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Masei
JTS wishes to acknowledge the generosity of the Jewish Publication Society for allowing us to use their translation.
Mattot (Pinehas)
JTS wishes to acknowledge the generosity of the Jewish Publication Society for allowing us to use their translation.
Introducing The Evolution of Torah: a history of rabbinic literature
Episode 1: Who Were the Rabbis? What led to the emergence of the group of scholars and teachers we call the Rabbis? What motivated them and what did they value? The Rabbis looked to their forebear, Hillel, as an exemplar of religious leadership, and...
Introducing What Now? A JTS Podcast
In this opening episode of JTS’s new podcast, What Now?, host Sara Beth Berman tells her story and speaks with Professor Alan Mittleman. Dr. Mittleman shares his own experiences with loss, framing tragedies as taking place in a world that is...
Tzav
The Haftarah portion for Shabbat Tzav (7:21-8:3, 9:22-23)) narrated in English by Ronald Guttman. JTS wishes to acknowledge the generosity of the Jewish Publication Society for allowing us to use their translation.
Pekudei
The Haftarah portion for Shabbat Pekudei (1 Kings 7:51-8:21) narrated in English by Ronald Guttman. JTS wishes to acknowledge the generosity of the Jewish Publication Society for allowing us to use their translation.
Shabbat Shekalim
The Haftarah portion for Shabbat Shekalim (2 Kings 12:1-17) narrated in English by Ronald Guttman. Questions for Discussion: The king discovers that the priests have not been attending to the upkeep of the Temple, apparently instead seeing the...
Tetzavveh
The Haftarah portion for Shabbat Tetzavveh (Ezekiel 43:10-27) narrated in English by Ronald Guttman. JTS wishes to acknowledge the generosity of the Jewish Publication Society for allowing us to use their translation.
Shemini Atzeret
The Haftarah portion for Shemini Atzeret (1 Kings 8:54-66) narrated in English by Ronald Guttman. Questions for Discussion: Solomon in his dedicatory prayer asks that all peoples of the earth may know that Adonai alone is God, and there is no other. &#
Simhat Torah
The Haftarah portion for Simhat Torah (Josh. 1:1-18) narrated in English by Ronald Guttman. Questions for Discussion: As we conclude the reading of the Torah with the death of Moses, we read as the haftarah the beginning of the book of Joshua, in which J