by Shelley | Jun 12, 2026 | Bible Fiber, Numbers
This week’s reading portion covers Numbers 13:1 to 15:41. It contains one of the more famous stories in the Torah: the episode of the twelve spies. Twelve appointed leaders went to Canaan to scout the land and its inhabitants. Moses gave them very specific...
by Shelley | Jun 3, 2026 | Bible Fiber
This week’s Torah portion covers Numbers 8:1–12:16. The portion begins with God’s instructions on how to set up the Tabernacle’s golden seven-branched lampstand (8:1–4). The priests needed to make sure the six outer branches angled their light toward the central shaft...
by Shelley | May 28, 2026 | Bible Fiber, Numbers
This week’s Torah portion covers Numbers 4:21–7:89. The title Nasso means carry or elevate. Out of the 54 Torah portions, Nasso has the most verses, making it the longest single portion. The text is made up of seemingly unrelated passages that do not follow a strict...
by Shelley | May 14, 2026 | Bible Fiber, Numbers
This week we begin the book of Numbers, the fourth volume in our weekly Torah readings. Previously, we covered the grand sweeps of human history in Genesis and followed the sons of Jacob into Egypt. We reached a dramatic turning point in the Israelite story when...
by Shelley | May 7, 2026 | Bible Fiber, Leviticus
This week’s Torah portion is known as Behar–Bechukotai and covers Leviticus 25:1–27:34. These are the final two Torah portions in the book of Leviticus. In the Jewish liturgical calendar, they are often read together as a double portion. The word Behar translates to...
by Shelley | May 1, 2026 | Bible Fiber, Leviticus
This week’s Torah portion is known as Emor—which means “speak”—and it covers Leviticus 21:1–24:23. After God gave Israel the ten commandments, he commissioned Israel to be a “priestly kingdom and a holy nation” (Ex. 19:6). Israel’s requirement for holiness was...
