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Parasha Name |
Translation |
Parasha Portion |
Article |
| B’reishit, בְּרֵאשִׁית | In the beginning | Gen. 1:1-6:8 | – The Two Souls and Messiah |
| Noach, נֹחַ | Noah (rest) | 6:9-11:32 | – Noah and Messiah |
| Lech Lecha, לֶךְ-לְךָ | Go forth, yourself! | 12:1-17:27 | – The Blessing and the Plants |
| Vayeira, וַיֵּרָא | And He appeared | 18:1-22:24 | – Isaac and the Akeida |
| Chayei Sarah, חַיֵּי שָׂרָה | Life of Sarah | 23:1-25:18 | – Three Periods in Sarah’s life |
| Toledot, תּוֹלְדֹת | Generations | 25:19-28:9 | – The Two Snakes and Messiah |
| Vayetze, וַיֵּצֵא | And he went out | 28:10-32:3 | – Yaakov’s Ladder and Messiah |
| Vayishlach, וַיִּשְׁלַח | And he sent | 32:4-36:43 | – The Reunion |
| Vayeishev, וַיֵּשֶׁב | And he settled | 37:1-40:23 | – Messiah Son of Yosef |
| Miketz, מִקֵּץ | At the end of | 41:1-44:17 | – The Messiah That Hanukkah Concealed |
| Vayigash, וַיִּגַּשׁ | And he drew near | 44:18-47:27 | – Tzafnat Paneakh |
| Vayechi, וַיְחִי | And he lived | 47:28-50:26 | – Trein Mishikhin: The Twin Messiahs |
| Shemot, שְׁמוֹת | Names | Ex. 1:1-6:1 | – Names and Geulah |
| Va’eira, וָאֵרָא | And I appeared | 6:2-9:35 | – Hokhmah and G-d’s Names |
| Bo, בֹּא | Enter! | 10:1-13:16 | – Inside Pharoah |
| Beshalach, בְּשַׁלַּח | When he let go | 13:17-17:16 | – Unity for Redemption |
| Yitro, יִתְרוֹ | Jethro | 18:1-20:23 | – Repentance and Shabbat |
| Mishpatim, מִּשְׁפָּטִים | Laws | 21:1-24:18 | |
| Terumah, תְּרוּמָה | Offering | 25:1-27:19 | – The Inner Sanctuary |
| Tetzaveh, תְּצַוֶּה | You shall command | 27:20-30:10 | – Shekhina, Betzalel and Messiah |
| Ki Tissa, כִּי תִשָּׂא | When you elevate | 30:11-34:35 | – The Erev Rav |
| Vayaqheil, וַיַּקְהֵל | And he assembled | 35:1-38:20 | – One Body, One Sanctuary |
| Pekudei, פְקוּדֵי | Accountings of | 38:21-40:38 | – Three Names for the Tabernacle |
| Vayikra, וַיִּקְרָא | And he called | Lev. 1:1-5:26 | – The Living Sacrifice |
| Tzav, צַו | Command! | 6:1-8:36 | – The Continuous Fire |
| Shemini, שְּׁמִינִי | Eighth | 9:1-11:47 | – Welcome the Shekhina |
| Tazria, תַזְרִיעַ | She bears seed | 12:1-13:59 | – Circumcision and Leprosy |
| Metzora, מְּצֹרָע | Infected one | 14:1-15:33 | |
| Acharei Mot, אַחֲרֵי מוֹת | After the death | 16:1-18:30 | – Azazel and the Fallen Angels |
| Kedoshim, קְדֹשִׁים | Holy ones | 19:1-20:27 | – The Torah is About Love |
| Emor, אֱמֹר | Say! | 21:1-24:23 | – Unifying G-d’s Name |
| Behar, בְּהַר | On the Mount | 25:1-26:2 | – In Faith We Count |
| Bechukotai, בְּחֻקֹּתַי | In My statutes | 26:3-27:34 | – The Fourth Torah |
| Bemidbar, בְּמִדְבַּר | In the wilderness | Num. 1:1-4:20 | |
| Naso, נָשֹׂא | Elevate! | 4:21-7:89 | – Repentance: Four Steps and a 5th |
| Behaalotecha, בְּהַעֲלֹתְךָ | In your making go up | 8:1-12:16 | – The Unifying Light of the World |
| Shlach, שְׁלַח-לְךָ | Send for yourself | 13:1-15:41 | – In the Desert and In Redemption |
| Korach, קֹרַח | Korach (bald) | 16:1-18:32 | |
| Chukat, חֻקַּת | Ordinance of | 19:1-22:1 | |
| Balak, בָּלָק | Balak (destroyer) | 22:2-25:9 | – The Light That Emerges From Darkness |
| Pinchas, פִּינְחָס | Phinehas (dark-skinned) | 25:10-30:1 | |
| Mattot, מַּטּוֹת | Tribes | 30:2-32:42 | – The 42 Journeys |
| Masei, מַסְעֵי | Journeys of | 33:1-36:13 | |
| Devarim, דְּבָרִים | Words | Deut. 1:1-3:22 | – On Fire |
| Va’etchanan, וָאֶתְחַנַּן | And I pleaded | 3:23-7:11 | |
| Eikev, עֵקֶב | As a result | 7:12-11:25 | – The Heel and Messiah |
| Re’eh, רְאֵה | See! | 11:26-16:17 | |
| Shoftim, שֹׁפְטִים | Judges | 16:18-21:9 | – I See Men Like Trees |
| Ki Teitzei, כִּי-תֵצֵא | When you go out | 21:10-25:19 | – The Bird’s Nest |
| Ki Tavo, כִּי-תָבוֹא | When you enter in | 26:1-29:8 | – Materialism and Egoism |
| *Nitzavim, נִצָּבִים | You are standing | 29:9-30:20 | |
| Vayelech, וַיֵּלֶךְ | And he went | 31:1-31:30 | |
| Haazinu, הַאֲזִינוּ | Give ear! | 32:1-32:52 | – The Mystical Dew of Light |
| V’Zot HaBerachah, וְזֹאת הַבְּרָכָה | And this the blessing | 33:1-34:12 | – The End Embedded in the Beginning |