JTS Torah Commentary

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.

Metzora

Jan 1, 1980

³ There were four men, lepers, outside the gate. They said to one another, “Why should we sit here waiting for death?

Metzora

Jan 1, 1980

¹ The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 

Tazria

Jan 1, 1980

⁴² A man came from Baal-shalishah and he brought the man of God some bread of the first reaping — twenty loaves of barley bread, and some fresh grain in his sack. And [Elisha] said, “Give it to the people and let them eat.”

Tazria

Jan 1, 1980

¹ The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 

Shemini

Jan 1, 1980

¹ David again assembled all the picked men of Israel, thirty thousand strong. 

Shemini

Jan 1, 1980

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

Tzav

Jan 1, 1980

²¹ Thus said the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel: Add your burnt offerings to your other sacrifices and eat the meat!

Tzav

Jan 1, 1980

¹ The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

Vayikra

Jan 1, 1980

²¹ The people I formed for Myself
That they might declare my praise.

Vayikra

Jan 1, 1980

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

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.

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.

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: 

Vayak-hel

Jan 1, 1980

¹ Moses then convoked the whole Israelite community and said to them:

These are the things that the Lord has commanded you to do:

Ki Tissa

Jan 1, 1980

¹ Much later, in the third year, the word of the Lord came to Elijah: “Go, appear before Ahab; then I will send rain upon the earth.”

Tetzavveh

Jan 1, 1980

¹⁰ [Now] you, O mortal, describe the Temple to the House of Israel, and let them measure its design. 

Vayak-hel-Pekudei

Jan 1, 1980

¹ Moses then convoked the whole Israelite community and said to them:

These are the things that the Lord has commanded you to do: ² On six days work may be done, but on the seventh day you shall have a sabbath of complete rest, holy to the Lord; whoever does any work on it shall be put to death.

Tazria-Metzora

Jan 1, 1980

¹ The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: ² Speak to the Israelite people thus: When a woman at childbirth bears a male, she shall be unclean seven days; she shall be unclean as at the time of her menstrual infirmity.

Aharei Mot-Kedoshim

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. ² The Lord said to Moses:
Tell your brother Aaron that he is not to come at will into the Shrine behind the curtain, in front of the cover that is upon the ark, lest he die; for I appear in the cloud over the cover.