Shabbat - 04/05/08 (29 Adar II 5768)

For your local Shabbat Candle-lighting times, please go here. Special Note This week is Shabbat HaChodesh is the Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Nisan or Rosh Chodesh Nisan if it falls on Shabbat. The Maftir reading recalls the establishment of the Jewish calendar (Exodus 12:1-20). This week's reading is -- Tazria (Leviticus 12:1-13:59). Torah Aliyot and Topics: Aliyah 1: Leviticus 12:1-13:5 Human contamination, Childbirth and purification, The basic tzaras and the procedure for verification, Baheres Aliyah 2: Leviticus 13:6-17 Baheres, S’eis Aliyah 3: Leviticus 13:18-23 Inflammations Aliyah 4: Leviticus 13:24-28 Burns Aliyah 5: Leviticus 13:29-39 Tzaraas of the head or face Aliyah 6: Leviticus 13:40-54 Baldness at the front and back of the head, The metzora’s isolation, Afflictions of garments Aliyah 7: Leviticus 13:55-56 Afflictions of garments Last Reading: Leviticus 13:57-59 Afflictions of garments 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