Hear, O Israel: the LORD our God, the LORD is one.

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Fourteen days, about ten minutes each, in plain words.

One passage a day, one idea, one question. No background assumed, no sign in, and nothing asked of you except to read. By day fourteen you will have read from all three parts of the Hebrew Bible.

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Today

4 Tishrei 5787

This week's portion

Nitzavim–Vayelech5 September 2026

Next appointed time

The day of atonement21 September 2026In 6 days

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Thirty seven Hebrew words as flashcards, and four questions on each appointed time.

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Where you are in the year

Every appointed time, computed from the fixed Hebrew calendar rather than looked up in a table.

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The year

A wheel, because that is the shape it already had

How to read it: the shaded month is the one we are in now, the dark pin is today's exact day, and every dot is a feast — tap one to open it.

Appointed times

Eleven days, a page each

“And she hastened, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw, and drew for all his camels.”

Genesis 24:20, JPS 1917Ten camels, and the verse does not hurry past a single one of them.

“And they called Rebekah, and said unto her: ‘Wilt thou go with this man?’ And she said: ‘I will go.’”

Genesis 24:58, JPS 1917Two words in Hebrew. The chapter has been building toward them for fifty-seven verses.

“Therefore with joy shall ye draw water Out of the wells of salvation.”

Isaiah 12:3, JPS 1917The same verb for drawing, carried out of the story and into a promise.

The house

רִבְקָה

Rivkah. English Bibles spell her Rebekah.

She came to a well and drew for a stranger.

Genesis 24 records every one of her actions and none of her thoughts. That gap is where study begins. Everything quoted here is verbatim, with its citation, so you can check it and disagree.

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