Weekly Torah portion @ 2019

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Weekly Torah portion

A Torah scroll and silver pointer (yad) used in reading.

The weekly Torah portion (Hebrew: פָּרָשַׁת הַשָּׁבוּעַ Parashat ha-Shavua), popularly just parashah (or parshah /pɑːrʃə/ or parsha) and also known as a Sidra (or Sedra /sɛdrə/) is a section of the Torah (Five Books of Moses) used in Jewish liturgy during a single week. It is chanted publicly by a designated reader (ba'al koreh) in Jewish prayer services, starting with a partial reading on the afternoon of Shabbat (Saturday, the Jewish Sabbath), again during the Monday and Thursday morning services, and ending with a full reading during the following Shabbat morning services. The weekly reading is pre-empted by a special reading on major religious holidays. The Saturday morning and holiday readings are followed by a reading (Haftarah) from the Book of Prophets (Nevi'im). There are 54 weekly parashiyot (plural) or parshahs (anglicized pluralization) in Judaism, and the full cycle is read over the course of one Jewish year. Each Torah Portion consists of two to six chapters to be read during the week.

Each weekly Torah portion takes its name from the first distinctive word in the Hebrew text of the portion in question, often from the first verse. Dating back to the time of the Babylonian captivity (6th century BCE),^{[citation needed]} public Torah reading mostly followed an annual cycle beginning and ending on the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah, with the divisions corresponding to the lunisolar Hebrew calendar, which contains up to 55 weeks, the exact number varying between leap years and regular years.^[1].

The origin of the first public Torah readings is found in the Book of Nehemiah, where Ezra the scribe writes about wanting to find a way to ensure the Israelites would not go astray again. This led to the creation of a weekly system to read the portions of the Torah at synagogue.^[2] The annual completion of the Torah readings on Simchat Torah, translating to "Rejoicing in the Law", is marked by Jewish communities around the world.

In ancient times some Jewish communities practiced a triennial cycle of readings. In the 19th and 20th centuries, many congregations in the Reform and Conservative Jewish movements implemented an alternative triennial cycle in which only one-third of each weekly parashah was read in a given year; and this pattern continues. The parashot read are still consistent with the annual cycle but the entire Torah is completed over three years. Orthodox Judaism does not follow this practice.

Due to different lengths of holidays in Israel and the Diaspora, the portion that is read on a particular week will sometimes not be the same inside and outside Israel.

Contents

• 1 Division into weekly parashot
• 2 Table of weekly readings
• 3 See also
• 4 References
• 5 External links

Division into weekly parashot

The division of parashiot found in the modern-day Torah scrolls of all Ashkenazic, Sephardic, and Yemenite communities is based upon the systematic list provided by Maimonides in Mishneh Torah, Laws of Tefillin, Mezuzah and Torah Scrolls, Chapter 8. Maimonides based his division of the parashot for the Torah on the Masoretic text of the Aleppo Codex.^[3]

Table of weekly readings

In the table, a portion that may be combined with the following portion, to compensate for the changing number of weeks in the lunisolar year, is marked with an asterisk.The following chart will show the weekly readings.

