Hebrew In Israel | Torah Portion Chuqat – Learn Torah

"This is the regulation from the Torah which יהוה has commanded..." Bamidbar 19:2

Torah Portion, this weeks torah portion, red heifer, red cow, parah, the red cow,

Hebrew In Israel | Torah Portion Chuqat – Learn Torah

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This week’s torah portion, Chukat (regulation), gives us the strange command concerning the red heifer.  Listen as Yoel sheds some light from the ancient world on this regulation.

Torah Portion Chuqat: Numbers 19:1 – 22:1

Questions and Topics in this Discussion:

  • Midrashim About the Red Heifer
  • What Does Chuqat Mean?
  • What Disqualifies an Animal For This Purpose?
  • Similarities and Connections to Other Rituals

Other Teachings Mentioned In This Podcast

Weekly Group Bible Class and Hebrew Lessons


This Week’s Haftarah

JEPHTHAH, JEPHTHAH'S DAUGHTER, JUDGES 11
“Now Yiftach, a brave soldier from Gil‘ad, was the son of a prostitute.” Judges 11:1
Who is Yiftach (Jephthah)?  Why was the name of another god on his lips and what are we to make of his shocking vow?  We flesh out his backstory from what the biblical text and ancient culture tell us about his birth, home, upbringing and social life.

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 Photo Attribution: Adapted from photo; By Rennett Stowe from USA (Red Heifer) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

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