NYJW Sabbath Week

Candlelighting, Readings: Shabbat candles: 8:13 p.m. Torah: Num. 19:1–21:35 Haftorah: Judges 11:1-33 Havdalah: 9:23 p.m. The mystical ritual of the red heifer [Numbers 19:2] is a chok, a commandment we follow not because it is rational, logical or moral, but because it is Divinely ordained. The very notion of the Kohen (Priest) purifying an individual […]

Candlelighting, Readings: Candlelighting: 8:12 p.m. Torah Reading: Numbers 16:1-18:32 Haftarah: I Samuel 11:14-12:22 Sabbath Ends: 9:21 p.m. The story of Korach is a revolution in three days of screaming headlines: “Rebels Master Moses in Surprise Israelite Coup!” Then, “Earth Swallows Rebel Leaders!” And, finally, “Aaronite Priests Purges Rebels, Regain Power.” This looks like a banana-republic […]