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For the week of October 24, 2026 / 13 Heshvan 5787 Click image to view video version Lech LechaTorah: Bereshit/Genesis 12:1–17:27Haftarah: Isaiah 40:27–41:16 Now the LORD said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. And I will make of you a […]

Click image to view video version For the week of October 17, 2026 / 6 Heshvan 5787 No’achTorah: B’reshit/Genesis 6:9 – 11:32Haftarah: Isaiah 54:1 – 55:5Originally posted the week of October 13, 2018 / 4 Heshvan 5779 (updated) So the LORD dispersed them from there over the face of all the earth, and they left […]

For the week of October 10, 2026 / 29 Tishri 5787 Click image to view video version B’reshitTorah: B’reshit/Genesis 1:1 – 6:8Haftarah: 1 Shmuel/1 Samuel 20:18–42 And the man named his wife, “Chavah,” for she was the mother of all living (B’reshit/Genesis 3:20; translation: mine) The Hebrew title, B’reshit, is the very first word of […]

For the week of October 3, 2026 / 22 Tishri 5787 Click image to view video version Shemini AtzeretTorah: D’varim/Deuteronomy 14:22 – 16:17; B’midbar/Numbers 29:35 – 30:1Haftarah: 1 Melachim/1 Kings 8:54-66 Let these words of mine, with which I have pleaded before the LORD, be near to the LORD our God day and night, and […]

For the week of September 26, 2026 / 15 Tishri 5787 Click image to view video version SukkotTorah: Vayikra/Leviticus 22:26 – 23:24; B’midbar/Numbers 29:12-16Haftarah: Zechariah 14:1-21Originally posted the week of October 3, 2020 / 15 Tishri 5781 (updated) Then everyone who survives of all the nations that have come against Jerusalem shall go up year […]

For the week of September 19, 2026 / 8 Tishri 5787 Click image to view video version Ha’azinu (Shabbat Shuva)Torah: D’varim/Deuteronomy 32:1-52Haftarah: Hosea 14:2-10 (English: 14:1-9); Micah 7:18-20; Joel 2:15-17Originally posted the week of October 1, 2022 / 6 Tishri 5783 (updated) Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression for […]

For the week of September 12, 2026 / 1 Tishri 5787 Click image to view video version Rosh HashanahTorah: Bereshit/Genesis 21:1-34; B’midbar/Numbers 29:1-6Haftarah: 1 Shmuel/1 Samuel 1:1–2:10Originally posted the week of September 19, 2009 / 1 Tishri 5770 (updated) There is none holy like the LORD; there is none besides you; there is no rock […]

For the week of September 5, 2026 / 23 Elul 5786 Click to view video Nitzavim & VayeilechTorah: D’varim/Deuteronomy 29:9 – 31:30 (English: 29:10 – 31:30)Haftarah: Isaiah 61:10 – 63:9Originally posted the week of September 4, 2021 / 27 Elul 5781 (revised) The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things that […]

For the week of August 1, 2026 / 18 Av 5786 Click image to view video version EkevTorah: D’varim/Deuteronomy 7:12 – 11:25Haftarah: Isaiah 49:14 – 51:3Originally posted the week of August 8, 2009 / 18 Av 5769 (updated) And he humbled you and let you hunger and fed you with manna, which you did not […]

For the week of July 25, 2026 / 11 Av 5786 Click image to view video version V’etchannan/NahamuTorah: D’varim/Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11Haftarah: Isaiah 40:1-26Originally posted the week of July 28, 2018 / 16 Av 5778 (updated) Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her that her warfare is ended, that […]

For the week of July 18, 2026 / 4 Av 5786 Click image to view video version D’varimTorah: D’varim/Deuteronomy 1:1 – 3:22Haftarah: Isaiah 1:1-27Originally posted the week of August 10, 2019 / 9 Av 5779 (updated) And the LORD said to me, “Do not harass Moab or contend with them in battle, for I will […]

For the week of July 11, 2026 / 26 Tammuz 5786 Click image to view video version Mattot & MaseiTorah: B’midbar/Numbers 30:2 – 36:13 (English 30:1 – 36:13)Haftarah: Jeremiah 2:4–28, 3:4Originally posted the week of July 26, 2014 / 28 Tammuz 5774 (updated) Special note: July 2, 2026, marked the 1000th day since the October […]

For the week of July 4, 2026 / 19 Tammuz 5786 Click image to view video version PinchasTorah: B’midbar/Numbers 25:10 – 30:1 (English 25:10 – 29:40)Haftarah: Jeremiah 1:1 – 2:3Originally posted the week of July 26, 2008 / 23 Tammuz 5768 (updated) Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, I do not know how to […]

For the week of June 27, 2026 / 12 Tammuz 5786 Click image to view video version Hukat-BalakTorah: B’midbar/Numbers 19:1 – 25:9Haftarah: Micah 5:6 – 6:8Originally posted the week of June 27, 2015 / 10 Tammuz 5775 (updated) Then Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly together before the rock, and he said to them, “Hear […]

For the week of June 20, 2026 / 5 Tammuz 5786 Click image to view video version KorachTorah: B’midbar/Numbers 16:1 – 18:32Haftarah: 2 Shmuel/2 Samuel 11:14 – 12:22 David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the LORD.” And Nathan said to David, “The LORD also has put away your sin; you shall not die. […]

For the week of June 13, 2026 / 28 Sivan 5786 Click image to view video version Shela LekhaTorah: B’midbar / Numbers 13:1 – 15:41Haftarah: Joshua 2:1-24Originally posted the week of July 1, 2000/28 Sivan 5760 (updated) Why is the LORD bringing us into this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our […]

For the week of June 6, 2026 / 21 Sivan 5786 Click image to view video version B’ha‘alotkhaTorah: B’midbar/Numbers 8:1 – 12:16Haftarah: Zechariah 2:14 – 4:7 (English 2:10 – 4:7)Originally posted the week of June 22, 2019 / 19 Sivan 5779 (Updated) If you will treat me like this, kill me at once, if I […]

For the week of May 30, 2026 / 14 Sivan 5786 Click image to view video version NassoTorah: B’midbar/Numbers 4:21 – 7:89Haftarah: Shoftim/Judges 13:2-25Originally posted the week of June 3, 2023 / 14 Sivan 5783 (updated) The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to Aaron and his sons, saying, Thus you shall bless the people […]

For the week of May 23, 2026 / 7 Sivan 5786 Click image to view video version ShavuotTorah: D’varim/Deuteronomy 14:22 – 16:17Haftarah: Habakkuk 3:1–19Originally posted the week of May 30, 2009 / 7 Sivan 5769 (updated) Though the fig tree should not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines, the produce of the olive fail […]

For the week of May 16, 2026 / 29 Iyar 5786 Click image to view video version B’midbarTorah: B’midbar/Numbers 1:1 – 4:20Haftarah: 1 Samuel 20:18–42Originally posted the week of May 24, 2014 / 24 Iyar 5774 (revised) But they shall not go in to look on the holy things even for a moment, lest they […]

For the week of May 9, 2026 / 22 Iyar 5786 Click image to view video version Behar & BechukotaiTorah: Vayikra/Leviticus 25:1 – 27:34Haftarah: Jeremiah 16:19 – 17:14Originally posted the week of June 4, 2016 / 27 Iyar 5776 (revised) But if they confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their fathers in their treachery […]