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This week’s reading is — Beshalach (Exodus 13:17-17:16).
This week is Shabbat Shirah, the Shabbat when Parsha Beshalach (Exodus 13:17-17:16) which includes the Son at the Sea is read.
Torah Aliyot and Topics
Aliyah 1: Exodus 13:17-14:8
The route to Eretz Yisrael, Pharaoh’s change of heart
Aliyah 2: Exodus 14:9-14
Israel panics, G-d’s assurance
Aliyah 3: Exodus 14:15-25
G-d’s assurance, The sea splits
Aliyah 4: Exodus 14:26-15:26
The water crashes down upon Egypt, The salvation, The Song by the Sea, The women sing, Marah: Israel tests G-d
Aliyah 5: Exodus 15:27-16:10
Marah: Israel tests G-d, Manna: Food from heaven
Aliyah 6: Exodus 16:11-36
Manna: Food from heaven, Quail, Equal portions, Preparation for the Sabbath
Aliyah 7: Exodus 17:1-16
Test and contention: water from a rock, Amalek, The eternal struggle against Amalek
Maftir: Exodus 17:14-16
The eternal struggle against Amalek
The Haftorah for this week is Judges 4:4-5:31 (Ashkenazi)
Ashkenazi Haftarah Topics
Deborah and Barak: Canaanite opression: Jabin and Sisera, Zebulun and Naphtali mustered, Sisera’s flight, Jael lures Sisera and kills him, The Song of Deborah, The new situation after the war, The respons of her fellow Jews, The miraculous rout of Sisera’s army, Jael: Blessed for her valor, Sisera’s mother years
The Haftorah for this week is Judges 5:1-31 (Sephardi)
Sephardi Haftarah Topics
The Song of Deborah, The new situation after the war, The respons of her fellow Jews, The miraculous rout of Sisera’s army, Jael: Blessed for her valor, Sisera’s mother years
For more information about this week’s Parsha, please visit these sites.
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