20 Adar  5770 Mar 05, 2010

        Torah portion:Parashah 21

         Ki Tissa (When you take)

         Sh'mot  (Exodus) 30:11-34:35

         Haftarah portion: 

          Yechezk'el 36:16-38

         B'rit Chadashah portion:

          Luke 11:14-20

        Written Torah/ Oral Torah

The written Torah is often called the "Tanakh",

which stands for the Torah.

1.  Torah (T)  Five books of Moshe --Chumashe Torah
2.  Prophets (N) Nevi'im
3.  Writings (K) Ketuvim
Hence the word "TaNaKh"
    The five books of Moshe are:  Genesis (B'resheet),
Exodus (Sh'mot), Leviticus (Vayikra), Numbers (B'midbar)
Deuteronomy (D'varim)The oral Torah is the explanations
of the written Torah, which was originally passed down orally
from generation to generation.  After the destruction of the
temple, it was decided that the oral Torah should be written down. 
In the 2nd Century C.E. Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi and a group of
Sages compiled the Mishnah; which is an oral outline of
the written Torah. 
     Over the following centuries, Jewish scholars studied and put
their own thoughts into the Mishnah. Their thoughts, discussions
questions, and answers became known as the Gemara; a commentary
on the Mishnah.The Talumd is a combination of the Mishnah and Gemara.  
     In the 4th century the Jerusalem Talmud was compiled.  In the 5th
century the Babylonian Talmud was compiled.  The Babylonian Talmud
is the most widely used since it is the most comprehensive of the two.