Torah Reading: Leviticus 21:1 – 22:16 – Priestly purity
Psalm 85
Haftarah: Ezekiel 44:25 – 45:2, 15
Torah Reading: Leviticus 21:1 – 22:16 – Priestly purity
Psalm 85
Haftarah: Ezekiel 44:25 – 45:2, 15
Torah reading: Leviticus 19:23 – 20:27 – Sexual sins
Psalm 84
Haftarah: Isaiah 65:22 – 66:2, 4-5, 10-11
Notes on Leviticus 19:23 – 20:27
Torah reading: Leviticus 19:1-22 – ‘Ye shall be holy’
Psalm 83
Haftarah: Isaiah 4:3 – 5:5, 16
Torah Reading: Leviticus 18:1-30 – Sex and marriage partners
Psalm 82
Haftarah: Jeremiah 10:1-10
We’re celebrating the Feast of Tabernacles on Saturday, Sept. 29!
The Hebrew word for Tabernacles is “sukkah,” which originally meant “woven” and applied to the branches woven together to make simple shelters. Israel was commanded to dwell in booths like this for seven days. The booth reflects the fragility, precariousness and impermanence of life in this world.
The Talmud relates that in the end of days, “all the nations of the world will express a desire to repent, and God will judge them through the commandment of building a sukkah… He will give this single commandment to the entire world to fulfill.” (Babylonian Talmud, Avoda Zara 3)
Jesus used the venue of this feast to announce Himself as the Light of the World, and as the Living Water necessary for salvation.
Read our memo on the feast here.
Torah Reading: Leviticus 17:1-16 – Sacrifice only at the Tabernacle – Don’t eat blood
Psalm 81
Haftarah: Isaiah 66:1-2, 5-12
Torah Readings: Leviticus 16:1-34 – The Ritual for Yom Kippur
Read our memo on observing Yom Kippur here.
Psalm 80
Haftarah: Ezekiel 16:9-14, 59-62
Ezekiel 36:16-25