This Week's Torah Portion
Naso II
II נָשֹׂא
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The Eternal One spoke to Moses, saying: "Speak to the Israelites and say to them: If any men or women explicitly utter a nazirite’s vow, to set themselves apart for the Eternal, they shall abstain from wine and any other intoxicant." - Numbers 6:1-2
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Numbers 6:1-7:89Haftarah
Judges 13:13-25When
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