Shabbat - 07/14/07 (28 Tammuz 5767)

For your local Shabbat Candle-lighting times, please go here. This week's reading is a double portion -- Mattot-Masei (Numbers 30:2-36:13). Topics in Mattot: Vows and oaths, The battle against Midian, Moses rebukes the officers, Laws of koshering utensils, Division of the spoils, Kohanim and Levites, The soldiers’ share, The people’s share, The commanders, The request of Reuben and Gad, Moses’ objection, The request is clarified, Moses’ condition Topics in Masei: Summary of the journey, Occupying the Land, The boundaries of Eretz Yisrael, The leadership, Cities for the Levites, Cities of refuge for unintentional murder, Intentional murder, Unintentional murder, Tribal intermarriage For more information about this week's Parsha, please visit these sites. Orthodox Union Chabad Aish HaTorah United Synagogues of Conservative Judaism Union for Reform Judaism Jewish Reconstructionist Federation