Vayetzei

Jan 1, 1980

¹³ Then Jacob had to flee to the land of Aram;

There Israel served for a wife,
For a wife he had to guard [sheep].

Vayishlah

Jan 1, 1980

¹ The prophecy of Obadiah.

We have received tidings from the Lord,
And an envoy has been sent out among the nations:
“Up! Let us rise up against her for battle.”

Thus said my Lord God concerning Edom:

Vayeshev

Jan 1, 1980

For three transgressions of Israel,
For four, I will not revoke it:
Because they have sold for silver
Those whose cause was just,
And the needy for a pair of sandals.

Miketz

Jan 1, 1980

¹⁵ Then Solomon awoke: it was a dream! He went to Jerusalem, stood before the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord, and sacrificed burnt offerings and presented offerings of well-being; and he made a banquet for all his courtiers.

Vayiggash

Jan 1, 1980

¹⁵ The word of the LORD came to me: ¹⁶ And you, O mortal, take a stick and write on it, “Of Judah and the Israelites associated with him”; and take another stick and write on it, “Of Joseph — the stick of Ephraim — and all the House of Israel associated with him.”

Vayehi

Jan 1, 1980

¹ When David’s life was drawing to a close, he instructed his son Solomon as follows:

Shemot

Jan 1, 1980

⁶ [In days] to come Jacob shall strike root,
Israel shall sprout and blossom,
And the face of the world
Shall be covered with fruit.

Va’era

Jan 1, 1980

²⁵ Thus said the Lord God: When I have gathered the House of Israel from the peoples among which they have been dispersed, and have shown Myself holy through them in the sight of the nations, they shall settle on their own soil, which I gave to My servant Jacob,