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"TORAH JOURNEYS The Inner Path To The Promised Land":  The Torah is the map. You are the territory. Each weekly Torah portion brings us a blessing, a challenge and an opportunity for spiritual transformation. An inspiring guide to finding your way through the landscape of the Torah... and finding the Torah in you ....

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Torah is a spiraling mirrored pathway that is opened to us week by week. It is the Sha'ar Tzedek, the Gate of Righteousness through which we may enter fully into our own lives.

When I read Torah each week I search for the blessing in it, I receive the spiritual challenge and rise to meet that challenge, and I am guided in my practice. Spiritual practice begins with a loving discernment of "Here" and "Now." I locate myself both in space and time. I widen my perspective to include the vastness of space. And then I begin to narrow my focus, finding this galaxy, this solar system, this spinning planet, this continent, this neighborhood, this body and the still point within, the place made sacred by my awareness.

Breathing out from this point, the very center of the universe, I locate myself in Time. I see the life-path that I have traveled, the twists and turns that have brought me to where Here and Now intersect. I find myself in the cycle of the seasons. I find myself in relation to the sun and the moon, the plantings and the harvests. I orient myself to the calendars, to the clock and to the proximity of Shabbat. I feel the glow of last Shabbat and the pull of the Shabbat to come. And I orient myself to the cycle of Torah.


Each Torah Journey will uncover the blessing, present the spiritual challenge and offer practices related to the weekly parsha.


Torah As Blessing

Torah As Spiritual Challenge  

Journeying Through Torah

Torah as Guidance for Practice

The Destinations of Torah Journeys


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Calendar of Torah Portions1

2006-7
2007-8
2008-9
2009-10
2010-11
Gen. 1:1-6:8
Oct. 21, '06
Oct. 6, '07
Oct. 25, '08
Oct. 17, '09
Oct. 2, '10
Gen. 6:9-11:32
Oct. 28, '06
Oct. 13, '07
Nov. 1, '08
Oct. 24, '09
Oct. 9, '10
Gen. 12:1-17:27
Nov. 4, '06
Oct. 20, '07
Nov. 8, '08
Oct. 31, '09
Oct. 16, '10
Gen. 18:1-22:24
Nov. 11, '06
Oct. 27, '07
Nov. 15, '08
Nov. 7, '09
Oct. 23, '10
Gen. 23:1-25:18
Nov. 18, '06
Nov. 3, '07
Nov. 22, '08
Nov. 14, '09
Oct. 30, '10
Gen. 25:19-28:9
Nov. 25, '06
Nov. 10, '07
Nov. 29, '08
Nov. 21, '09
Nov. 6, '10
Gen. 28:10-32:3
Dec. 2, '06
Nov. 17, '07
Dec. 6, '08
Nov. 28, '09
Nov. 13, '10
Gen. 32:4-36:43
Dec. 9, '06
Nov. 24, '07
Dec. 13, '08
Dec. 5, '09
Nov. 20, '10
Gen. 37:1-40:23
Dec. 16, '06
Dec. 1, '07
Dec. 20, '08
Dec. 12, '09
Nov. 27, '10
Gen. 41:1-44:17
Dec. 23, '06
Dec. 8, '07
Dec. 27, '08
Dec. 19, '09
Dec. 4, '10
Gen. 44:18-47:27
Dec. 30, '06
Dec. 15, '07
Jan. 3, '09
Dec. 26, '09
Dec. 11, '10
Gen. 47:28-50:26
Jan. 6, '07
Dec. 22, '07
Jan. 10, '09
Jan. 2, '10
Dec. 18, '10
Ex. 1:1-6:1
Jan. 13, '07
Dec. 29, '07
Jan. 17, '09
Jan. 9, '10
Dec. 25, '10
Ex. 6:2-9:35
Jan. 20, '07
Jan. 5, '08
Jan. 24, '09
Jan. 16, '10
Jan. 1, '11
Ex. 10:1-13:16
Jan. 27, '07
Jan. 12, '08
Jan. 31, '09
Jan. 23, '10
Jan. 8, '11
Ex. 13:17-17:16
Feb. 3, '07
Jan. 19, '08
Feb. 7, '09
Jan. 30, '10
Jan. 15, '11
Ex. 18:1-20:23
Feb. 10, '07
Jan. 26, '08
Feb. 14, '09
Feb. 6, '10
Jan. 22, '11
Ex. 21:1-24:18
Feb. 17, '07
Feb. 2, '08
Feb. 21, '09
Feb. 13, '10
Jan. 29, '11
Ex. 25:1-27:19
Feb. 24, '07
Feb. 9, '08
Feb. 28, '09
Feb. 20, '10
Feb. 5, '11
Ex. 27:20-30:10
Mar. 3, '07
Feb. 16, '08
Mar. 7, '09
Feb. 27, '10
Feb. 12, '11
Ex. 30:11-34:35
Mar. 10, '07
Feb. 23, '08
Mar. 14, '09
Mar. 6, '10
Feb. 19, '11
Ex. 35:1-38:20
 Mar. 17, '07 Mar. 1, '08 Mar. 21, '09 Mar. 13, '10 Feb. 26, '11
Ex. 38:21-40:38
Mar. 17, '07
Mar. 8, '08
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Mar. 5, '11
Lev. 1:1-5:26
Mar. 24, '07
Mar. 15, '08
Mar. 28, '09
Mar. 20, '10
Mar. 12, '11
Lev. 6:1-8:36
Mar. 31, '07
Mar. 22, '08
Apr. 4, '09
Mar. 27, '10
Mar. 19, '11
Lev. 9:1-11:47
Apr. 14, '07
Mar. 29, '08
Apr. 18, '09
Apr. 10, '10
Mar. 26, '11
Lev. 12:1-13:59
Apr. 21, '07
Apr. 5, '08
Apr. 25, '09
Apr. 17, '10
Apr. 2, '11
Lev. 14:1-15:33
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Apr. 12, '08
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Apr. 9, '11
Lev. 16:1-18:30
Apr 28, '07
Apr 19, '08
May 2, '09
Apr 24, '10
Apr 16, '11
Lev. 19:1-20:27
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May 3, '08
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Apr 30, '11
Lev. 21:1-24:23
May 5, '07
May 10, '08
May 9, '09
May 1, '10
May 7, '11
Lev. 25:1-26.2
May 12, '07
May 17, '08
May 16, '09
May 8, '10
May 14, '11
Lev. 26:3-27:34
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May 24, '08
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May 21, '11
Num. 1:1-4:20
May 19, '07
May 31, '08
May 23, '09
May 15, '10
May 28, '11
Num. 4:21-7:89
May 26, '07
Jun 7, '08
Jun 6, '09
May 22, '10
Jun 4, '11
Num. 8:1-12:16
Jun 2, '07
Jun 14, '08
Jun 13, '09
May 29, '10
Jun 11, '11
Num. 13:1-15:41
Jun 9, '07
Jun 21, '08
Jun 20, '09
Jun 5, '10
Jun 18, '11
Num. 16:1-18:32
Jun 16, '07
Jun 28, '08
Jun 27, '09
Jun 12, '10
Jun 25, '11
Num. 19:1-22:1
Jun 23, '07
Jul 5, '08
Jul 4, '09
Jun 19, '10
Jul 2, '11
Num. 22:2-25:9
Jun 30, '07
Jul 12, '08
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Jun 26, '10
Jul 9, '11
Num. 25:10-30:1
Jul 7, '07
Jul 19, '08
Jul 11, '09
Jul 3, '10
Jul 16, '11
Num. 30:2-32:42
Jul 14, '07
Jul 26, '08
Jul 18, '09
Jul 10, '10
Jul 23, '11
Num. 33:1-36:13
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Aug 2, '08
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Jul 30, '11
Deut. 1:1-3:22
Jul 21, '07
Aug 9, '08
Jul 25, '09
Jul 17, '10
Aug 6, '11
Deut. 3:23-7:11
Jul 28, '07
Aug 16, '08
Aug 1, '09
Jul 24, '10
Aug 13, '11
Deut. 7:12-11:25
Aug 4, '07
Aug 23, '08
Aug 8, '09
Jul 31, '10
Aug 20, '11
Deut. 11:26-16:17
Aug 11, '07
Aug 30, '08
Aug 15, '09
Aug 7, '10
Aug 27, '11
Deut. 16:18-21:9
Aug 18, '07
Sep 6, '08
Aug 22, '09
Aug 14, '10
Sep 3, '11

