Parashah of the week: Va’era
“I will liberate you from the labours of the Egyptians and rescue you from their bondage… But when Moses told this to the Israelites, they would not listen to Moses because of shortness of breath and hard labour” Exodus 6:6-9
Parashah of the week: Shemot
"Now the matter is known" Exodus 2:14
Parashah of the week: Vayechi
“Joseph died at the age of 110 years and he was embalmed and placed in a coffin” Genesis 50:26
Vayigash
“[Joseph] sent his brothers on their way, as they left, he said to them, ‘See that you do not become agitated on the way’” Genesis 45:24
Parashah of the week: Mikketz
”Pharaoh awoke: and see, it was a dream!” Genesis 41:7
Parashah of the week: Vayeshev
“It was at that time Judah descended from his brothers and turned to an Adulamite man, and his name was Chira” Genesis 38:1
Portion of the week: Toldot
“Isaac dwelt in Gerar… and he said, ‘She is my sister’…. And when he had been there a long time, Abimelech, king of the Philistines looked out at a window and saw Isaac sporting with Rebecca, his wife” Genesis 26:7-8
Parashah of the week: Chayei Sarah
“And Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave” Genesis 23:19
Vayera
“Abraham gave his newborn son, whom Sarah had borne him, the name of Isaac” Genesis 21:3
Parashah of the week: Lech Lecha
“Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelt in the cities of the plain, and he pitched his tents until Sodom” Genesis 13:12
Parashah of the week: Noach
“At the end of forty days, Noah opened the window of the ark he had made and sent out the raven” Genesis 8:6
Parashah of the week: Bereshit
“Now the Lord God took the man, and He placed him in the Garden of Eden to work it and to guard it” Genesis 2:15
Parashah of the week: Shemini Atzeret
“May Hashem our God be with us, as he was with our ancestors. May we never be abandoned or forsaken” I Kings 8:57
Parashah of the week: Ha'azinu
“Make My teaching drop like rain, my sayings should flow like dew” Deuteronomy 32:2
Parashah of the week: Rosh Hashanah
“Now Hannah was praying in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice could not be heard. So Eli thought she was drunk” 1 Samuel 1:13
Parashah of the week: Nitzavim-Vayelech
“For the matter is very close to you, it is in your mouth and in your heart in order to do it” Deuteronomy 30:14
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