Torah Study – February 2018

Saturday, February 3   (Please note time change:  2:00 pm-4:00 pm)

Yitro
Exodus 18:1-20:23
Haftarah:
Ashkenazim:  Isaiah 6:1-7:6; 9:5-9:6
Sephardim:  6:1-6:13
Torah leader:  Josh Sadinsky

Saturday, February 10

Mishpatim
Exodus 21:1-24:18
Shabbat Shekalim
Maftir:  Exodus 30:11-16
Haftarah:  II Kings 12:1-12:17
Torah leader:  To be determined

Saturday, February 17

Terumah
Exodus 25:1-27:19
Haftarah: I Kings 5:26-6:13
Torah leader: Matthew Chalfant

Saturday, February 24

Tetzaveh
Exodus 27:20-30:10
Shabbat Zachor
Haftarah: I Samuel 15:2-15:34
Torah leader: Michael Schein

Please welcome Michael Schein, on his brief visit from Jerusalem, back to the Temple Shalom congregation!

Michael will be leading Torah Study for Parashat Tetzaveh.  This is also Shabbat Zachor (Remember).  The Maftir is Deuteronomy 25:17-19.  “Remember what Amalek did to you on your way out of Egypt!”

Our sages prescribed the public reading of this portion every year, on the Shabbat which precedes Purim.  They did this so we could remember the eradication of Amalek.  This portion is placed here so that it is adjacent to Purim, where we call the eradication of Haman, a descendant of Amalek.

Michael will be doing the honor of reading this Maftir from our Torah.