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Jun 19, 2023 · Triennial Torah Readings. Posted on 19 June 2023 - 4:47 pm by mradwin. The Hebcal Torah Reading pages specify both the traditional full kriyah (reading the entire weekly Torah portion each Shabbat) and also a triennial cycle specified by the Conservative Movement in the United States. “Many congregations pattern their weekly Torah reading ...
1. Rabbi Dorff examined the proposed triennial system upon its completion and offered several corrections, comments and suggestions for which I am deeply grateful. 2. Rabbi Lionel Moses in his "Is There An Authentic Triennial Cycle of Torah Readings" provides a detailed description of the halakhic guidelines for Torah reading on pages 339-342 ...
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In 1974, Rabbi Jeffrey Tigay analyzed the Torah reading systems employed in Conservative synagogues and published his findings in an article. entitled “Triennial Confusion” (Conservative Judaism, vol. 29, no. 1, Fall, 1974, pp. 81-84). He wrote that while we would have expected that the spiritual morass of our times which has made sincere ...
closing the gap in the Conservative triennial Torah reading system that was unexpectedly discovered while researching a variety of Torah lectionaries. This is the system that was proposed to the CJLS in 1988 by Rabbi Richard Eisenberg and was widely implemented by the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism in the mid -1990's. 1. Abstract
- Shabbat Shekalim on Rosh Chodesh
- Shabbat Hachodesh on Rosh Chodesh
- Shabbat Rosh Chodesh Chanukah
Rosh Chodesh Adar coincides with Shabbat Shekalimabout once every 13 years. The weekly Torah portion is always either Parashat Mishpatim or Parashat Terumah. The special maftir for Shabbat Shekalim is Exodus 30:11-16. Here are a sample of dates, recent past and near future: 1. Mishpatim 5761– 24 February 2001 – 1 Adar 5761 2. Mishpatim 5781– 13 Feb...
Rosh Chodesh Nisan falls on Shabbat HaChodeshonce every 3-4 years (approximately 28% of the time). The weekly Torah portion is always either Parashat Tazria or Parashat Vayikra. The special maftir for Shabbat HaChodesh is Exodus 12:1-20. Here are a sample of dates, recent past and near future: 1. Tazria 5776– 9 April 2016 – 1 Nisan 5776 2. Vayikra ...
When Rosh Chodesh Tevet falls on Shabbat Chanukah, we read the first scroll for the weekly portion (always Parashat Miketz), the second for Rosh Chodesh, and the third for Chanukah. This also happens approximately 28% of the time. 1. Miketz 5776– 12 December 2015 – 30 Kislev 5776 2. Miketz 5779– 8 December 2018 – 30 Kislev 5779 3. Miketz 5780– 28 D...
Some Conservative synagogues do not call a Kohen or a Levite first at all, although Conservative Judaism as a whole retains some elements of special tribal roles. Some Conservative congregations use a triennial cycle, reading approximately a third of the Torah every year and completing the reading in three years.
Chanting the Torah each Shabbat is still the centerpiece of the Conservative service, even if all too often it is lamentably done according to the triennial cycle and then without liturgical aplomb. Though historically defensible, the cycle makes a sham of Simhat Torah, even as it suggests the decline of Torah in our lives.
