JTS Torah Commentary

Rosh Hashanah Day 2

Jan 1, 1980

¹ Some time afterward, God put Abraham to the test. He said to him, “Abraham,” and he answered, “Here I am.” 

Rosh Hashanah Day 1

Jan 1, 1980

¹ The Lord took note of Sarah as He had promised, and the Lord did for Sarah as He had spoken. 

Mishpatim

Jan 1, 1980

⁸ The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord after King Zede- kiah had made a covenant with all the people in Jerusalem to proclaim a release among them — ⁹

Shavuot Day 1

Jan 1, 1980

¹ On the third new moon after the Israelites had gone forth from the land of Egypt, on that very day, they entered the wilderness of Sinai.

Hol Hamoed Pesah

Jan 1, 1980

¹⁶ In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, there shall be a passover sacrifice to the Lord, ¹⁷ and on the fifteenth day of that month a festival.

Shabbat Rosh Hodesh

Jan 1, 1980

⁹ On the sabbath day: two yearling lambs without blemish, together with two-tenths of a measure of choice flour with oil mixed in as a meal offering, and with the proper libation — ¹⁰ a burnt offering for every sabbath, in addition to the regular burnt offering and its libation.

Shavuot Day 1

Jan 1, 1980

¹ In the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, when I was in the community of exiles by the Chebar Canal, the heavens opened and I saw visions of God.

Shavuot Day 2

Jan 1, 1980

¹ A prayer of the prophet Habakkuk. In the mode of Shigionoth.

Pesah Day 1

Jan 1, 1980

²¹ Moses then summoned all the elders of Israel and said to them, “Go, pick out lambs for your families, and slaughter the passover offering. 

Pesah Day 1

Jan 1, 1980

² At that time the Lord said to Joshua, “Make flint knives and proceed with a second circumcision of the Israelites.”

Pesah Day 2

Jan 1, 1980

²⁶ The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: ²⁷ When an ox or a sheep or a goat is born, it shall stay seven days with its mother, and from the eighth day on it shall be acceptable as an offering by fire to the Lord.

Shabbat Hagadol

Jan 1, 1980

¹ On the eighth day Moses called Aaron and his sons, and the elders of Israel.

Pesah Day 2

Jan 1, 1980

¹ At the king’s summons, all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem assembled before him.

Pesah Day 7

Jan 1, 1980

¹⁷ Now when Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them by way of the land of the Philistines, although it was nearer; for God said, “The people may have a change of heart when they see war, and return to Egypt.”

Pesah Day 7

Jan 1, 1980

¹ David addressed the words of this song to the Lord, after the Lord had saved him from the hands of all his enemies and from the hands of Saul.

Pesah Day 8

Jan 1, 1980

¹⁹ You shall consecrate to the Lord your God all male firstlings that are born in your herd and in your flock: you must not work your firstling ox or shear your firstling sheep.

Pesah Day 8

Jan 1, 1980

³² This same day at Nob
He shall stand and wave his hand.

O Mount of Fair Zion!
O hill of Jerusalem!

Shabbat Hol Hamoed Pesah

Jan 1, 1980

¹² Moses said to the Lord, “See, You say to me, ‘Lead this people forward,’ but You have not made known to me whom You will send with me. Further, You have said, ‘I have singled you out by name, and you have, indeed, gained My favor.’

Shabbat Hol Hamoed Pesah

Jan 1, 1980

³⁷ Thus said the Lord God: Moreover, in this I will respond to the House of Israel and act for their sake: I will multiply their people like sheep.

Shabbat Shuvah

Jan 1, 1980

² Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God,
For you have fallen because of your sin.