Reading Torah Aloud

Tetzaveh

Parsha Tetzaveh, Exodus 27:20-30:10.  G-d gives Moses instructions on how to make garments and other holy furnishings for Aaron and his sons, who will be the high priests (Kohanim).  We learn words for many holy objects and are told how rams and lambs...

Terumah

Parsha Terumah, Exodus 25:1 - 27:19.  Moses is to tell the Children of Israel to bring an offering ("terumah") so that the tabernacle and its furnishings can be made.  The entire parsha is describing what we are to make (tabernacle, pillars, hooks,...

Mishpatim

G-d gives Moses rules (judgments) to relay to the people.  Rules about servants and torts mostly.  Do not boil a kid in its mother's milk.

Yitro

Parsha Yitro, Exodus 18-20.  After the exodus from Egypt, Moses meets up with his father-in-law Yitro (Yithro, Jethro), who brings Moses' wife and two sons with him.  After hearing of the miracles that Yahweh worked for the Israelites against the...