“BEHA’ALOTCHA”/”When You Set Up”

SHALOM!

 

Beha’alotcha/When you set up — בהעלותך

 

 

• TORAH

Numbers 8:1-12:15

 

 

• HAFTORAH/HAFTARAH (Includes WRITINGS or PROPHETS) – Prophets

Zechariah 2:14-4:7

 

 

• BRIT CHADASHAH (a.k.a NEW COVENANT/TESTAMENT) – GOSPEL

Matthew 14:14-21

 

 

Note: The regular readings above are often interrupted with special readings on Jewish holidays, special Sabbaths, and Rosh Chodesh. Refer to the annual Torah Portion schedule for these special portions.

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Portion Summary

The third reading from the book of Numbers and the thirty-sixth reading from the TORAH is called Beha’alotcha (בהעלותך), a word that literally means “When you ascend.” It comes from the first verse of the portion, which could literally be translated as “When you ascend the lamps” (Numbers 8:2), a reference to the fact that the priest had to step up to clean and light the lamps of the menorah. This portion is jam-packed, telling the story of the consecration of the Levites, the first Passover in the wilderness, the silver trumpets, the cloud of glory, the departure from Sinai, the grumbling in the wilderness, the first Sanhedrin and the punishment of Miriam.

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Portion Outline

• TORAH
  • Numbers 8:1 | The Seven Lamps
  • Numbers 8:5 | Consecration and Service of the Levites
  • Numbers 9:1 | The Passover at Sinai
  • Numbers 9:15 | The Cloud and the Fire
  • Numbers 10:1 | The Silver Trumpets
  • Numbers 10:11 | Departure from Sinai
  • Numbers 11:1 | Complaining in the Desert
  • Numbers 11:16 | The Seventy Elders
  • Numbers 11:31 | The Quails
  • Numbers 12:1 | Aaron and Miriam Jealous of Moses
• PROPHETS
  • Zec 2:6 Interlude: | An Appeal to the Exiles
  • Zec 3:1 Fourth Vision: | Joshua and Satan
  • Zec 4:1 Fifth Vision: | The Lampstand and Olive Trees