Torah Portion: Beshal’ach

26th January 2018 | No Comments

This week’s Torah Portion is Beshal'ach (When he sent) with readings from Exodus, Judges and Matthew.
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Torah Series: Deuteronomy

23rd November 2017 | No Comments

An animated overview of the book of Deuteronomy from the Torah series by The Bible Project.
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Torah Portion: Vayetze

18th November 2017 | No Comments

This week’s Torah and Scripture portions for Vayetze (He went out), with readings from Genesis, Hosea and Matthew.
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Torah Series: Numbers

16th November 2017 | No Comments

An animated overview of the book of Numbers from the Torah series by The Bible Project.
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Torah Portion: Toldot

10th November 2017 | No Comments

Torah portion Toldot (Family History) tells of Jacob's deception to gain Esau's inheritance.
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Torah Series: Leviticus

9th November 2017 | No Comments

The Bible Project takes us through some key points of the Book of Leviticus
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Torah Portion: Chayei Sarah

5th November 2017 | No Comments

This week's Torah and Scripture portions for Chayei Sarah (Sarah's life) with readings from Genesis, 1 Kings and Matthew's Gospel.
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The Torah Series: Exodus

2nd November 2017 | No Comments

Enjoy these videos from The Bible Project, giving an overview of the book of Exodus...
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Torah Portion: B’reisheet

1st November 2017 | No Comments

The full reading of the first Torah portion of the year.
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The Torah Series: Genesis

30th October 2017 | No Comments

I really enjoy the videos from The Bible Project, so here’s two animated videos of the book of Genesis to kick off the Torah series.
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What is the Torah?

The word 'Torah' refers to a number of things.

Firstly, the word 'Torah' comes from the Hebrew root 'yarah' meaning 'to throw, or shoot' which was an archery term in which one hits the intended target. In a biblical sense, the word Torah means 'direction, instruction, or law'. Torah is also what the first five book of the Bible are referred to as they contain God's 'direction' or law for the Hebrews. In Greek these books are referred to as the 'Pentateuch'. Since God instructed the Hebrews to publicly read the Torah aloud throughout the year, they divided the scripture into 'Parashot' or portions to enable them to do just that. These are read from each new Sabbath throughout the year with some specific portions being read at the times of the feasts like Passover etc...