JTS Torah Archive

Beha’alotekha

Jan 1, 1980

14 Shout for joy, Fair Zion! For lo, I come; and I will dwell in your midst–declares the Lord.

Ha’azinu

Jan 1, 1980

¹ Give ear, O heavens, let me speak;
Let the earth hear the words I utter!

Simhat Torah

Jan 1, 1980

1 After the death of Moses the servant of the Lord, the Lord said to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ attendant:

2 “My servant Moses is dead. Prepare to cross the Jordan, together with all this people, into the land that I am giving to the Israelites.

Pesah Day 7

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.”

Shemot

Jan 1, 1980

⁶ [In days] to come Jacob shall strike root,
Israel shall sprout and blossom,
And the face of the world
Shall be covered with fruit.

Pekudei

Jan 1, 1980

²¹ These are the records of the Tabernacle, the Tabernacle of the Pact, which were drawn up at Moses’ bidding — the work of the Levites under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.

Lekh Lekha

Jan 1, 1980

¹ The Lord said to Abram, Go forth from your native land and from your father’s house to the land that I will show you.

Hanukkah (First Shabbat)

Jan 1, 1980

¹⁴ Shout for joy, Fair Zion! For lo, I come; and I will dwell in your midst — declares the LORD.

Nitzavim

Jan 1, 1980

⁹ You stand this day, all of you, before the Lord your God — your tribal heads, your elders and your officials, all the men of Israel, ¹⁰ your children, your wives, even the stranger within your camp, from woodchopper to waterdrawer — ¹¹ to enter into the covenant of the Lord your God, which the Lord your God is concluding with you this day, with its sanctions; ¹² to the end that He may establish you this day as His people and be your God, as He promised you and as He swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Vayeshev

Jan 1, 1980

¹ Now Jacob was settled in the land where his father had sojourned, the land of Canaan. 

Behar

Jan 1, 1980

¹ The Lord spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai: ² Speak to the Israelite people and say to them:

When you enter the land that I assign to you, the land shall observe a sabbath of the Lord.

Nitzavim-Vayeilekh

Jan 1, 1980

⁹ You stand this day, all of you, before the Lord your God — your tribal heads, your elders and your officials, all the men of Israel, ¹⁰ your children, your wives, even the stranger within your camp, from woodchopper to waterdrawer — ¹¹ to enter into the covenant of the Lord your God, which the Lord your God is concluding with you this day, with its sanctions; ¹² to the end that He may establish you this day as His people and be your God, as He promised you and as He swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. 

Shavuot Day 1

Jan 1, 1980

¹ On the third new moon after the Israelites had gone forth from the land of Egypt, on that very day, they entered the wilderness of Sinai.

Metzora

Jan 1, 1980

¹ The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 

Aharei Mot

Jan 1, 1980

¹ The word of the Lord came to me: ² Further, O mortal, arraign, arraign the city of bloodshed; declare to her all her abhorrent deeds!

Ha’azinu

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.

Shemini Atzeret

Jan 1, 1980

²² You shall set aside every year a tenth part of all the yield of your sowing that is brought from the field.

Bereishit

Jan 1, 1980

¹ When God began to create heaven and earth — ² the earth being unformed and void, with darkness over the surface of the deep and a wind from God sweeping over the water — ³ God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light.

Pesah Day 7

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.

Vayak-hel

Jan 1, 1980

⁴⁰ Hiram also made the lavers, the scrapers, and the sprinkling bowls.

So Hiram finished all the work that he had been doing for King Solomon on the House of the Lord: