Parshat Shoftim “Pitzchu, ranenu yachdav chorvot Yerushalayim!” Whose heart can fail to be moved? Whose eye could fail to tear upon hearing the moving words

Parshat Re’eh Throughout the seven haftarot of consolation that follow Tish’a B’Av, the navi Yeshayahu presents us with descriptions of the final redemption and return

Parshat Va’etchanan Shabbat Nachamu The glorious opening words of this week’s haftarah, “Nachamu, nachamu ami,” are often misunderstood as being a cry to the people

Parshat Devarim Shabbat Chazon It is difficult for one to analyze this week’s haftarah in a detached, unemotional fashion. The passionate cry of the navi

This week’s haftarah, the second of the “t’lat d’pur’anuta,” three haftarot of punishment that precede Tisha B’Av, is a direct continuation of the selection we

With this week’s haftarah, we introduce a new function for the weekly prophetic selection. Until this point, the purpose of the haftarah was to strike

Parshat Balak The closing words of today’s haftarah are among the most familiar in all of Tanach. The navi Micha’s statement that Hashem demands no

Parshat Chukat Today’s parsha opens with the oft-discussed law of the para aduma. Due to our familiarity with this portion we may tend to connect

Parshat Korach Shabbat Rosh Chodesh This Shabbat is also Rosh Chodesh and, as such, we eschew the usual prophetic selection read for Parshat Korach and

Parshat Shelach This week’s haftarah is taken from the second perek in Sefer Yehoshua, which actually relates events that took place even before those found

Parshat Bamidbar Sefer Bamidbar, the Book of Numbers, gets its English title from the Greek translation of Chazal’s appellation of the book, Sefer Hapekudim, the