This Week’s Torah Portion
- Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan - 12 October 2026Start of month of Cheshvan on the Hebrew calendar. חֶשְׁוָן (transliterated Cheshvan or Heshvan) is the 2nd month of the civil Hebrew year and the 8th month of the biblical Hebrew year. It has 29 or 30 days and corresponds to October or November on the Gregorian calendar. רֹאשׁ חוֹדֶשׁ, transliterated Rosh Chodesh or Rosh […]
- Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan - 11 October 2026Start of month of Cheshvan on the Hebrew calendar. חֶשְׁוָן (transliterated Cheshvan or Heshvan) is the 2nd month of the civil Hebrew year and the 8th month of the biblical Hebrew year. It has 29 or 30 days and corresponds to October or November on the Gregorian calendar. רֹאשׁ חוֹדֶשׁ, transliterated Rosh Chodesh or Rosh […]
- Parashat Bereshit - 10 October 2026Bereshit (“In the Beginning”) is the first parashah in the annual Torah reading cycle, which restarts at the beginning of the book of Genesis. The reading begins with God’s creation of the world. The first people, Adam and Eve, eat from the Tree of Knowledge and are then banished from the Garden of Eden. Their […]