Tanach Table

(WEEK 1) Joshua 1-2	Joshua 3-4	Joshua 5-6	Joshua 7-8	Joshua 9-10	Joshua 11-12	Joshua 13-14
(WEEK 2) Joshua 15-16	Joshua 17-18	Joshua 19-20	Joshua 21-22	Joshua 23-24	Judges 1-2	Judges 3-4
(WEEK 3) Judges 5-6	Judges 7-8	Judges 9-10	Judges 11-12	Judges 13-14	Judges 15-16	Judges 17-18
(WEEK 4) Judges 19-20	Shmuel I 1	Shmuel I 2-3	Shmuel I 4-5	Shmuel I 6-7	Shmuel I 8-9	Shmuel I 10-11
(WEEK 5) Shmuel I 12-13	Shmuel I 14-15	Shmuel I 16-17	Shmuel I 18-19	Shmuel I 20-21	Shmuel I 22-23	Shmuel I 24-25
26(WEEK 6) Shmuel I 26-27	Shmuel I 28-29	Shmuel I 30-31	Shmuel II 1-2	Shmuel II 3-4	Shmuel II 5-6	Shmuel II 7-8

(WEEK 7) Shmuel II 9-10	Shmuel II 11-12	Shmuel II 13-14	Shmuel II 15-16	Shmuel II 17-18	Shmuel II 19-20	Shmuel II 21-22
(WEEK 8) Shmuel II 23-24	Kings I 1-2	Kings I 3-4	Kings I 5-6	Kings I 7-8	Kings I 9-10	Kings I 11-12
(WEEK 9) Kings I 13-14	Kings I 15-16	Kings I 17-18	Kings I 19-20	Kings I 21-22	Kings II 1-2	Kings II 3-4
(WEEK 10) Kings II 5-6	Kings II 7-8	Kings II 9-10	Kings II 11-12	Kings II 13-14	Kings II 15-16	Kings II 17-18
(WEEK 11) Kings II 19-20	Kings II 21-22	Kings II 23-24	Kings II 25 Isaiah 1	Isaiah 2-3	Isaiah 4-5	Isaiah 6-7
(WEEK 12) Isaiah 8-9	Isaiah 10-11	Isaiah 12-13	Isaiah 14-15	Isaiah 16-17	Isaiah 18-19	Isaiah 20-21
(WEEK 13) Isaiah 22-23	Isaiah 24-25	Isaiah 26-27	Isaiah 28-29	Isaiah 30-31	Isaiah 32-33	Isaiah 34-35
(WEEK 14) Isaiah 36-37	Isaiah 38-39	Isaiah 40-41	Isaiah 42-43	Isaiah 44-45	Isaiah 46-47	Isaiah 48-49
(WEEK 15) Isaiah 50-51	Isaiah 52-53	Isaiah 54-55	Isaiah 56-57	Isaiah 58-59	Isaiah 60-61	Isaiah 62-63

(WEEK 16) Isaiah 64-65	Isaiah 66 Jeremiah 1	Jeremiah 2-3	Jeremiah 4-5	Jeremiah 6-7	Jeremiah 8-9	Jeremiah 10-11
(WEEK 17) Jeremiah 12-13	Jeremiah 14-15	Jeremiah 16-17	Jeremiah 18-19	Jeremiah 20-21	Jeremiah 22-23	Jeremiah 24-25
(WEEK 18) Jeremiah 26-27	Jeremiah 28-29	Jeremiah 30-31	Jeremiah 32-33	Jeremiah 34-35	Jeremiah 36-37	Jeremiah 38-39
(WEEK 19) Jeremiah 40-41	Jeremiah 42-43	Jeremiah 44-45	Jeremiah 46-47	Jeremiah 48-49	Jeremiah 50-51	Jeremiah 52 Ezekiel 1
(WEEK 20) Ezekiel 2-3	Ezekiel 4-5	Ezekiel 6-7	Ezekiel 8-9	Ezekiel 10-11	Ezekiel 12-13	Ezekiel 14-15
(WEEK 21) Ezekiel 16-17	Ezekiel 18-19	Ezekiel 20-21	Ezekiel 22-23	Ezekiel 24-25	Ezekiel 26-27	Ezekiel 28-29
(WEEK 22) Ezekiel 30-31	Ezekiel 32-33	Ezekiel 34-35	Ezekiel 36-37	Ezekiel 38-39	Ezekiel 40-41	Ezekiel 42-43
(WEEK 23) (Ezekiel 44-45	Ezekiel 46-47	Ezekiel 48 Hoshea 1	Hoshea 2-3	Hoshea 4-5	Hoshea 6-7	Hoshea 8-9

