Vaera

vaera

Welcome to Torah portion Vaera. Vaera means And I appeared. Scripture passage: Exodus 6:2-9:35 Read Aloud from My First Torah Moses and Aaron went before Pharaoh again. Aaron’s rod turned into a serpent! Pharaoh’s magicians turned their rods into serpents, too. But Aaron’s rod swallowed their rods. YHVH began to send punishment, or plagues, on […]

Shemot

shemot

Welcome to Torah portion Shemot. Shemot means Names. Scripture passage: Exodus 1:1-6:1   Read Aloud from My First Torah A new Pharaoh became the king of Egypt. He thought the Hebrew people were a threat to him. There were so many Hebrews that he thought they would fight against him in a war. So he […]

Vayechi

Welcome to Torah portion Vayechi. Vayechi means And He Lived. Scripture passage: Genesis 47:28-50:26   Read Aloud from My First Torah Jacob became sick as he grew older. He asked Joseph to bring his sons, Ephraim and Manasseh. Jacob was so happy to see Joseph and his sons. Jacob wanted to bless Ephraim and Manasseh. […]

Vayigash

vayigash

Welcome to Torah portion Vayigash. Vayigash means And He Approached. Scripture passage: Genesis 44:18-47:27 Read Aloud from My First Torah Judah told Joseph that losing Benjamin would kill his father. Then Joseph started to cry. He sent everyone else away and told his brothers the truth. He told them that he was Joseph, their brother. […]

Miketz

miketz

Welcome to Torah portion Miketz. Miketz means At the End. Scripture passage: Genesis 41:1-44:17 Read Aloud from My First Torah Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, had a dream. He dreamed about seven fat cows. But then seven skinny cows ate the seven fat cows, and stayed skinny. Then he dreamed about seven plump ears of […]

Vayeshev

vayeshev

Welcome to Torah portion Vayeshev. Vayeshev means And He settled. Scripture passage: Genesis 37:1-40:23 Read Aloud from My First Torah Jacob now lived in the land of Canaan. He had twelve sons, and daughters. Joseph, Rachel’s son, was seventeen years old. He was given two dreams about his brothers bowing down to him. When Joseph […]

Vayishlach

vayishlach

Welcome to Torah portion Vayishlach. Vayishlach means And He sent. Scripture passage: Genesis 32:4-36:43 Read Aloud from My First Torah Jacob began traveling back to his home. But he was still afraid of his brother, Esau. Then he found out that Esau and 400 men were ahead of him! He divided all his people and […]

Great Bible passages for reading aloud

passages

Do you ever struggle with what to read with your family during Bible time? Perhaps you just finished a book study or it’s Friday night and you want to share something meaningful with your kids. Bookmark this post and get ready for some classic passages. Exodus 20 The Ten Commandments are our foundation for understanding […]

Vayetze

vayetze

Welcome to Torah portion Vayetze. Vayetze means And he departed. Scripture passage: Genesis 28:10-32:3 Read Aloud from My First Torah Jacob traveled towards his mother’s family. On the way, he stopped to rest. He had stones for his pillow and slept out under the stars. He had an amazing dream. He saw a ladder going […]

Toldot

Welcome to Torah portion Toldot. Toldot means offspring. Scripture passage: Genesis 25:19-28:9 Read Aloud from My First Torah Elohim blessed Isaac and made him very rich. In those days, people with many animals and servants were rich. Isaac had very good gardens and many animals and servants. But Isaac and Rebekah did not have any […]