5787 – Bereshit
Parashat Bereshit 5787: a light hidden before it could be misused, a moon asked to shrink, and every human stamped from one seal, set beside the news.
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Weekly Parshah
The weekly reading on the Israel schedule, with structural parallels to the week's events.
5787 – Shemini Atzeret
Shemini Atzeret 5787: Israel reads V'Zot HaBerachah and Bereshit together. Sukkah 55b, the Zohar's small feast, Geshem, and seven parallels to the news.
5787 – Sukkot
Sukkot 5787 falls on Shabbat, so the lulav is not taken on the one day the Torah commands it. Sukkah 43a, the Zohar on the shade of faith, and 7 parallels.
5787 – Haazinu
Parashat Haazinu 5787 on Shabbat Shuva: Moshe's song as a deposition filed in advance, with Rosh Hashanah 31a, the Idra Zuta and seven world parallels.
5787 – Rosh Hashanah
Rosh Hashanah 5787 falls on Shabbat and the shofar is not sounded. Genesis 21, Rosh Hashanah 10b-29b, Zohar, Arizal, Alter Rebbe and 7 world parallels.
5786 – Nitzavim-Vayelech
Parashat Nitzavim-Vayelech 5786: Torah overview, Talmudic depth (Shevuot, Bava Metzia), Kabbalah (Zohar, Arizal, Chassidut) and 7 parallels to world news.
5786 – Ki Tavo
Parashat Ki Tavo 5786: Torah overview, Talmudic depth (Sotah, Kiddushin), Kabbalah (Zohar, Arizal, Chassidut), and 7 parallels to this week's world news.
5786 – Ki Teitzei
Parashat Ki Teitzei 5786: Torah overview, Talmudic depth (Kiddushin, Sanhedrin), Kabbalah (Zohar, Arizal, Chassidut), and 7 parallels to this week's news.
5786 – Shoftim
Parashat Shoftim 5786: Torah overview, Talmudic depth (Sanhedrin, Makkot), Kabbalah (Zohar, Arizal, Chassidut), and 7 parallels to this week's world news.
5786 – Re’eh
Parashat Re'eh 5786: Torah overview, Talmudic depth (Ketubot, Sanhedrin), Kabbalah (Zohar, Arizal, Chassidut), and 7 parallels to this week's world news.
5786 – Tazria-Metzora
Parashat Tazria-Metzora 5786: Tzaraat, lashon hara, isolation & healing: and how this week's parasha mirrors the Iran blockade, Orbán's fall, and global fracture.
5786 – Tzav
Parashat Tzav 5786: Esh Tamid, Korban Todah, Zohar & Talmud insights. How this parasha mirrors the Iran war, Strait of Hormuz, and the countdown to Pesach.