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This Week's Torah Portion

This Week's Torah Portion

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מִקֵּץ
After [Two Years]

At the end of two years' time Pharaoh had a dream: there he was, standing by the Nile, when seven cows came up out of the Nile, handsome and fat. - Genesis 41:1-2
Torah
Genesis 41:1−44:17
Haftarah
Zechariah 4:1-7 [historic: Zechariah 2:14-4:7]
Rosh Chodesh Hanukkah
When
/ 30 Kislev 5786
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