“Before I formed you in the belly I knew you; and before you came forth out of the womb I sanctified you, and I ordained you a prophet unto the nations.” (Jeremiah 1:5) The Haftarah inaugurates the period of the Three Weeks—a time of mourning that culminates in Tisha B’Av, the commemoration of the destruction […]
Commentary on Micah 5:7-13
From the Haftarah for 20 July 2024 7 The remnant of Jacob will be among many peoples, like dew from Yahweh, like showers on the grass, that don’t wait for man, nor wait for the sons of men.
Commentary on the Haftarah – Judges 11:1-33
Haftarah for 13 July 2024 1 Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour. He was the son of a prostitute. Gilead became the father of Jephthah. 2 Gilead’s wife bore him sons. When his wife’s sons grew up, they drove Jephthah out and said to him, “You will not inherit in our […]