Ki Tetze
Deut. 21:10-25:19
Aug 25, '07
Sep 13, '08
Aug 29, '09
Aug 21, '10
Sep 10, '11
Deut. 26:1-29:8 Sep 1, '07 Sep 20, '08 Sep 5, '09 Aug 28, '10 Sep 17, '11

Nitzavim
Deut. 29:9-30:20
Sep 8, '07
Sep 27, '08
Sep 12, '09
Sep 4, '10
Sep 24, '11
Deut. 31:1-31:30
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Oct 4, '08
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Ha'azinu
Deut. 32:1-32:52
Sep 15, '07
Oct 11, '08
Sep 26, '09
Sep 11, '10
Oct 1, '11

Vezot Habrakha
Deut. 33:1-34:12
Oct 5, '07
Oct 22, '08
Oct 11, '09
Oct 1, '10
Oct 21, '11

 

Vezot Habrakha is read at the end of Sukkot, on the holiday of Simchat Torah (which takes place of the 8th day of Sukkot in Israel and in the Reform tradition, and on the 9th day elsewhere).  We have indicated the traditional Diaspora date.

On holidays, the cycle is interrupted in favor of a special reading appropriate to the day.

Because of the hybrid nature of the Hebrew lunar-solar calendar, in which years can range from 355-384 days, there are some portions that "double up" during the shorter years to fit all the readings into the calendar.  Those portions are indicated with a ditto mark.

Hebcal.com provides dates of Torah readings and holidays, as well as candle lighting times.

 

1 Torah Journeys: The Inner Path to the Promised Land, by Rabbi Shefa Gold, pp. 234-235, Ben Yehuda Press, 2006

 

 

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