JTS Torah Commentary

Va’era

Jan 1, 1980

²⁵ Thus said the Lord God: When I have gathered the House of Israel from the peoples among which they have been dispersed, and have shown Myself holy through them in the sight of the nations, they shall settle on their own soil, which I gave to My servant Jacob,

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.”

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.

Shemot

Jan 1, 1980

¹ These are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob, each coming with his household:

Vayehi

Jan 1, 1980

¹ When David’s life was drawing to a close, he instructed his son Solomon as follows:

Vayehi

Jan 1, 1980

²⁸ Jacob lived seventeen years in the land of Egypt, so that the span of Jacob’s life came to one hundred and forty-seven years.

Vayiggash

Jan 1, 1980

¹⁸ Then Judah went up to him and said, “Please, my lord, let Your servant appeal to my lord, and do not be impatient with your servant, You who are the equal of Pharaoh. 

Miketz

Jan 1, 1980

¹⁵ Then Solomon awoke: it was a dream! He went to Jerusalem, stood before the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord, and sacrificed burnt offerings and presented offerings of well-being; and he made a banquet for all his courtiers.

Vayeshev

Jan 1, 1980

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

Miketz

Jan 1, 1980

¹ After two years’ time, Pharaoh dreamed that he was standing by the Nile, 

Vayeshev

Jan 1, 1980

For three transgressions of Israel,
For four, I will not revoke it:
Because they have sold for silver
Those whose cause was just,
And the needy for a pair of sandals.

Vayishlah

Jan 1, 1980

¹ The prophecy of Obadiah.

We have received tidings from the Lord,
And an envoy has been sent out among the nations:
“Up! Let us rise up against her for battle.”

Thus said my Lord God concerning Edom:

Vayishlah

Jan 1, 1980

⁴ Jacob sent messengers ahead to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom,

Vayetzei

Jan 1, 1980

¹³ Then Jacob had to flee to the land of Aram;

There Israel served for a wife,
For a wife he had to guard [sheep].

Vayetzei

Jan 1, 1980

¹⁰ Jacob left Beer-sheba, and set out for Haran.

Toledot

Jan 1, 1980

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

Toledot

Jan 1, 1980

¹⁹ This is the story of Isaac, son of Abraham. Abraham begot Isaac.

Hayyei Sarah

Jan 1, 1980

1 King David was now old, advanced in years; and though they covered him with bedclothes, he never felt warm.

Naso

Jan 1, 1980

²¹ The Lord spoke to Moses: ²² Take a census of the Gershonites also, by their ancestral house and by their clans.

Mattot

Jan 1, 1980

³ If a man makes a vow to the Lord or takes an oath imposing an obligation on himself, he shall not break his pledge; he must carry out all that has crossed his lips.