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Services will be conducted live and also via Zoom with Temple Sholom.

We will use Siddur Hadash (Blue Book), Shabbat and Festivals.

Will forward links Friday morning to the congregation and upon RSVP.

Parashat Shemot 5784 / פָּרָשַׁת שְׁמוֹת

6 January 2024 / 25 Tevet 5784

D’var Torah on YouTube

Parashat Shemot is the 13th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.

Torah Portion: Exodus 1:1-6:1

Shemot (“Names”) is the first Torah reading in the Book of Exodus. It opens describing the enslavement of the Israelites in Egypt. Moses is born, placed in a basket on the Nile, and adopted into Pharaoh’s household. He later encounters God at a burning bush and begins his mission of demanding that Pharoah let the Israelites go. [1]

Triennial year 2

1: 3:1-6 · 6 p’sukim ·

2: 3:7-10 · 4 p’sukim ·

3: 3:11-15 · 5 p’sukim ·

4: 3:16-22 · 7 p’sukim ·

5: 4:1-5 · 5 p’sukim ·

6: 4:6-9 · 4 p’sukim ·

7: 4:10-17 · 8 p’sukim ·

maf: 4:14-17 · 4 p’sukim ·

Haftarah for Ashkenazim: Isaiah 27:6-28:13, 29:22-23 · 23 p’sukim

Commentary and Divrei Torah

Sefaria OU Torah Jewish Theological Seminary American Jewish University

Hertz Chumash: pp. 213 – 220 Triennial Year 2 (Full Kriyah pp. 206 – 224)