Scripture Reading for April 14, 2018
Torah: Leviticus 9:1 – 11:47, “Shemini” (Eighth …. ) Haftorah: II Samuel 6:1 – 7:17 New Testament: Hebrews 8:1 – 6 Gospel: Matthew 17:1 – 13, “Hishtanah” (Transfigured … )
Torah: Leviticus 9:1 – 11:47, “Shemini” (Eighth …. ) Haftorah: II Samuel 6:1 – 7:17 New Testament: Hebrews 8:1 – 6 Gospel: Matthew 17:1 – 13, “Hishtanah” (Transfigured … )
By Israel Hayom Staff— U.S. President Donald Trump issued a special statement in honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day, marked in Israel on Thursday. The Jewish state came to a standstill at 10 a.m. Thursday as sirens wailed nationwide in memory of the 6 million Jews murdered by the Nazis during World War II. The sirens…
By: JNS and United with Israel Staff On Yom HaShoah, Israel’s national Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the Jewish state remains “steadfast” in preventing Iranian aggression amid ongoing threats. “We are preventing Iranian activity in Syria. These are not just words,” Netanyahu said in his speech at the Yad…
By The Hill— The world “should wait for our great move,” said a top Hamas leader, speaking to Palestinian protestors during violent clashes with Israeli forces along the Gaza border, “when we breach the borders and pray at al Aqsa.” With hundreds around him chanting, “We are going to Jerusalem, millions of martyrs,” and with…
By MICHAEL BACHNER, TOI STAFF and AGENCIES— Israel came to a standstill at 10 a.m. Thursday as sirens wailed throughout the country in memory of the six million Jews murdered by the Nazis during World War II. Buses and cars halted on streets and highways as Israelis stepped out of their vehicles and stood with…
This week’s Torah Portion covers Leviticus 9:1 to 11:47. After taking a two week break to cover Passover readings, we are back to the third book. On the eighth day in our reading of Leviticus, we reach the culmination of divinely sanctioned human creation. The priests and ritual vessels are consecrated. When we last saw…