Adult Torah Study

Join us for an hour of discussing and learning the week's Torah portion.

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Topic: Torah Study - starting October 2021

Time: Mondays at 7:30 PM (Note new time)

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Parashat Shmini 5782 / פָּרָשַׁת שְּׁמִינִי

26 March 2022 / 23 Adar II 5782

Parashat Shmini is the 26th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.

Torah Portion: Leviticus 9:1-11:47

Shemini (“Eighth”) opens with the consecration of the Mishkan (Tabernacle). Two of Aaron’s sons are consumed by a fire sent from God when they attempt to offer a “strange fire.” God describes the animals, birds, and fish that are permissible and prohibited for consumption, as well as some laws of ritual purity. [1]

Triennial year 3

1: 11:1-8 · 8 p’sukim ·

2: 11:9-12 · 4 p’sukim ·

3: 11:13-19 · 7 p’sukim ·

4: 11:20-28 · 9 p’sukim ·

5: 11:29-32 · 4 p’sukim ·

6: 11:33-38 · 6 p’sukim ·

7: 11:39-47 · 9 p’sukim ·

maf*: Numbers 19:1-22 · 22 p’sukim · *Shabbat Parah

Haftarah for Ashkenazim*: Ezekiel 36:16-38 · 23 p’sukim *Shabbat Parah

Commentary and Divrei Torah:

Sefaria

OU Torah

Jewish Theological Seminary

Soncino Chumash: pp. 449 - 454 Triennial Year 3   (Full Kriyah pp. 443 - 454)

Artscroll Chumash:  pp. 597 - 607  Triennial Year 3 (Full Kriyah pp. 588 - 607)

Etz Chaim Chumash: pp. 636 - 642  Triennial Year 3 (Full Kriyah pp. 630 - 642)

Shabbat Parah 2022 / שַׁבָּת פּרה 5782

Shabbat of the Red Heifer 🕍

Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5782 begins at sundown on Friday, 25 March 2022 and ends at nightfall on Saturday, 26 March 2022. This corresponds to Parashat Shmini.

Shabbat Parah ("Sabbath [of the] red heifer" שבת פרה) takes place on the Shabbat before Shabbat HaChodesh, in preparation for Passover. Numbers 19:1-22 describes the parah adumah ("red heifer") in the Jewish temple as part of the manner in which the kohanim and the Jewish people purified themselves so that they would be ready ("pure") to sacrifice the korban Pesach.