Parashah of the week: Vayikra
No meal offering that you offer to God shall be made with leaven, for no leaven or honey may be turned into smoke as an offering by fire to God” Leviticus 2:11
Parashah of the week: Vayakhel-Pekudei
“[Betzalel] made the wash basin and its stand of copper from the mirrors of the women who served at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting” Exodus 38:8
Parashah of the week: Ki Tissa
“Instruct the Israelite people to bring you a red heifer without blemish” Numbers 19:2
Parashah of the week: Tetzaveh
“ Remember what the Amalekites did to you along the way when you came out of Egypt. When you were weary and worn out, they met you on your journey and attacked all who were lagging behind; they had no fear of God... Do not forget!” Deuteronomy 25:17-19
Parashah of the week: Terumah
“You should construct for Me a sanctuary and I shall dwell within them” Exodus 25:8
Parashah of the week: Mishpatim
“If you lend money to My people, to the poor among you, do not act toward them as a creditor; exact no interest from them” Exodus 22:24
Parashah of the week: Yitro
“[Jethro advised Moses] Establish ministers… Alleviate your burden and share it with them” Exodus 18:21-2
Parashah of the week: Beshallach
“And God hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he pursued the Children of Israel… and the Egyptian army chased after them, and caught up to them as they were encamped by the sea” Exodus 14:8-9
Parashah of the week: Bo
“And Pharaoh’s officials said to him, ‘How long shall this fellow be a snare to us? Let the people go, so that they may worship the Lord their God; do you not yet understand that Egypt is ruined?’” Exodus 10:7
Parashah of the week: Va'era
“Therefore tell the Jewish people, ‘I am Hashem and I will take you out of Egypt’” Exodus 6:6
Parashah of the week: Shemot
“And she named him Moshe, and she said, because I drew him from the water” Exodus 2:10
Parashah of the week: Vayechi
“And Jacob blessed his sons, each according to their blessing did he bless them” Genesis 49:28
Parashah of the week: Vayiggash
“And Joseph was unable to contain himself from all those attending him and he called out: ‘Remove everyone from before me!’ Thus no one was present when he revealed his identity to his brothers” Genesis 45:1
Parashah of the week: Mikketz
Pharaoh dreamed that he was standing by the Nile, and there came up out of the Nile seven sleek and fat cows, and they grazed in the reed grass. Then seven other cows, ugly and thin, came up out of the Nile after them” Genesis 41:-3
Parashah of the week: Vayeshev
Let us sell him” Genesis 37:27
Parashah of the week: Vayishlach
“And Esau said: ‘Let us start on our journey and I will proceed at your pace’. But he [Jacob] said to him: ‘Let my master proceed ahead of his servant, and I will move slowly... according to the pace of the children’” Genesis 33:13-14
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