Weekly Torah Portion

Vayetzei

Genesis 28:10-32:3

Vayetzei (“He Went Out”) opens as Jacob dreams about angels going up and down a ladder, and then continues on his journey toward the home of his uncle Laban. During years of indentured servitude, Jacob marries Laban’s daughters Leah and Rachel, bearing children with them and with their maidservants, Bilhah and Zilpah.

Haftarah (A)

Hosea 12:13-14:10

The portion from Prophets (a section of the Bible) read on any given week, based on its thematic connection to the weekly Torah portion.

Daily Learning

Daf YomiTalmud

Bava Batra 159

A learning program that covers a page of Talmud a day. In this way, the entire Talmud is completed in about seven and a half years.

929Tanakh

Proverbs 19 (736)

A learning program in which participants study five of the Bible’s 929 chapters a week, completing it in about three and a half years.

Daily Mishnah

Mishnah Bava Batra 6:3-4

A program of daily learning in which participants study two Mishnahs (teachings) each day in order to finish the entire Mishnah in six years.

Daily Rambam

Defilement by a Corpse 9

A learning program that divides Maimonides’ Mishneh Torah legal code into daily units, to complete the whole work in three years.

Daily Rambam (3 Chapters)

Robbery and Lost Property 1-3

A learning program that divides Maimonides’ Mishneh Torah legal code into daily units, to complete the whole work in one year.

Halakhah Yomit

Kitzur Shulchan Arukh 150:6-10

A four year daily learning program in which participants study central legal texts that cover most of the daily and yearly rituals.

Arukh HaShulchan Yomi

Yoreh De'ah 378:3-12

A four-year daily learning program covering ritual halakhot, practical kashrut and interpersonal mitzvot within Rabbi Yechiel Michel Epstein’s legal code, Arukh HaShulchan.

Tanakh YomiTanakh

Samuel Seder 4

A daily learning cycle for completing Tanakh annually. On Shabbat, each Torah portion is recited. On weekdays, Prophets and Writings are recited according to the ancient Masoretic division of sedarim.

Chok LeYisrael

Vayetzei

A book designed for daily study. Each day’s learning consists of biblical verses together with commentary, a chapter of Mishnah, and short passages of Talmud, Zohar, and of works of Halakhah and Musar.

Tanya Yomi

30 Cheshvan

A daily learning cycle for completing Tanya annually, starting at the 19th of Kislev, “Rosh Hashanah of Chasidut.”

Yerushalmi Yomi

Jerusalem Talmud Taanit 12

Weekly Learning

Daf a WeekTalmud

Nedarim 6

A learning program that covers a page of Talmud a week. By going at a slower pace, it facilitates greater mastery and retention.