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Blog Parashah Beha'alotcha (בְּהַעֲלֹתְךָ) — "When You Raise" Numbers 8:1–12:16 | Haftarah: Zechariah 2:14–4:7 Introduction Synagogues and Messianic Jewish congregations around the world will read and teach Parashah Beha'alotcha (בְּהַעֲלֹתְךָ), meaning "When You Raise" or "When You Ascend," in the book of Bamidbar, meaning "In the Wilderness" (known in the Christian Bible as "Numbers," from the Greek Septuagint), covering Numbers 8:1–12:16. The name of the parashah is drawn from the opening...

Shalom Bridge Ministry | Shavuot 5786 | May 21–23, 2026 From Sinai to the Upper Room — One Unbroken Thread Shavuot begins at sundown tonight, May 21, 2026 — the 50th day after Passover, the conclusion of the Counting of the Omer, and one of the three great Pilgrimage Feasts of the Hebrew calendar. On this day roughly 3,500 years ago, the thunder rolled on Mount Sinai, and the voice of the Almighty split the air. The Torah — G-D's living Word, His covenant charter — was given to Israel. It was...

— “The land shall keep a Shabbat to Adonai.”Leviticus 25:2 There is something deeply beautiful in Parashat Behar-Bechukotai. G-D does not only command people to rest. HE commands the land to rest. This reminds us that Shabbat is not merely a personal spiritual discipline. It is woven into creation, community, economy, justice, and covenant life. Israel was called to live in such a way that even the soil testified that the earth belongs to Adonai. Behar opens with the Shemitah, the...