Parashat Bechukotai
“In My Statutes”

20 Iyyar 5782
May 21, 2022

Alternate date outside Israel (why?):
27 Iyyar 5782
May 28, 2022

Torah Reading

• Leviticus 26:3-27:34
“If you live by my regulations, observe my mitzvot and obey them; then I will provide…”
(Leviticus 26:3-4 CJB)

Haftarah Reading

• Jeremiah 16:19-17:14

New Testament Reading

• Matthew 22:1-14

Suggested Psalm

• Psalm 105
Seek Adonai and his strength;
always seek his presence.
Remember the wonders he has done,
his signs and his spoken rulings.
(Psalms 105:4-5 CJB)

Aliyot

The seven aliyot readings from the Torah begin at these verses:

1. Leviticus 26:3
2. Leviticus 26:6
3. Leviticus 26:10
4. Leviticus 27:1
5. Leviticus 27:16
6. Leviticus 27:22
7. Leviticus 27:29

Maftir: Leviticus 27:32

chazak chazak v’nit’chazek
Be strong! Be Strong! And let us be strengthened!

Meditation

Some may think that Sabbatical rest is reserved for those who live in the land… Yet clearly, God calls all believers everywhere to rest in Him. Keeping Shabbat holy acquires its own gravity…Only through faith will blessings abound for those who walk b’Chukotai. Will you be blessed?
– from Walk Leviticus! by Jeffrey Enoch Feinberg, Ph.D., used by permission.

Torah Portion readings and the associated Haftarah readings generally follow the Stone Edition Chumash and/or the Complete Jewish Bible. Verse numbering generally follows the Hebrew tradition, and where modern Christian traditions differ those verse numbers are shown in parentheses (). Haftarah readings generally follow the Ashkenazi tradition. Where the Sephardic tradition differs, the Haftarah portions are designated as (A) and (S). Suggested New Testament readings are taken from various sources. Suggested Psalm readings are from the Messianic Siddur for Shabbat by Daniel Perek. The Key People, The Scenes, and The Main Events are taken from the Walk! series of Messianic Devotion Commentaries by Dr. Jeffrey Enoch Feinberg. Unless otherwise marked, Scripture quotations are taken from the Complete Jewish Bible, Copyright © 1998 and 2016 by David H. Stern. Used by permission. All copyrights reserved worldwide.

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