Parashat Kedoshim
“Holy Ones”

29 Aviv 5782
April 30, 2022

Alternate date outside Israel (why?):
6 Iyyar 5782
May 7, 2022

Torah Reading

• Leviticus 19:1-20:27
Adonai said to Moshe,
“Speak to the entire community of Isra’el; tell them, ‘You people are to be holy because I, Adonai your God, am holy'”.
(Leviticus 19:1-2 CJB)

Haftarah Reading

• Ezekiel 22:1-16 (A)
• Ezekiel 20:2-20 (S)

New Testament Reading

• Matthew 5:43-48

Suggested Psalm

• Psalm 15
[A psalm of David:]
Adonai, who can rest in your tent?
Who can live on your holy mountain?
Those who live a blameless life,
who behave uprightly,
who speak truth from their hearts…
(Psalms 15:1-2 CJB)

Aliyot

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

1. Leviticus 19:1
2. Leviticus 19:15
3. Leviticus 19:23
4. Leviticus 19:33
5. Leviticus 20:1
6. Leviticus 20:8
7. Leviticus 20:23

Maftir: Leviticus 20:25

Meditation

Holiness includes being loving in godly ways… Yeshua extends the standard of love for one’s neighbor and for the ger (sojourner) to one’s enemies too!
– 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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