Parshat Re’eh 2024 This week’s Torah portion is "Re'eh and is found in Deuteronomy 11:26. Here Moses tells the people of Israel to Re’eh to “see, look, realize, know or consider” that he has placed before them “a blessing and a curse.” The blessing they will...
Parshat Eikev 2024 This week’s Torah portion, "Eikev," means "because" and is found in Deuteronomy 7:12. Moses is continuing to review all that the Hebrews went through upon being delivered from slavery in Egypt but, here he is focusing on G-d’s promises of prosperity in the Promised Land...
Parshat Va’etchanan This week’s Torah portion is Va’etchanan, which means "I entreated" or “I pleaded” and is found in Deuteronomy 3:23. Moses continues recounting the story of the Israelites as they journey through the wilderness on their way from slavery in Egypt to freedom in the Promised...
Parshah Naso This week’s Torah portion, "Naso," means "Count" and is found in the book of Numbers 4:22. Here, G-d directs Moses to complete the headcount of the Children of Israel in the Sinai Desert. There is a specific counting of the Levite men, between the ages of...
Come join us this Tuesday evening, June 11th, at 6:30pm as we mark the beginning of the festival of Shavuot. This holiday marks the anniversary of the seven week period, after Passover, when we received the Torah on Mount Sinai. That is why Shavuot is also called Zeman Matan...
Passover 2024 This week, Shabbat falls in the middle of Passover (which is celebrated from April 22 to April 30 2024). This is one of the three times a year that we are to ingather, commune, and celebrate. We commemorate the birth of the Hebrews as...
This week’s Torah portion is “Metzora,” which is often mistranslated as “leper” and found in Leviticus Chapter 14. We’re continuing with the teaching about people, clothing, and homes that are afflicted with tzara’at (a skin disease or infection). Tzara’at is the physical result of a...
Society of Jewish Science Kabbalat Shabbat Friday, April 12, 2024 - 7:00PM (Hybrid Service - in person/Zoom) Parshah Tazria This week’s Torah portion Tazria, which means “conceives”, is found in Leviticus 12:1–13:59. Here we continue discussing the laws of “tumah v’taharah”, ritual impurity and purity. The parshah begins by explaining that...
Chag Sameach Pesach 5784 Tuesday, April 23, 2024 - 6:30PM (In person only) Makor’s Society of Jewish Science Invites you to attend “A Taste of Israel” Passover Seder on the Second night of Passover, Tuesday evening, April 23rd, 2024 - 6:30 PM Limited seating RSVP to rabbiyymatous@hushmail.com Light Dairy Foods will be served Please let us know...
Invites you to the wonderful and marvelous musical - Oy Father ...