45th Portion [16-22 August 2026] Theme of the Book of Deuteronomy: Possessing the Promised Land Meaning of "ki teitzei" = "when you go out" This week's Torah portions: Sunday: Deuteronomy 21:10-21 Monday: Deuteronomy 21:22-22:7 Tuesday: Deuteronomy 22:8-23:7 Wednesday: Deuteronomy 23:8-24 Thursday: Deuteronomy 23:25-24:4 Friday: Deuteronomy 24:5-13 Shabbat: Deuteronomy 24:14-25:19 & Isaiah 54:1-10 Apostolic Writings: Matthew 5:27-30 1 Corinthians 5:1-5 There's only 5 mo

44th Portion [9-15 August 2026] Theme of the Book of Deuteronomy: Possessing the Promised Land Meaning of "shoftim" = "judges" This week's Torah portions: Sunday: Deuteronomy 16:18-17:13 Monday: Deuteronomy 17:14-20 Tuesday: Deuteronomy 18:1-5 Wednesday: Deuteronomy 18:6-13 Thursday: Deuteronomy 18:14-19:13 Friday: Deuteronomy 19:14-20:9 Shabbat: Deuteronomy 20:10-21:9 & Isaiah 51:12-52:12 Apostolic Writings: 1 John 1:19-27 Acts 3:22-23 Welcome to the 5th portion of the

43rd Portion [2-8 August 2026] Theme of the Book of Deuteronomy: Possessing the Promised Land Meaning of "re'eh" = "see" This week's Torah portions: Sunday: Deuteronomy 11:26-12:10 Monday: Deuteronomy 12:11-28 Tuesday: Deuteronomy 12:29-13:19 Wednesday: Deuteronomy 14:1-21 Thursday: Deuteronomy 14:22-29 Friday: Deuteronomy 15:1-18 Shabbat: Deuteronomy 15:19-16:17 & Isaiah 54:11-55:5 Apostolic Writings: John 7:37-52 This is the 4th portion of the book of Deuteronomy. Aft

42nd Portion [26 July - 1 August 2026] Theme of the Book of Deuteronomy: Possessing the Promised Land Meaning of "eikev" = "as a result / consequently" This week's Torah portions: Sunday: Deuteronomy 7:12-8:10 Monday: Deuteronomy 8:11-9:3 Tuesday: Deuteronomy 9:4-29 Wednesday: Deuteronomy 10:1-11 Thursday: Deuteronomy 10:12-11:9 Friday: Deuteronomy 11:10-21 Shabbat: Deuteronomy 11:22-25 & Isaiah 49:14-51:3 Apostolic Writings: Hebrews 8:11-13 Romans 8:31-39 This is the 4

41st Portion [19-25 July 2026] Theme of the Book of Deuteronomy: Possessing the Promised Land Meaning of "vaetchanan" = "I pleaded" This week's Torah portions: Sunday: Deuteronomy 3:23-4:4 Monday: Deuteronomy 4:5-40 Tuesday: Deuteronomy 4:41-49 Wednesday: Deuteronomy 5:1-18 Thursday: Deuteronomy 5:19-6:3 Friday: Deuteronomy 6:4-25 Shabbat: Deuteronomy 7:1-11 & Isaiah 40:1-26 Apostolic Writings: Matthew 23:31-39 Mark 12:28-34 We are in our second reading of the book of D

40th Portion [12-18 July 2026] Theme of the Book of Deuteronomy: Possessing the Promised Land Meaning of "devarim" = "words" This week's Torah portions: Sunday: Deuteronomy 1:1-10 Monday: Deuteronomy 1:11-21 Tuesday: Deuteronomy 1:22-38 Wednesday: Deuteronomy 1:39-2:1 Thursday: Deuteronomy 2:2-30 Friday: Deuteronomy 2:31-3:14 Shabbat: Deuteronomy 3:15-22 & Isaiah 1:1-27 Apostolic Writings: Acts 9:1-21 I cannot believe that we are officially in the last book of the Torah

