah reading beyond the mention of

Parshat Chukat Although we often search to find a connection between the parsha and its haftarah, we have no need to wonder about Chazal’s selection

Parshat Korach At times, we are challenged to uncover the underlying reason why Chazal chose a specific chapter in the navi as the haftarah that

Parshat Shelach Whenever discussing this week’s haftarah that relates the story of the spies sent by Yehoshua before the Israelite invasion of Eretz Canaan, the

Parshat Beha’alotcha The haftarah this week centers upon the menorah, details of which open our parsha as well, hence Chazal’s choice to read this vision

Parshat Naso Our haftarah this week relates the story of the predicted (and eventually actualized) birth of Shimshon HaGibor who, his parents are told, would

Parshat Bamidbar Sefer BaMidbar, which we begin this Shabbat, begins with the events that took place in the beginning of the second year of Bnei