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Torah Portion:
פָּרָּ שַׁ ת וָּאֵ רָּ א
Va’era
“And I Appeared”
Exodus 6:2-9:35
Ezekiel 28:25-29:21
Luke 11:14-22

Exodus 4:2,3 The LORD said to him, What is that in your hand? He
said, A staff. And he said, Throw it on the ground. So he threw it on
the ground, and it became a serpent, and Moses ran from it.

Genesis 12:7,8 And the LORD appeared to Abram, and said, To
your seed will I give this land: And there built he an altar unto the
LORD, who appeared to him. And he removed from there to a
mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on
the west, and Hai on the east: And there he built an altar to the
LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.

Tu B’shevat New year of the trees
Leviticus 19:23-25 And when you have come into the land, and have
put in all sorts of fruit-trees, their fruit will be as if they had not had
circumcision, and for three years their fruit may not be used for food.
And in the fourth year all the fruit will be holy as a praise-offering to
the Lord. But in the fifth year you may take the fruit and the increase
of it for your food: I am the Lord your God.
The seven species are wheat, barley, grapes, figs, pomegranates,
olives, and dates.