Candlelighting, Readings: Shabbat candles: 4:23 p.m. Torah: Exodus 1:1-6:1 Haftarah: Isaiah 27:6-28:13; 29:22-23 (Ashkenaz); Jeremiah 1:1-2:3 (Sephard) Havdalah: 5:27 p.m. One of the most mysterious and intriguing incidents in the Bible occurs in Shemot, this week’s portion. Moses, after reluctantly accepting the task of leading the Israelites out of bondage, leaves Midian with his wife […]