(WEEK 24) Hoshea 10-11

Hoshea 12-13

Hoshea 14 Joel 1

Joel 2-3

Joel 4 Amos 1

Amos 2-3

Amos 4-5

(WEEK 25) Amos 6-7

Amos 8-9

Obadiah 1 Yonah 1

Yonah 2-3

Yonah 4 Micha 1

Micha 2-3

Micha 4-5

(WEEK 26) Micha 6-7

Nachum 1-2

Nachum 3 Habakkuk 1

Habakkuk 2-3

Tzefanaiah 1-2

Tzefanaiah 3 Chaggai 1

Chaggai 2 Zechariah 1

(WEEK 27) Zechariah 2-3

Zechariah 4-5

Zechariah 6-7

Zechariah 8-9

Zechariah 10-11

Zechariah 12-13

Zechariah 14 Malachi 1

(WEEK 28) Malachi 2-3

Psalm 1-2

Psalm 3-4

Psalm 5-6

Psalm 7-8

Psalm 9-10

Psalm 11-12

(WEEK 29) Psalm 13-14

Psalm 15-16

Psalm 17-18

Psalm 19-20

Psalm 21-22

Psalm 23-24

Psalm 25-26

(WEEK 30) Psalm 27-28

Psalm 29-30

Psalm 31-32

Psalm 33-34

Psalm 35-36

Psalm 37-38

Psalm 39-40

(WEEK 31) Psalm 41-42

Psalm 43-44

Psalm 45-46

Psalm 47-48

Psalm 49-50

Psalm 51-52

Psalm 53-54

(WEEK 32) Psalm 55-56

Psalm 57-58

Psalm 59-60

Psalm 61-62

Psalm 63-64

Psalm 65-66

Psalm 67-68

(WEEK 33) Psalm 69-70	Psalm 71-72	Psalm 73-74	Psalm 75-76	Psalm 77-78	Psalm 79-80	Psalm 81-82
(WEEK 34) Psalm 83-84	Psalm 85-86	Psalm 87-88	Psalm 89-90	Psalm 91-92	Psalm 93-94	Psalm 95-96
(WEEK 35) Psalm 97-98	Psalm 99-100	Psalm 101-102	Psalm 103-104	Psalm 105-106	Psalm 107-108	Psalm 109-110
(WEEK 36) Psalm 111-112	Psalm 113-114	Psalm 115-116	Psalm 117-118	Psalm 119-134	Psalm 135-136	Psalm 137-138
(WEEK 37) Psalm 139-140	Psalm 141-142	Psalm 143-144	Psalm 145-146	Psalm 147-148	Psalm 149-150	Proverbs 1-2
(WEEK 38) Proverbs 3-4	Proverbs 5-6	Proverbs 7-8	Proverbs 9-10	Proverbs 11-12	Proverbs 13-14	Proverbs 15-16
(WEEK 39) Proverbs 17-18	Proverbs 19-20	Proverbs 21-22	Proverbs 23-24	Proverbs 25-26	Proverbs 27-28	Proverbs 29-30
(WEEK 40) Proverbs 31 Job 1	Job 2-3	Job 4-5	Job 6-7	Job 8-9	Job 10-11	Job 12-13

(WEEK 41) Job 14-15

Job 16-17

Job 18-19

Job 20-21

Job 22-23

Job 24-25

Job 26-27

(WEEK 42) Job 28-29

Job 30-31

Job 32-33

Job 34-35

Job 36-37

Job 38-39

Job 40-41

(WEEK 43) Job 42 Shir HaShirim 1

Shir HaShirim 2-3

Shir HaShirim 4-5

Shir HaShirim 6-7

Shir HaShirim 8 Ruth 1

Ruth 2-3

Ruth 4 Eichah 1

(WEEK 44) Eichah 2-3

Eichah 4-5

Kohelet 1-2

Kohelet 3-4

Kohelet 5-6

Kohelet 7-8

Kohelet 9-10

(WEEK 45) Kohelet 11-12

Esther 1-2

Esther 3-4

Esther 5-6

Esther 7-8

Esther 9-10

Daniel 1-2

(WEEK 46) Daniel 3-4

Daniel 5-6

Daniel 7-8

Daniel 9-10

Daniel 11-12

Ezra 1-2

Ezra 3-4

(WEEK 47) Ezra 5-6

Ezra 7-8

Ezra 9-10

Nechemia 1-2

Nechemia 3-4

Nechemia 5-6

Nechemia 7-8

(WEEK 48) Nechemia 9-10

Nechemia 11-12

Nechemia 13 Divrei HaYamim I 1

Divrei HaYamim I 2-3

Divrei HaYamim I 4-5

Divrei HaYamim I 6-7

Divrei HaYamim I 8-9

(WEEK 49) Divrei HaYamim I 10-11

Divrei HaYamim I 12-13

Divrei HaYamim I 14-15

Divrei HaYamim I 16-17

Divrei HaYamim I 18-19

Divrei HaYamim I 20-21

Divrei HaYamim I 22-23

(WEEK 50) Divrei HaYamim I 24-25	Divrei HaYamim I 26-27	Divrei HaYamim I 28-29	Divrei HaYamim II 1-2	Divrei HaYamim II 3-4	Divrei HaYamim II 5-6	Divrei HaYamim II 7-8
(WEEK 51) Divrei HaYamim II 9-10	Divrei HaYamim II 11-12	Divrei HaYamim II 13-14	Divrei HaYamim II 15-16	Divrei HaYamim II 17-18	Divrei HaYamim II 19-20	Divrei HaYamim II 21-22
(WEEK 52) Divrei HaYamim II 23-24	Divrei HaYamim II 25-26	Divrei HaYamim II 27-28	Divrei HaYamim II 29-30	Divrei HaYamim II 31-32	Divrei HaYamim II 33-34	Divrei HaYamim II 35-36