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39th Portion [5-11 July 2026] Theme of the Book of Numbers: Desert life whilst here on earth. Between Egypt & Promised Land. Faith is the key. Meaning of "matot" = "tribes" Meaning of "masei" = "travels / journeys of" This week's Torah portions: Sunday: Numbers 30:2-31:12 Monday: Numbers 31:13-54 Tuesday: Numbers 32:1-19 Wednesday: Numbers 32:20-33:49 Thursday: Numbers 33:50-34:15 Friday: Numbers 34:16-35:8 Shabbat: Numbers 35:9-36:13 & Jeremiah 2:4-28 & 3:4 Apostolic W

38th Portion [28 June - 4 July 2026] Theme of the Book of Numbers: Desert life whilst here on earth. Between Egypt & Promised Land. Faith is the key. Meaning of "Pinchas" = "Pinchas" This week's Torah portions: Sunday: Numbers 25:10-26:4 Monday: Numbers 26:5-51 Tuesday: Numbers 26:52-27:5 Wednesday: Numbers 27:6-23 Thursday: Numbers 28:1-15 Friday: Numbers 28:16-29:11 Shabbat: Numbers 29:12-30:1 & 1 Kings 18:46-19:21 Apostolic Writings: Romans 11:2-32 This is the second

36th & 37th Portion [21-27 June 2026] Theme of the Book of Numbers: Desert life whilst here on earth. Between Egypt & Promised Land. Faith is the key. Meaning of "chukat" = "law of / decree / statue" Meaning of "balak" = "Balak" In the 2022/2023 reading cycle, these two portions were read together in one year. Since this Hebrew agricultural year has 13 months (not only 12), these two portions are read seperately. Chukat This week's Torah portions: Sunday: Numbers 19:1-17 Mon

35th Portion [14-20 June 2026] Theme of the Book of Numbers: Desert life whilst here on earth. Between Egypt & Promised Land. Faith is the key. Meaning of "korach" = "Korach" This week's Torah portions: Sunday: Numbers 16:1-13 Monday: Numbers 16:14-19 Tuesday: Numbers 16:20-17:8 Wednesday: Numbers 17:9-15 Thursday: Numbers 17:16-24 Friday: Numbers 17:25-18:20 Shabbat: Numbers 18:21-32 & 1 Samuel 11:14-12:22 Apostolic Writings: Romans 13:1-7 This is the 5th reading in th

34th Portion [7-13 June 2026] Theme of the Book of Numbers: Desert life whilst here on earth. Between Egypt & Promised Land. Faith is the key. Meaning of "sh'lach" = "send" This week's Torah portions: Sunday: Numbers 13:1-20 Monday: Numbers 13:21-14:7 Tuesday: Numbers 14:8-25 Wednesday: Numbers 14:26-15:7 Thursday: Numbers 15:8-16 Friday: Numbers 15:17-26 Shabbat: Numbers 15:27-41 & Joshua 2:1-24 Apostolic Writings: Hebrews 3:7-4:1 This week's message is such a profound

33rd Portion [31 May - 6 June 2026] Theme of the Book of Numbers: Desert life whilst here on earth. Between Egypt & Promised Land. Faith is the key. Meaning of "beha'alotcha" = "when you raise / set up" This week's Torah portions: Sunday: Numbers 8:1-14 Monday: Numbers 8:15-26 Tuesday: Numbers 9:1-14 Wednesday: Numbers 9:15-10:10 Thursday: Numbers 10:11-34 Friday: Numbers 10:35-11:29 Shabbat: Numbers 11:30-12:16 & Zechariah 2:14-4:7 Apostolic Writings: 1 Corinthians 10:

32nd Portion [24-30 May 2026] Theme of the Book of Numbers: Desert life whilst here on earth. Between Egypt & Promised Land. Faith is the key. Meaning of "nasso" = "lift up" This week's Torah portions: Sunday: Numbers 4:21-37 Monday: Numbers 4:38-49 Tuesday: Numbers 5:1-10 Wednesday: Numbers 5:11-6:27 Thursday: Numbers 7:1-41 Friday: Numbers 7:42-71 Shabbat: Numbers 7:72-89 & Judges 13:2-25 Apostolic Writings: Acts 21:17-26 We are back to our weekly Torah readings, afte

[21-27 May 2023] As you know, we are currently in the Book of Numbers with our weekly Torah readings. And this week would have been our...

