Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei — Exodus 35:1 – 40:38
Haftarah — Ezekiel 45:16 – 46:18 **
Prophets — Isaiah 22:1 – 29:24
Writings — Psalms 147:1 – 150:6; Proverbs 1:1 – 4:27
Testimony — John 14:1 – 18:40

Most of this week’s blog discussion points will be on these passages. If you have general comments or questions on the weekly Scripture readings not addressed in a blog post, here’s a place for you to post those. Just use the “leave a reply” link below.

The full “Read Through The Scriptures In A Year” schedule, broken down by each day, can be found on the right sidebar under “Helpful Links.” There are 4 sections of scripture to read each day. One each from the Torah, the Prophets, the Writings, and from the Testimony of Yeshua. Each week, the Torah and haftarah readings will follow the traditional one-year reading cycle.

Weekly Blog Scripture Readings for 3/3 through 3/9/13.

** A different Haftarah is read when it is a special sabbath in Jewish tradition. On 3/9 is the traditional “Shabbat HaChodesh” (Sabbath of the month), which is the Sabbath that precedes the beginning of the first month of the year. This haftarah as well as Exodus 12:1–12:20 are read as a reminder we are approaching the rosh chodesh (the new moon) that is the “beginning of months” or the new year. To declare the new year, the barley also must be examined to determine how ripe and near harvest it is (a stage called aviv). When living in the land, the barley was easily accessible and one could see how ripe it is. Today several groups of people from around the world search the land of Israel to determine the ripeness of the Barley harvest and report their findings via the internet.