Haftarot

Hebrew In Israel | Haftarah Vayetse – Learn Torah

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“Return, Isra’el, to YHWH your God, for your guilt has made you stumble.”

Did you know there was a god who retired?  From our Hoshea series, Jeff and Yoel discuss the Israelites’ understanding of Canaanite/Phoenecian gods El and Ba’al, and the effect on their relationship with YHWH.  Also, Hosea 12:14 leads to an intriguing discussion of Moses, Malachi and Elijah.

Hebrew In Israel | Haftarah Toldot – Learn Torah

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“A son honors his father and a servant his master. But if I’m a father, where is the honor due me? and if I’m a master, where is the respect due me?”

We hear from the last prophet, Malachi, and learn about prophecy and the historical background of Malachi’s time.

1 KINGS 1, HAFTARAH CHAYEI SARAH, KING DAVID

Hebrew In Israel | Haftarah Chaye Sarah – Learn Torah

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“‘My lord, king, didn’t you swear to your servant, “Your son Shlomo will be king after me; he will sit on my throne”? So why is Adoniyah king?’”

In this week’s haftarah Chaye Sarah, we explore the mindset and character of King David as well as politics in the bible as the kingship passes from King David to Shlomo.

isaiah 40, isaiah 41, hebrew symbols, bible prophecy,

Hebrew In Israel | Haftarah Lekh Lekha – Learn Torah

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“I will make you into a threshing-sledge, new, with sharp, pointed teeth, to thresh the mountains and crush them to dust, to reduce the hills to chaff.”

When do you know when biblical text is literal or metaphoric?  We look at how to understand biblical metaphors and idioms with this week’s haftarah in Isaiah 40 and 41.

haftarah noach, isaiah 54

Hebrew In Israel | Haftarah Noach – Learn Torah

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“For me this is like Noach’s flood.  Just as I swore that no flood like Noach’s would ever again cover the earth, so now I swear that never again will I be angry with you or rebuke you.”

We learn about Samaritans and the origins of the haftarah readings as a supplement to this week’s haftarah from Yeshayahu 54.

haftarah bereshit, Isaiah, Isaiah 42, Isaiah 43 10,

Hebrew In Israel | Haftarah Bereshit – Learn Torah

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“The blind I will lead on a road they don’t know, on roads they don’t know I will lead them; I will turn darkness to light before them, and straighten their twisted paths.  These are things I will do without fail.”

Some history of ancient temple liturgy precedes our presentation of Haftarah Bereshit in which Isaiah describes the powerful promise to save and restore YHWH’s exiled covenant people.

Hebrew In Israel | Haftarah Vezot Haberachah – Learn Torah

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“Only be strong and very bold in taking care to follow all the Torah which Moshe my servant ordered you to follow; do not turn from it either to the right or to the left; then you will succeed wherever you go.”

Our haftarah presents the transition of leadership from Moshe to Joshua.  This lesson is supplemented with history on the Torah reading cycle traditions.

Hebrew In Israel | Haftarah Ha’azinu – Learn Torah

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“He makes me swift and sure-footed as a deer and enables me to stand on my high places.”

 Biblical poetry about God’s protection and deliverance is the common thread between this week’s torah portion and haftarah Ha’azinu.

Hebrew In Israel | Haftarah Vayelekh – Learn Torah

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“Return, Isra’el, to YHWH your God, for your guilt has made you stumble.” 

 This week’s haftarah teaching from Hoshea holds a beautiful picture of repentance and God’s great love for Israel.

Hebrew In Israel | Haftarah Nitzavim – Learn Torah

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“…for he has clothed me in salvation, dressed me with a robe of triumph, like a bridegroom wearing a festive turban, like a bride adorned with her jewels.” 

BarMitzvahs, cantillation, Yemenite brides and Edomites all take part in this week’s presentation of Haftarah Nitzavim.

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