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    A Condensed Guide to the Weekly Torah Readings
    A Condensed Guide to the Weekly Torah Readings
    A Condensed Guide to the Weekly Torah Readings
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    A Condensed Guide to the Weekly Torah Readings

    By Leon Adato

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    Jewish tradition teaches that not even a single letter of the Torah is extraneous or un-necessary, that each and every letter is necessary and carries meaning. Since the Torah has 304,805 letters, which make up 79,847 words, which in turn form 4,845 verses, that is A LOT of meaning. In fact, tradition teaches us that the Torah is “black fire written on white fire” - that what is NOT written, what is between the lines, is as important as the words themselves.

    The Edible Torah web site is designed to help people create a unique, weekly pot-luck Shabbat experience where friends and family are invited to bring food which matches the themes of the weekly Torah reading. While the Torah itself (or at least a good translation) is a key resource, having a 100,000-foot view of the flow of the narrative is also helpful.

    This Guide should give you a handy amuse-bouche for what can be found in each weekly Torah reading. Each section provides a summary of the entire book of Torah, and then the name of each portion, the chapter and verses it covers, and the main events it describes. I've also included a section for the special readings associated with various holidays. Because that has everyone fahklumpt!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLeon Adato
    Release dateFeb 24, 2011
    ISBN9781465800947
    A Condensed Guide to the Weekly Torah Readings
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    Leon Adato

    In a career spanning three decades and four countries, Leon Adato has been an actor, electrician, carpenter, stage combat instructor, pest control technician, Sunday school teacher, and ASL interpreter. He also occasionally worked on computers.Leon got his start teaching computer classes, worked his way up the IT food chain from desktop support to server support to desktop environment standardization engineer and onward, to systems monitoring, management, and automation. Along the way, he discovered a weird love for taking tests, and picked up an alphabet's worth of certifications, including WPCR, CNE, A+, MCP, MCSE, MCSE+I, CCNA, and SCP.Leon spent almost 20 years honing his monitoring skills at companies that ranged from big (National City Bank) to bigger (Cardinal Health®) to ludicrous (Nestlé®), becoming proficient with a variety of tools and solutions along the way.

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      A Condensed Guide to the Weekly Torah Readings - Leon Adato

      A Condensed Guide to the Weekly Torah Reading

      Copyright 2019 Leon Adato

      Published by Leon Adato at Smashwords

      Smashwords Edition License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your enjoyment only, then please return to Smashwords.com or your favorite retailer and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Table of Contents

      Dedications

      Acknowledgments

      Introduction

      Torah Readings – Genesis / Bereshit

      Torah Readings – Exodus / Shemot

      Torah Readings – Leviticus / Vayikra

      Torah Readings – Numbers / Bamidbar

      Torah Readings – Deuteronomy / Devarim

      Special Holiday Readings

      An Extremely Condensed Guide to Torah Readings

      Appendix: Resources

      About the Author

      Connect with Leon Adato

      Dedications

      To Debbie

      As with anything I have ever done that mattered, this is dedicated to my best friend and my closest confidant. Even after a score of years, you still mean more to me than everything else.

      And to the Fink Family:

      Beyond the fact that this Guide was created based on your insight, your dedication and determination as a family are an inspiration. It is a privilege to be part of your Jewish Journey.

      Acknowledgements

      I cannot say it better than Fred Rogers did in 1997, as he accepted a lifetime achievement award:

      All of us have special ones who have loved us into being...

      Listing all the people who have loved me (and taught me, and in some cases dragged me against my will) to this point in my life would be impossible.

      Specific to this project,, however, there are a few people who

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