31st Portion [10-16 May 2026] Theme of the Book of Numbers: Desert life whilst here on earth. Between Egypt & Promised Land. Faith is the key. Meaning of "bamidbar" = "in the desert" This week's Torah portions: Sunday: Numbers 1:1-19 Monday: Numbers 1:20-54 Tuesday: Numbers 2:1-34 Wednesday: Numbers 3:1-13 Thursday: Numbers 3:14-39 Friday: Numbers 3:40-51 Shabbat: Numbers 4:1-20 & Hosea 2:1-2 Apostolic Writings: Romans 9:22-33 We are now in the book of Numbers. By now y

30th Portion [3-9 May 2026] Theme of the Book of Leviticus: Life as a priest. Behar Meaning of "behar" = "on the mountain" This week's Torah portions: Sunday: Leviticus 25:1-13 Monday: Leviticus 25:14-18 Tuesday: Leviticus 25:19-24 Wednesday: Leviticus 25:25-28 Thursday: Leviticus 25:29-38 Friday: Leviticus 25:39-46 Shabbat: Leviticus 25:47-26:2 & Jeremiah 32:6-27 Apostolic Writings: Luke 4:16-21 These two portions are read as a double portion in some years; hence they

29th Portion [26 April - 2 May 2026] Theme of the Book of Leviticus: Life as a priest. Meaning of "emor" = "speak" This week's Torah portions: Sunday: Leviticus 21:1-15 Monday: Leviticus 21:16-22:16 Tuesday: Leviticus 22:17-33 Wednesday: Leviticus 23:1-22 Thursday: Leviticus 23:23-32 Friday: Leviticus 23:33-44 Shabbat: Leviticus 24:1-23 & Ezekiel 44:15-31 Apostolic Writings: 1 Peter 2:4-10 We are at the third last portion of Leviticus. And up until this point our portio

28th Portion [19-25 April 2026] Theme of the Book of Leviticus: Life as a priest. Meaning of "achrei mot" = "after the death" Meaning of "kedoshim" = "holy" In the 2022/2023 reading cycle, these two portions were read as a double portion (like parashat Vayakhel & Pedkudei and Tazria & Metzora few weeks ago) - hence the combined blog post. Remember that the Hebrew calendar does not work on the Gregorian calendar of the world. The Hebrew calendar are dependent on the moon and t

27th Portion [12-18 April 2026] Theme of the Book of Leviticus: Life as a priest. Meaning of "tazria" = "she conceives" Meaning of "metzora" = "leper" In the 2022/2023 reading cycle, these two portions were read together in one year. Since this Hebrew agricultural year has 13 months (not only 12), these two portions are read seperately. Tazria This week's Torah portions: Sunday: Leviticus 12:1-13:5 Monday: Leviticus 13:6-17 Tuesday: Leviticus 13:18-23 Wednesday: Leviticus

26th Portion [10-11 April 2026] Theme of the Book of Leviticus: Life as a priest. Meaning of "shmini" = "the eighth day" This week's Torah portions: Sunday: Leviticus 9:1-16 Monday: Leviticus 9:17-23 Tuesday: Leviticus 9:24-10:11 Wednesday: Leviticus 10:12-15 Thursday: Leviticus 10:16-20 Friday: Leviticus 11:1-32 Shabbat: Lev 11:33-47 & 2 Samuel 6:1-7:17 Apostolic Writings: Hebrews 8:1-6 In the 2022/2023 reading cycle, this portion was read the week after we have celebra

[2-13 April 2023] As you know, we are currently in the Book of Leviticus with our weekly Torah readings. And this week would have been...

25th Portion [29-31 March 2026] Theme of the Book of Leviticus: Life as a priest. Meaning of "tzav" = "command" This week's Torah portions: Sunday: Leviticus 6:1-11 Monday: Leviticus 6:12-7:10 Tuesday: Leviticus 7:11-38 Wednesday: Leviticus 8:1-13 Thursday: Leviticus 8:14-21 Friday: Leviticus 8:22-29 Shabbat: Leviticus 8:30-36 & Jeremiah 7:21-8:3 & Jeremiah 9:22-23 Apostolic Writings: Hebrews 7:23-8:6 The entire book of Leviticus is about life as a priest. So last week'