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What to study? Short question, with very large potential answer. But here's a part of the answer, to which we will add, G-d willing.
- Bible. The first and foremost place to start, or continue, is the written Word of G-d. If you've never read the Bible through, a disciplined plan to do so will provide many benefits. Several guides to reading It through in a year are available to complement your discipline.
- Torah. Because the Torah is the "center" of G-d's written Word, concentrated daily and weekly study focus there is exceptionally rewarding and fruitful. For centuries, those who love the Torah have synchronized their weekly private and corporate study, including parallel Scripture from the Prophets and Writings, in an annual cycle. The Torah portion for a given week (Parashah) is complemented by the Haftorah, complementary reading from the prophets. Believers who accept Yeshua as Messiah add readings from the B'rit Chadashah. These weekly readings are available on this website, other web locations, in an appendix to the Complete Jewish Bible, and elsewhere.
Our weekly newsletter provides the appropriate Scripture citations and a brief commentary. You are encouraged to expand your study far beyond our commentary, however.
- Chumash. (From the Hebrew word for five, Chamesh. Chumash is the Hebrew word for the five volumes of the Torah: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy.)
A Chumash is so very rich as to be invaluable to those who really relish study of Torah. Arranged by weekly parashot haftorot, in either English, Hebrew or combined translation, the detailed commentary opens up the Word in such a profound way as to be spine chilling.
If you have a good Bible and want your next study book, I highly recommend Stone edition of the Chumash.
A parashah, also called a sidrah ("order") is one of the fifty-four sections into which the Five Books of Moses are divided for the purpose of reading one of them in the synagogue each Shabbat. Thus, the entire Torah is read in full in the course of a year (it is sometimes necessary to read two on the same Sabbath). The parshiot are known by one or two of their opening words.
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