Simhat Torah

Simhat Torah

Jan 1, 1980

1 This is the blessing with which Moses, the man of God, bade the Israelites farewell before he died.

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Shabbat Hagadol

Shabbat Hagadol

Jan 1, 1980

1 On the eighth day Moses called Aaron and his sons, and the elders of Israel.

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Vayikra

Vayikra

Jan 1, 1980

1 The Lord called to Moses and spoke to him from the Tent of Meeting, saying:

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Pesah Day 7 & 8

Pesah Day 7 & 8

Jan 1, 1980

17 Now when Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them by way of the land of the Philistines, although it was nearer; for God said, “The people may have a change of heart when they see war, and return to Egypt.”

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Terumah

Terumah

Jan 1, 1980

26 The Lord had given Solomon wisdom, as He had promised him. There was friendship between Hiram and Solomon, and the two of them made a treaty.

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Vayera

Vayera

Jan 1, 1980

1 The Lord appeared to him by the terebinths of Mamre; he was sitting at the entrance of the tent as the day grew hot.

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Shabbat Zakhor

Shabbat Zakhor

Jan 1, 1980

17 Remember what Amalek did to you on your journey, after you left Egypt — 18 how, undeterred by fear of God, he surprised you on the march, when you were famished and weary, and cut down all the stragglers in your rear

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Nitzavim

Nitzavim

Jan 1, 1980

10 I greatly rejoice in the Lord,
My whole being exults in my God.

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Behukkotai

Behukkotai

Jan 1, 1980

3 If you follow My laws and faithfully observe My commandments, 4 I will grant your rains in their season, so that the earth shall yield its produce and the trees of the field their fruit.

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Hukkat-Balak

Hukkat-Balak

Jan 1, 1980

1 The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying: 2 This is the ritual law that the Lord has commanded:

Instruct the Israelite people to bring you a red cow without blemish, in which there is no defect and on which no yoke has been laid.

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Rosh Hashanah Day 1

Rosh Hashanah Day 1

Jan 1, 1980

1 The Lord took note of Sarah as He had promised, and the Lord did for Sarah as He had spoken. 

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Toledot

Toledot

Jan 1, 1980

1 A pronouncement: The word of the Lord to Israel through Malachi.

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Aharei Mot

Aharei Mot

Jan 1, 1980

1 The Lord spoke to Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron who died when they drew too close to the presence of the Lord.

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Shelah Lekha

Shelah Lekha

Jan 1, 1980

1 Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim, saying, “Go, reconnoiter the region of Jericho.” So they set out, and they came to the house of a harlot named Rahab and lodged there.

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Sukkot Day 1

Sukkot Day 1

Jan 1, 1980

1 Lo, a day of the Lord is coming when your spoil shall be divided in your very midst!

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Pesah Day 2

Pesah Day 2

Jan 1, 1980

1 At the king’s summons, all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem assembled before him.

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Beshallah

Beshallah

Jan 1, 1980

17 Now when Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them by way of the land of the Philistines, although it was nearer; for God said, “The people may have a change of heart when they see war, and return to Egypt.”

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Pekudei

Pekudei

Jan 1, 1980

51 When all the work that King Solomon had done in the House of the Lord was completed, Solomon brought in the sacred donations of his father David — the silver, the gold, and the vessels — and deposited them in the treasury of the House of the Lord.

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Pesah Day 7 & 8

Pesah Day 7 & 8

Jan 1, 1980

1 David addressed the words of this song to the Lord, after the Lord had saved him from the hands of all his enemies and from the hands of Saul.

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Lekh Lekha

Lekh Lekha

Jan 1, 1980

27 Why do you say, O Jacob,
Why declare, O Israel,
“My way is hid from the Lord,
My cause is ignored by my God”?

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