Comfort After Affliction

Haftorat Parashat PinchasYirmeyahu 1:1-2:3Download the printable version.This week’s Haftorah mentions the beautiful verse that compares Israel’s relationship with Hashem to that of a bride and a groom. This metaphor clearly alludes to the exclusive,...

Walk Modestly with Your G-d

Haftorat Balak, The Tenth book of Trei-Assar (The Twelve Minor Prophets)The Book of Michah 5:6-6:8Printable VersionThis week’s haftorah includes the famous verse regarding walking modestly with Hashem. I would like to call on you, dear reader, to share your...

The Pilegesh in Our Times

Haftorah Parashat ChukatShoftim 11:1-33Printable VersionThe Connection between the Haftorah and the Torah ReadingThis week’s haftorah, describes how the people of Israel were attacked by the nation of Ammon, whereupon the elders of Israel called upon Yiftach to battle...

Birth, Renewal and Redemption

Haftorat Parashat KorachShabbat Rosh ChodeshYeshayahu  66:1-24Download the printable version.When Shabbat falls on Rosh Chodesh, a special haftarah is recited instead of the one usually related to that week’s parashah. This haftorah is all about redemption,...

Rachav: Woman of Ultimate Renewal

Haftorat Parashat Shelach Lecha Yehoshua 2:24 Download the printable version. This week’s haftorah about Rachav the convert, teaches us about the ability of a person to completely turn her life around from being on the lowest spiritual rung (Rachav was a harlot)...

The Joy of the Daughter of Zion

Haftorat Beha’alotcha Zechariah 2:14-4:7Printable VersionThis week’s haftorah from the last of the twelve Minor Prophets, Zechariah, is one of my favorites. It is so beautifully poetic and overflowing with hope, in its description of Hashem’s returning Israel with the...