Ras Ariel Tafari

This Week’s Portion #36
Beha’alotekha | בהעלותך | “When you step up” ስትለኵስ | s’t’lekwus [sittilekus]
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1. Torah Reading
Numbers 8 […]

This Week’s Portion #35
Nasso | נשא | “Lift up!-Take up” ውሰድ | w’ssed [wissed]
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1. Torah Reading
Numbers 4:21-7:89

1.1 […]

The Tallit Katan –
Remembering God’s Commandments…

Speak to the people of Israel, and tell them to make tassels on the corners of their garments throughout their generations, and to put a cord of blue on the […]

Yetzer Hara –
Prayer to Overcome the Evil Inclination

The LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
The yetzer […]

Yirat Adonai –
The fear of the LORD…

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge
The “fear of the Lord” (Yirat Adonai) does not denote a cringing terror of G-d but a reverential awe at the glory of His […]

Betzalmo –
Thanking God for being created in His Image

Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness.”
THE TORAH STATES that God made man and woman b’tzelem Elohim – in the image of God (Gen […]

Praising the King of Kings –
Melekh me’hullal batishbachot

From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same
the LORD’S name is to be praised. – Psalm 113:3
The expression of gratitude to God is a […]

Derekh HaYeshuah –
The Hebrew blessing for Salvation in the Messiah
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life.
No one comes to the Father except through me.” (John 14:6)
Of all the various […]

Asher Yatzar Blessing –
Blessing the Fashioner of Mankind
I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. – Psalm 139:14
There are Jewish blessings […]

Birchot HaShachar –
Reciting the traditional morning blessings
Based on the gematria for the word tzaddik (צדיק), “righteous one,” the sages taught that Jews should respond with “Amen” to no less than 90 ble […]

שבועות Shavu’ot – Eve of Day of Pentecost/Weeks 
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Day 1
1. Torah Reading
Exodus 19:1-20 / Numbers 28:26-31
2. Haftarah Readin […]

This Week’s Portion #34
Bamidbar | במדבר | “In the wilderness” ምድረ በዳ | m’d’re beda [midre beda]
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1. Torah Reading
Numbers 1:1-4: […]

This Week’s Portion #32-33
Behar-Bechukotai | בהר-בחקותי | “On the mountain/In my statutes” (በሲና) ተራራ-በሥርዓቴ | (beSina) Terrara-beSh’r‘Atey [besrAtey]
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This Week’s Portion #31
Emor | אמור | “Say!” ብለህ ንገራቸው | B’leh [N’gerachew]
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1. Torah Reading
Leviticus 21:1-24:23

1.1 First rea […]

This Week’s Portion #29-30
Acharei Mot-Kedoshim | אחרי מות-קדושים | “After the death-Holy ones” ከሞቱ በኋላ-ቅዱሳን | keMotu beHwala-Q’dusan [Qiddusan]
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This Week’s Portion #27-28
Tazria-Metzora | תזריע-מצורע | “She conceives-Leper” ብታረግዝ-በመንጻቱ ቀን | b’tareg’z [btaregz; bittarregiz]/beMenTs’atu [Qen]
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This Week’s Portion #26
Sh’mini | שמיני | “Eighth” በስምንተኛውም [ቀን] | beSmntenyawm [Qen]
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1. Torah Reading
Leviticus 9:1-11:47 […]

Passover Week Readings
Pesach | פסח | “Passover” ፋሲካ | Fasika [Faseeka]
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Messiah our Passover Lamb…
The Torah Reading cycle is […]

This Week’s Portion #25
Tzav | צו | “Command!” እዘዛቸው | Izzezachew
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1. Torah Reading
Leviticus 6:8-8:36

1.1First reading — Levit […]