Author: Kira
-
https://www.haftorah-unrolled.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/KiTeitzeiText.htm What If The “ki” in “Ki Teitzei” is an interesting word. Whereas in modern Hebrew it means “because,” in Tanach, it has three additional meanings: “in case,” “rather,” and “if.” The first verse of the parashah is translated thus: כִּי תֵצֵא לַמִּלְחָמָה עַל אֹיְבֶיךָ וּנְתָנוֹ ה’ אֱלֹהֶיךָ בְּיָדֶךָ וְשָׁבִיתָ שִׁבְיוֹ — If you go…
-
Text of the Haftorah of Shoftim – Yeshayahu 51:12 – 52:12 Seeing Eye to Eye As the fourth of the series of Seven Haftorahs of Consolation, the haftorah of Shoftim talks about the return of prophecy. It uses a relatively unusual term for prophets: צופים, “lookouts.” קוֹל צֹפַיִךְ נָשְׂאוּ קוֹל יַחְדָּו יְרַנֵּנוּ כִּי עַיִן בְּעַיִן…
-
Text of the HAFTORAH OF RE’EH – YESHAYAHU 54:11 – 55:5 The Standard As the third in the series of Seven Haftoros of Consolation, the haftorah of Re’eh talks about a time when the nations of the world will turn to the Jewish People for guidance and leadership. הַטּוּ אָזְנְכֶם וּלְכוּ אֵלַי שִׁמְעוּ וּתְחִי נַפְשְׁכֶם…
-
Impossible Hope The Haftarah of Eikev is taken from Yeshayahu, from the chapters called Pirkei Nechama – Chapters of Comfort. Comfort implies pain; one does not need to comfort someone who is perfectly fine. The Jewish People have certainly felt pain, and continue to feel it, and we do need comfort. In order to be…
-
Yeshayahu 40:1-26 This haftorah is the first of Yeshayahu’s Seven Haftoros of Consolation that are read between Tishah B’Av and Rosh HaShanah. The purpose of these passages is to give hope to the Jewish People throughout the generations, to reassure them that one day, Yerushalayim will be rebuilt, and the Jewish People will live there…
-
New and Improved! The previous domain that I used from 2013 has been hijacked, but I was able to retain all the content, which I will repost, week by week. This week’s news: the second printing is here! With the help of some dedicated and sharp-eyed readers, and some well-trained AI, typos have been fixed,…