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Shabbat Machar Chodesh is the Sabbath just before a New Moon. A special portion from the Prophets is read which says, “Tomorrow is the new moon...” (1 Samuel 20:18). This week's portion is called Bamidbar (In the desert) TORAH PORTION: Numbers 4:1–20 HAFTARAH: 1 Samuel 20:18–42 APOSTLES: Luke 1:26–33 How does the Haftarah connect to this week's Torah Portion? How do the Apostles connect to this we...

Today in History: The day Samuel the Prophet died (according to tradition, see 1 Samuel 25:1). Yom Yerushalayim (Jerusalem Day): In 1967 during the Six Day War, Israel's paratroopers recaptured the Old City of Jerusalem and the Temple Mount. ”This morning, the Israel Defense Forces liberated Jerusalem. We have united Jerusalem, the divided capital of Israel. We have returned to the holiest of our...

This week's portion is called Bamidbar (In the desert) TORAH PORTION: Numbers 3:14–39 GOSPEL PORTION: Luke 23:26–43 What verse spoke to you most today and why? Did you learn something you need to do in your life? Daily Bread for Kids is a daily Bible reading podcast where we read through the Torah and the Gospels in one year! Helping young Bible-readers to study God’s Word, while also discovering...

Today in History: The Apostles waited in Jerusalem, praying during the last 10 days of the Omer count (see Acts 1:4). “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised…Then they returned to Jerusalem from the hill called the Mount of Olives…They all joined together constantly in prayer” (NIV). This week's portion is called Bamidbar (In the desert) TORAH PORTION: Numbers 3:1–13 GOSP...

Today in History: 40 days after his resurrection, Messiah ascended to heaven from the Mount of Olives (see Acts 1:1–12). “Hewas taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight… ‘This same Yeshua, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven’” (NIV). This week's portion is called Bamidbar (In the desert) TORAH PORTION...

This week's portion is called Bamidbar (In the desert) TORAH PORTION: Numbers 1:20–54 GOSPEL PORTION: Luke 22:54–71 What verse spoke to you most today and why? Did you learn something about God? Daily Bread for Kids is a daily Bible reading podcast where we read through the Torah and the Gospels in one year! Helping young Bible-readers to study God’s Word, while also discovering its Jewish context...

Today in History: The day Moses struck the rock at Horeb and water for the people came from it (according to tradition, see Exodus 17:1–7). The memorial of Count Von Zinzendorf (of blessed memory), a Christian Zionist and Messianic pioneer who died in 1760 CE (5520). Zinzendorf was a famous Christian leader who had a vision for the national and spiritual restoration of Israel to her Land. With tha...

Today in History: God gave Israel the commandment of the Shabbat (according to tradition, see Exodus 16:23–29). “Tomorrow is to be a day of rest, a holy Sabbath to the LORD. So bake what you want to bake and boil what you want to boil. Save whatever is left and keep it until morning’” (NIV). This week's portion is called Behar - Bechukotai (On the mountain - In my statutes) TORAH PORTION: Leviticu...

This week's portion is called Behar - Bechukotai (On the mountain - In my statutes) TORAH PORTION: Leviticus 27:1–15 GOSPEL PORTION: Luke 22:14–30 What verse spoke to you most today and why? Did you learn something you need to do in your life? Daily Bread for Kids is a daily Bible reading podcast where we read through the Torah and the Gospels in one year! Helping young Bible-readers to study God’...

This week's portion is called Behar - Bechukotai (On the mountain - In my statutes) TORAH PORTION: Leviticus 25:39–26:9 GOSPEL PORTION: Luke 21:25–38 What verse spoke to you most today and why? Did you learn something you need to do in your life? Daily Bread for Kids is a daily Bible reading podcast where we read through the Torah and the Gospels in one year! Helping young Bible-readers to study G...

This week's portion is called Behar - Bechukotai (On the mountain - In my statutes) TORAH PORTION: Leviticus 25:39–26:9 GOSPEL PORTION: Luke 21:25–38 What verse spoke to you most today and why? Did you learn something you need to do in your life? Daily Bread for Kids is a daily Bible reading podcast where we read through the Torah and the Gospels in one year! Helping young Bible-readers to study G...

Today in History: The manna began to fall from heaven on this day (according to tradition, see Exodus 16:1–4). Lag Ba'Omer is a minor Jewish holiday celebrated on the 33rd day of the Omer- counting. Celebrations famously include lighting bonfires in the evening. The bonfires symbolize both Israel's fighting spirit and the light of Torah teaching. This week's portion is called Behar - Bechukotai (O...

This week's portion is called Behar - Bechukotai (On the mountain - In my statutes) TORAH PORTION: Leviticus 25:19–28 GOSPEL PORTION: Luke 20:27–47 What verse spoke to you most today and why? Did you learn something you need to do in your life? Daily Bread for Kids is a daily Bible reading podcast where we read through the Torah and the Gospels in one year! Helping young Bible-readers to study God...