Book	Parsha Name	English Equivalent[4]	Parsha Portion
Bereshit (Genesis)	Bereshit, בְּרֵאשִׁית	In the beginning	Gen. 1:1-6:8
	Noach, נֹחַ	Noah (rest)	6:9-11:32
	Lech-Lecha, לֶךְ-לְךָ	Go forth, yourself!	12:1-17:27
	Vayeira, וַיֵּרָא	And He appeared	18:1-22:24
	Chayei Sarah, חַיֵּי שָׂרָה	Life of Sarah	23:1-25:18
	Toledot, תּוֹלְדֹת	Generations	25:19-28:9
	Vayetze, וַיֵּצֵא	And he went out	28:10-32:3
	Vayishlach, וַיִּשְׁלַח	And he sent	32:4-36:43
	Vayeshev, וַיֵּשֶׁב	And he settled	37:1-40:23
	Miketz, מִקֵּץ	At the end of	41:1-44:17
	Vayigash, וַיִּגַּשׁ	And he drew near	44:18-47:27
	Vayechi, וַיְחִי	And he lived	47:28-50:26
Shemot (Exodus)	Shemot, שְׁמוֹת	Names	Ex. 1:1-6:1
	Va'eira, וָאֵרָא	Appeared	6:2-9:35
	Bo, בֹּא	Go!	10:1-13:16
	Beshalach, בְּשַׁלַּח	When he sent out	13:17-17:16
	Yitro, יִתְרוֹ	Jethro	18:1-20:23
	Mishpatim, מִּשְׁפָּטִים	Laws	21:1-24:18
	Terumah, תְּרוּמָה	Offering	25:1-27:19
	Tetzaveh, תְּצַוֶּה	You shall command	27:20-30:10
	Ki Tisa, כִּי תִשָּׂא	When you elevate	30:11-34:35
	*Vayakhel, וַיַּקְהֵל	And he assembled	35:1-38:20
	Pekudei, פְקוּדֵי	Accountings	38:21-40:38
Vayikra (Leviticus)	Vayikra, וַיִּקְרָא	And he called	Lev. 1:1-5:26
	Tzav, צַו	Command!	6:1-8:36
	Shemini, שְּׁמִינִי	Eighth	9:1-11:47
	*Tazria, תַזְרִיעַ	She bears seed	12:1-13:59
	Metzora, מְּצֹרָע	Infected one	14:1-15:33
	*Acharei Mot, אַחֲרֵי מוֹת	After the death	16:1-18:30
	Kedoshim, קְדֹשִׁים	Holy ones	19:1-20:27
	Emor, אֱמֹר	Say gently	21:1-24:23
	*Behar, בְּהַר	On the Mount	25:1-26:2
	Bechukotai, בְּחֻקֹּתַי	In My laws	26:3-27:34
Bemidbar (Numbers)	Bamidbar, בְּמִדְבַּר	In the wilderness	Num. 1:1-4:20
	Naso, נָשֹׂא	Elevate!	4:21-7:89
	Behaalotecha, בְּהַעֲלֹתְךָ	In your uplifting	8:1-12:16
	Shlach, שְׁלַח-לְךָ	Send for yourself	13:1-15:41
	Korach, קֹרַח	Korach	16:1-18:32
	*Chukat, חֻקַּת	Law	19:1-22:1
	Balak, בָּלָק	Balak	22:2-25:9
	Pinchas, פִּינְחָס	Phinehas	25:10-30:1
	*Matot, מַּטּוֹת	Tribes	30:2-32:42
	Masei, מַסְעֵי	Journeys of	33:1-36:13
Devarim (Deuteronomy)	Devarim, דְּבָרִים	Words	Deut. 1:1-3:22
	Va'etchanan, וָאֶתְחַנַּן	Pleaded	3:23-7:11
	Eikev, עֵקֶב	As a result	7:12-11:25
	Re'eh, רְאֵה	See!	11:26-16:17
	Shoftim, שֹׁפְטִים	Judges	16:18-21:9
	Ki Teitzei, כִּי-תֵצֵא	When you go out	21:10-25:19
	Ki Tavo, כִּי-תָבוֹא	When you enter in	26:1-29:8
	*Nitzavim, נִצָּבִים	Standing (Witnessing)	29:9-30:20
	Vayelech, וַיֵּלֶךְ	And he went	31:1-31:30
	Haazinu, הַאֲזִינוּ	Listen!	32:1-32:52
	V'Zot HaBerachah, וְזֹאת הַבְּרָכָה	And this is the blessing	33:1-34:12

See also

· Judaism portal

• Cantillation
• Chumash
• Haftarah
• Sefer Torah
• Tanakh
• Tikkun (book)
• Torah reading
• Weekly Maqam

References

1.  

·  One week is always Passover and another is always Sukkot, and the final parashah, V'Zot HaBerachah, is always read on Simchat Torah. Therefore, there can be up to 53 weeks available for the other 53 portions. In years with fewer than 53 available weeks, some readings are combined to achieve the needed number of weekly readings.

·  ·  "This Week's Torah Portion | Parsha Brought To Life". www.alephbeta.org. Retrieved 2018-06-01.

·  ·  Though initially doubted by Umberto Cassuto, this has become the established position in modern scholarship. (See the Aleppo Codex article for more information.)

4.      ·  Philologos.org

External links

• Description of each Weekly Torah Portion. Aleph Beta.
• Links to the Hebrew text for weekly Torah portions. Hebcal Jewish Calender.
• The weekly Torah portion with messianic commentary[1]
• Weekly Torah portion videos
• The Weekly Parshah in Hebrew

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Weekly Torah portion 1 Februari 2019

Weekly Torah portion

1).  Thursday, February 1, 2019

Vayak'hel Torah : Exodus 35:1-38:20| Prophets : 2 Kings 11:17-12:17| Gospel : Matthew 12:1-13

2). Thursday, February 8, 2019

Pekudei Torah : Exodus 38:21-40:38| Prophets : 1 Kings 7:51-8:21| Gospel : Luke 16:1-13

Who are the 144.000 ?

