The Shorashim Torah Study and Overview Guide. Parshat Toldot (Genesis 25:19–28:9) — After the meeting and marriage we read of twenty painful and hurting years wherein Isaac and Rebbecca wait for a child., And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebbecca the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean of Padan Aram, the sister of [...] Read more »

Haazinu (Deuteronomy 32:1-52) — G-d’s language of rebuke and blessings. The Shorashim Torah Study and Overview Guide The greater part of the Torah reading of Haazinu is a song, but it is a song of rebuke. Why would Moshe use his last day to rebuke his people and do it as a song? The song [...] Read more »

Nitzavim-Vayelech (Deut. 29:9–31:30) — The Torah portion of teshuva, returning to one’s core. The portion gives directions and tools for both the private and the national spiritual return. The Shorashim Torah Study and Overview Guide The Parshah of Nitzavim, which comes before Rosh Hashana, prepares the people for individual and national repentance. The code word [...] Read more »

Parshat Ki Tavo (Deuteronomy 26:1–29:8) — This portion focuses on the centrality of joy in our lives and in our walk with our Creator. The Shorashim Torah Study and Overview Guide Moshe tells the people that when you enter the land and begin to settle and cultivate it you must bring the first  ripened fruits [...] Read more »