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

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