INSIGHTS: The Lamb and the 144,000 (Revelations 14:1-5)

"Who are the 144,000"

Then I looked, and there before me was the Lamb, standing on Mount Zion, and with him 144,000 who had his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads. And I heard a sound from heaven like the roar of rushing waters and like a loud peal of thunder. The sound I heard was like that of harpists playing their harps. And they sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. No one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth. These are those who did not defile themselves with women, for they remained virgins. They follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They were purchased from among mankind and offered as firstfruits to Elohim and the Lamb. No lie was found in their mouths; they are blameless. (Revelations 14:1-5)

The book of Revelation has always presented the interpreter with challenges. The book is steeped in vivid imagery and symbolism which people have interpreted differently depending on their preconceptions of the book as a whole. There are four main interpretive approaches to the book of Revelation: 1) preterist (which sees all or most of the events in Revelation as having already occurred by the end of the 1st century); 2) historicist (which sees Revelation as a survey of church history from apostolic times to the present); 3) idealist (which sees Revelation as a depiction of the struggle between good and evil); 4) futurist (which sees Revelation as prophecy of events to come). Of the four, only the futurist approach interprets Revelation in the same grammatical-historical method as the rest of Scripture. It is also a better fit with Revelation’s own claim to be prophecy (Revelation 1:3; 22:7, 10, 18, 19).

So the answer to the question “who are the 144,000?” will depend on which interpretive approach you take to the book of Revelation. With the exception of the futurist approach, all of the other approaches interpret the 144,000 symbolically, as representative of the church and the number 144,000 being symbolic of the totality—i.e., the complete number—of the church. Yet when taken at face value: “Then I heard the number of those who were sealed: 144,000 from all the tribes of Israel” (Revelation 7:4), nothing in the passage leads to interpreting the 144,000 as anything but a literal number of Jews—12,000 taken from every tribe of the “sons of Israel.” The New Testament offers no clear cut text replacing Israel with the church.

These Jews are “sealed,” which means they have the special protection of Elohim from all of the divine judgments and from the Antichrist to perform their mission during the tribulation period (see Revelation 6:17, in which people will wonder who can stand from the wrath to come). The tribulation period is a future seven-year period of time in which God will enact divine judgment against those who reject Him and will complete His plan of salvation for the nation of Israel. All of this is according to Elohim’s revelation to the prophet Daniel (Daniel 9:24–27). The 144,000 Jews are a sort of “first fruits” (Revelation 14:4) of a redeemed Israel which has been previously prophesied (Zechariah 12:10; Romans 11:25–27), and their mission seems to be to evangelize the post-rapture world and proclaim the gospel during the tribulation period. As a result of their ministry, millions—“a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language” (Revelation 7:9)—will come to faith in Yahshua.

Much of the confusion regarding the 144,000 is a result of the false doctrine of some group of Believers. The said group claim that 144,000 is a limit to the number of people who will reign with Yahshua Ha Masiach in heaven and spend eternity with Yahweh. The 144,000 have what some group of believers call the heavenly hope. Those who are not among the 144,000 will enjoy what they call the earthly hope—a paradise on earth ruled by Yahshua and the 144,000. Clearly, we can see that Group of Believers teaching sets up a caste society in the afterlife with a ruling class (the 144,000) and those who are ruled. The Bible teaches no such “dual class” doctrine. It is true that there will be people ruling in the millennium with Yahshua Ha Masiach. These people will be comprised of the church (believers in Yahshua the Messiah, 1 Corinthians 6:2), Old Testament saints (believers who died before Yahshua’s first advent, Daniel 7:27), and tribulation saints (those who accept Yahshua during the tribulation, Revelation 20:4). Yet the Bible places no numerical limit on this group of people. Furthermore, the millennium is different from the eternal state, which will take place at the completion of the millennial period. At that time, Yahweh will dwell with us in the New Jerusalem. He will be our Elohim and we will be His people (Revelation 21:3). The inheritance promised to us in Yahshua Ha Masiach and sealed by the Holy Spirit (Ephesians 1:13–14) will become ours, and we will all be co-heirs with Yahshua (Romans 8:17).

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Let His Blessings Flow
Genesis 12:3
I will bless those who bless you,
and whoever curses you I will curse;
and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you."

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