Weekly Torah Portion

Here's a condensed summary of Parshah Naso:

Naso ("Count") completes the Levite census — 8,580 men aged 30–50 designated for transporting the Tabernacle. The portion then covers three key laws: the sotah (a wife suspected of infidelity), the nazir (one who vows to abstain from wine, avoid corpse impurity, and grow their hair), and the Priestly Blessing given to Aaron and the kohanim. It concludes with the twelve tribal leaders each bringing identical but individually described inauguration offerings for the altar.

Summary of Haftorah

A barren woman is visited by an angel announcing she will bear a son — a lifelong Nazirite destined to save Israel from the Philistines — and that she must avoid wine and unclean food during pregnancy. Her husband Manoah prays for the angel's return, and when he reappears, he declines hospitality and refuses to reveal his name, then ascends in the altar's flame. Manoah fears…