This Week's Torah Portion
Chol HaMo-eid Sukkot
חוֹל הַמֹּעֵד סֻכֹּת
Intermediate Days of Sukkot
Moses said to the Eternal, "See, You say to me, 'Lead this people forward,' but You have not made known to me whom You will send with me. Further, You have said, 'I have singled you out by name, and you have, indeed, gained My favor.'"- Exodus 33:12
Torah
Holidays Exodus 33:12–34:26Haftarah
Ezekiel 38:18-39:7, The Book of Ecclesiates is readWhen
/ 19 Tishri 5782
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