Behar
Parashat Behar
“On The Mountain”
13 Iyyar 5782
May 14, 2022
Alternate date outside Israel (why?):
20 Iyyar 5782
May 21, 2022
Torah Reading
• Leviticus 25:1-26:2
Adonai spoke to Moshe on mount Sinai.
(Leviticus 21:1 CJB)
Haftarah Reading
• Jeremiah 32:6-27
New Testament Reading
• Luke 4:16-21
Suggested Psalm
• Psalm 112
Halleluyah!
How happy is anyone who fears Adonai,
who greatly delights in his mitzvot.
His descendants will be powerful on earth,
a blessed generation of upright people.
Wealth and riches are in his house,
and his righteousness stands forever.
(Psalms 112:1-3 CJB)
Aliyot
The seven aliyot readings from the Torah begin at these verses:
- Leviticus 25:1
- Leviticus 25:14
- Leviticus 25:19
- Leviticus 25:25
- Leviticus 25:29
- Leviticus 25:39
- Leviticus 25:47
Maftir: Leviticus 25:55
Meditation
It is one thing to proclaim liberty (Leviticus 25:10). Any prophet can proclaim liberty. It is quite another thing to authorize release. Only the Deliverer can set free the captives. This is a role reserved exclusively for the Messiah.
– 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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