This week's portion is called Behar - Bechukotai (On the mountain - In my statutes) TORAH PORTION: Leviticus 25:1–18 GOSPEL PORTION: Luke 20:1–26 What verse spoke to you most today and why? Did you learn something about God? Daily Bread for Kids is a daily Bible reading podcast where we read through the Torah and the Gospels in one year! Helping young Bible-readers to study God’s Word, while also...

Today in History: The people of Israel arrived in the wilderness of Sin (see Exodus 16:1). “Then they set out from Elim, and all the congregation of the sons of Israel came to the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departure from the land of Egypt.” This week's portion is called Emor (Speak) TORAH PORTION: Leviticus 24 HAFTARAH:...

Today in History: King Hezekiah and all Israel celebrated Pesach Sheni for 14 days (see 2 Chronicles 30:1). Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus celebrated Pesach Sheni. They did the good deed of burying Yeshua. But it made it impossible for them to eat the normal Passover offering because of ritual impurity (see John 19:38–42). Pesach Sheni (Second Passover): ”If any one of you or of your generation...

This week's portion is called Emor (Speak) TORAH PORTION: Leviticus 23:23–32 GOSPEL PORTION: Luke 19:1–27 What verse spoke to you most today and why? Did you learn something you need to do in your life? Daily Bread for Kids is a daily Bible reading podcast where we read through the Torah and the Gospels in one year! Helping young Bible-readers to study God’s Word, while also discovering its Jewish...

This week's portion is called Emor (Speak) TORAH PORTION: Leviticus 23:1–22 GOSPEL PORTION: Luke 18:31–43 What verse spoke to you most today and why? Did you learn something about God? Daily Bread for Kids is a daily Bible reading podcast where we read through the Torah and the Gospels in one year! Helping young Bible-readers to study God’s Word, while also discovering its Jewish context! THE KIDS...

This week's portion is called Emor (Speak) TORAH PORTION: Leviticus 22:17–33 GOSPEL PORTION: Luke 18:1–30 What verse spoke to you most today and why? Did you learn something you need to do in your life? Daily Bread for Kids is a daily Bible reading podcast where we read through the Torah and the Gospels in one year! Helping young Bible-readers to study God’s Word, while also discovering its Jewish...

Today in History: The day Eli the High Priest died (according to tradition, see 1 Samuel 4:18). “When he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell off the seat backward beside the gate, and his neck was broken and he died, for he was old and heavy. Thus he judged Israel forty years.” This week's portion is called Emor (Speak) TORAH PORTION: Leviticus 21:16–22:16 GOSPEL PORTION: Luke 17:20–37 What verse s...

This week's portion is called Emor (Speak) TORAH PORTION: Leviticus 21:1–15 GOSPEL PORTION: Luke 17:1–19 What verse spoke to you most today and why? Did you learn something you need to do in your life? Daily Bread for Kids is a daily Bible reading podcast where we read through the Torah and the Gospels in one year! Helping young Bible-readers to study God’s Word, while also discovering its Jewish...

This week's portion is called Acharei Mot - Kedoshim (After the death - Holy) TORAH PORTION: Leviticus 20:8–27 HAFTARAH: Amos 9:7–15 APOSTLES: Acts 15:12–21 How does the Haftarah connect to this week's Torah Portion? How do the Apostles connect to this week's Torah Portion? Daily Bread for Kids is a daily Bible reading podcast where we read through the Torah and the Gospels in one year! Helping yo...

This week's portion is called Acharei Mot - Kedoshim (After the death - Holy) TORAH PORTION: Leviticus 19:33–20:7 GOSPEL PORTION: Luke 16 What verse spoke to you most today and why? Did you learn something you need to do in your life? Daily Bread for Kids is a daily Bible reading podcast where we read through the Torah and the Gospels in one year! Helping young Bible-readers to study God’s Word, w...

This week's portion is called Acharei Mot - Kedoshim (After the death - Holy) TORAH PORTION: Leviticus 19:15–32 GOSPEL PORTION: Luke 15:11–32 What verse spoke to you most today and why? Did you learn something about God? Daily Bread for Kids is a daily Bible reading podcast where we read through the Torah and the Gospels in one year! Helping young Bible-readers to study God’s Word, while also disc...

Today in History: In 1948 CE, David Ben-Gurion made Israel's declaration of independence. We “hereby declare the establishment of a Jewish state in Eretz-Israel, to be known as the State of Israel … Placing our trust in the ‘Rock of Israel,’ we affix our signatures to this proclamation.” The new state was recognized that night by the United States, soon followed by the USSR (now Russia). At the sa...