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Candlelighting, Readings:
Shabbat candles: 7:10 p.m.
Torah: Deuteronomy 16:18-21:9
Haftarah: Isaiah 51:12-52:12
Havdalah: 8:09 p.m.
 

Candlelighting, Readings:
Shabbat candles: 7:21 p.m.
Torah: Deuteronomy 11:26-16:17
Haftarah: Isaiah 54:11-55:5
Havdalah: 8:20 p.m.

Candlelighting, Readings:
Shabbat candles: 7:31 p.m.
Torah: Deut. 7:12-11:25
Haftarah: Isaiah 49:14-51:3
Havdalah: 8:31 p.m.

“You shall eat, you shall be satisfied, you shall bless the Lord your God…” [Deuteronomy 8:10].

Candlelighting, Readings:

Shabbat candles: 7:41 p.m.

Torah: Deut. 3:23-7:11

Haftarah: Isaiah 40:1-26

Candlelighting, Readings:
Shabbat candles: 7:50 p.m.
Torah: Deuteronomy 1:1-3:22
Haftarah: Isaiah 1:1-27
Havdalah: 8:52 p.m.

Parashat Devarim opens with a seemingly innocuous statement: “Eleh ha'devarim… These are the words…”

Candlelighting, Readings:
Shabbat candles: 7:57 p.m.
Torah: Numbers 33:1-36:13
Haftarah: Jeremiah 2:4-28; 3:4; 4:1-2
Havdalah: 9:01 p.m.

“Command the children of Israel: This is the land which shall fall to you as an inheritance, the land of Canaan and its boundaries” [Numbers 34:2].

Candlelighting, Readings:
Shabbat candles: 8:04 p.m.
Torah: Numbers 30:2-32:42
Haftarah: Jeremiah 1:1-2:3
Havdalah: 9:08 p.m.

It seems a long way off, but before we know it, summer swelter will give way to autumn cool, and we will be back in synagogue listening to Kol Nidre. The roots of Kol Nidre lie in this week’s parashah, where Moses cautions the people, “If a man makes a vow to the Lord or takes an oath imposing an obligation on himself, he may not break his pledge.”

Candlelighting, Readings:
Shabbat candles: 8:08 p.m.
Torah: Numbers 25:10-30:1

Our parsha begins with the reward that Pinchas receives for his zealotry. It is important to internalize Pinchas’ uniqueness and understand that the special covenant of peace that he received and the many miracles that helped him [Sanhedrin 82b] were given specifically to a person of his rare qualities.

Candlelighting, Readings:
Candles: 8:12 p.m.
Torah: Numbers 22:2-25:9
Haftarah: Micha 5:6-6:8
Havdalah: 9:19 p.m.

Whoever has attended a writing workshop knows that the first question to crop up inevitably centers on the viewpoint from which a story is told.

Candlelighting, Readings:
Shabbat candles: 8:13 p.m.
Torah: Num. 19:1-22:1; Num. 28:9-15 (Sat.);
Num. 28:1-15 (Sun.)
Haftarah: Isaiah 66:1-24
Havdalah: 9:21 p.m.