Shalom! Follow the weekly Torah reading, it is very easy right now, this week, the week of October 9th, we are reading the second portion Noah. If you get a Hebrew Hamash, the Torah and commentaries, just follow along. And if you get a Hebrew calendar, they always tell you what the name of the Torah portion. It is very good for Jewish to know, every week, what the Torah portion is and to read it. And you can find out online in various sources what the Torah reading is. My daily e-mail always, if you want to get that, always tells you we can sign up for that by e-mail, e-mailing me at rabii@ehnt.org, all kinds of ways to find out.
But find out what the Torah reading is and it is customary to read it. The five books of Moses is divided into about ten or so portions each, we read one each week, the orthodox with the whole thing, some concern of read the whole thing, one of fifty-fourth of the Torah, many concerned to say actually third of it and other synagogues read less. But pretty much, everybody is on the same schedule. The only difference would be Israel might be a week different, and metaphor might be a little different because of a complicated thing having to do with some Jews having two Holy days for the holidays and Israel not having two, but having one, and let us hope it falls on a Saturday, you would change the Torah cycle reading a little bit.
Anyway, so, but we are in the name of the portion of the week. Last week it was Brashi, Genesis, this week it is Noah, the flood story, next week it is Mezuzah and I am just going to give you now the list of the readings. You just find a calendar and each week, know the name and read the portion of it and you will know what the Jewish people are, the things are for that week. Brashi, Noah, Mallachi, Vayera, Zicharia, Koldot, etc. You just read the portion, it is very simple, find a calendar, find online, find out what the potion is and read it, it has been done like this for thousands of years that really gives you lessons for the week. It is read in the synagogue four times a week, and the traditional synagogue it starts Saturday afternoon with the Mishna service, a little, one-seventh of the full reading, and then in the morning, Monday morning and Thursday morning, which used to be market days, that is read again and then the main reading is Saturday morning during the service.
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