The Twelve Stages of Pinchas ben Yair and the Twelve Months of the Year

For those familiar with the book Mesilat Yesharim, the Path of the Just, the twelve stages mentioned there, set forth by Pinchas ben Yair, appear to parallel the twelve months of the year:

Torah – Tishrei  - month filled with holidays and Torah related activity;

Zehirut – Cheshvan - month of the flood;  care not to sin so close after Tishrei;

Zrizut – Kislev - Zrizut, alacrity, is the quality that defines the Kohanim, the heroes of Chanukah and this month as a whole);

Nekiut – Teveth - The Ramchal, Rabbi Moshe Luzzato, explains that Nekiut means cleanliness from all sin, including those that we rationalize; Teveth is known for sins related to the tribe of Dan; Shimshon, from Dan, is an example of rationalization gone awry.

Prishut – Shvat - Ramchal explains Prishut means abstinence from pleasure, even those permitted, if they could eventually lead to sin; Shvat is related to pleasure of fruits, etc.;

Taharah – Adar - Ramchal explains Taharah means purity in our desires and emotions; in Purim we get drunk and let our emotions and desire come out - hopefully they will be pure;

Chassidut – Nissan - Ramchal explains Chassidut, piety, means going above and beyond to serve Hashem in every way possible to the best of our ability; the best example of this would be cleaning on Pessach, where every effort is praiseworthy;

Anavah – Iyar - Ramchal explains anavah means humility before G-d and others; the problem of Iyar, month of counting of the omer, is that the students of Rabbi Akivah did not respect one another - they each thought too highly of themselves in comparison to their fellow students - this showed a lack of humility; on Lag Ba'Omer we celebrate Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai, who had this quality;

Yirat Chet – Sivan - Ramchal explains that Yirat Chet, fear of sin, in this context, means fear connected to the realization of Hashem's greatness and magnitude; as we realize this greatness we are literally ashamed of in any way going against G-d's desires; this was exemplified at the Giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai;

Kedushah – Tammuz - Ramchal explains that Kedushah means clinging to G-d at all times, and completely disconnecting from physicality; this is represented by Reuven, who was in a constant state of Teshuvah after the sin that took place regarding his father's bed;

Ruach haKodesh – Av - Ruach haKodesh, is most associated with Mashiach, who is called Ruach Apeinu, the spirit of our nostrils, and who will be endowed with the spirit of G-d;

Tchiat haMetim – Elul - in Elul we repent for our sins and prepare ourselves to be given new life for the coming year. A sinful person is called "dead" even while alive, while a righteous person even after death is called "alive."

Mishnayot & Mishnah Torah Connections

(Work in Progress) Connections are based on the following study calendar:

http://www.kabbalahoftime.com/2015/03/5775-calendar-with-mishnahtosefta.html
http://www.kabbalahoftime.com/2015/03/5775-calendar-with-mishnahtosefta_16.html


Week 2

The Mishna Torah chapters for the week of Yom Kippur (usually for Erev Yom Kippur or Yom Kippur itself) include Hilchot Teshuvah, the laws of repentance.




Week 36:

Shavuot is Chag HaBikurim. The Torah reading for the chag (when it doesn't fall on Shabbat) starts with the laws of Bechorot. The Mishnayot chapters for Shavuot and the days leading up to it are the ones for Bechorot. Shavuot is also the culmination of the redemption process that began on Pessach, where we were called, Beni Bechori, Yisrael. The remaining Mishnah chapters relate to Erchin, which is about offering ones' "worth" as a donation to the Temple; it is a kind of "giving over" similar to what happened at Mount Sinai, when the Jewish people said, Na'aseh veNishmah. Erchin is also a topic in the Torah reading of Bechukotai, at the very end of Vayikrah, always read before Shavuot).


Week 37:

Temura is about someone who tries to switch the holiness of one animal for that of another. When doing so, while the first one does not lose its holiness, the second now becomes holy is as well. This represents an important lesson for the week following Shavuot and the Shiva Yemei Miluim. After acquiring the Torah and experiencing such a high, we now switch back to the mundane, and the pull of the Klipot is much stronger. The Torah comes to teach us that during this switch, not only does the "first animal" (one's earlier Shavuot state) not lose its holiness, the "second animal" (this new stage, of involvement in the world) becomes holy as well.


Memorizing Mishnayot:

Gittin: Perek 1, Mishnah 1:

Kiddushin: Perek 1, Mishnah 1:

Bava Kamma: Perek 1, Mishnah 1: