Category: All Teachings

Emor (say) 0

Emor (say)

Torah Gemstones:  Emor (say) Leviticus 21:1-24:23   “You shall take fine flour and you shall bake it into bake twelve loaves, two-tenths shall be for one loaf.  You shall put them in two vertical...

Acharei Mot (After Death) 2

Acharei Mot (After Death)

Torah Gemstones: Acharei Mot (After death) Leviticus 16:1-18:30   This parshah contains the story of the eternal destiny of two goats at Yom Kippur and two sets of sons, one Nadab and Abihu, and...

Ta’zria (She Conceives) 2

Ta’zria (She Conceives)

Torah Gemstones:  Ta’zria (she conceives) Lev 12:1-13:59   This week’s Torah portion is Ta’zria, which translates “she conceives”.  The root of ta’zria is “zerah” or seed.  Here we have a woman “yielding seed”, but...

Sh’mini 0

Sh’mini

Torah Gemstones:  Sh’mini (eighth) Leviticus 9:1-11:47   The focus for this week’s Torah portion is found in Leviticus 11:41,42. “Every creeping creature that creeps upon the ground; it is an abomination and shall not be...

Chol HaMoed Pesach 0

Chol HaMoed Pesach

Torah Gemstones:  Chol HaMoed Pesach Exodus 33:12-34:26   This week’s Torah reading is actually a portion from Ki Tissa (when you take) that was chosen by the rabbis to connect to Chol haMoed Pesach...

Tzav (Command) 2

Tzav (Command)

Torah Gemstones:  Tzav (Command) Leviticus 6:1- 8:36 The week’s portion begins with the removal of the ashes from the altar of burnt offering.  Before removing these ashes, the designated Kohen (priest) put on his...

V’Yikrah (He Called) 4

V’Yikrah (He Called)

Torah Gemstones:  V’Yikrah (He called) Leviticus 1:1-5:26 The focus of this week’s portion is on verse seven in chapter one of V’yikra.  It reads, “The descendants of Aharon, the Kohen are to put fire...

Ki Tissa (When you Take) 2

Ki Tissa (When you Take)

 Torah Gemstones:  Ki Tissa (When you Take) Sh’mot 30:11-34:35   The place of the Presence of God, represented by the Garden, the Tabernacle, and the Temple, was a picture of the honeymoon chamber where...