Introducing TORAH PARASHA (PORTIONS) Bible Reading Plans

for e-Sword (In .har format):

 

I have been working on a project, off and on within the last year or two (that was initially for the MOST HIGH and myself), that I thought maybe the folks attending our congregation at STBM (www.torah.tv) and others in the general public might deem useful to them.  Our Rabbi emphasizes that we should try to read the Torah portions, Haftarah and not to read them without the Renewed Covenant (NT).   I have developed (and ready for beta testing) for e-Sword, a reading plan that is broken down by each day mixing the Torah portions, Haftarah and NT according to our congregational calendar.    This plan makes it real easy to find all the scriptures in 1 place instead of hunting them down in different books or sections and you can use your favorite Bible version in e-Sword.......


20yy-20zz TORAH PORTIONS Bible Reading Plan (in Gospel Harmony format [.har])

includes:

 

·         Weekly Shabbat Torah Portions – divided in the 7 daily readings per week.

·         Weekly Shabbat Haftarah Portions – divided in the 7 daily readings per week.

·         Brit Chadasha (Renewed Covenant, New Testament) – in the 7 daily readings.

·         All above intermingled so that New Testament passages are not always bunched up at the end (as recommended by our Rabbi).

·         FEAST DAYS from our congregational calendar for that year also included INLINE and appear on actual days of the feasts. 

·         (Non feast day readings are laid out to be read in the preceding week to the Shabbat) [last part of portion would be read on Shabbat].

·         Scripture verse numbers that differ in the Jewish Bible (Chumash) to other versions are noted.

·         Easy to find all scriptures for the portion in one place instead of hunting them down in different sources.

·         PICK YOUR FAVORITE BIBLE VERSION.

·         And much more:

 

 

 

 

 

Download & Installation procedure:

 

 

  1. EXIT E-SWORD if it is running.
  2. After reading all the steps below, use link below to download. Then Right Click, then "Save to target" on each to download.
  3. Download to a safe storage folder and then unzip to your e-Sword folder where e-Sword documentation says they should be, which may have changed in newer releases. 
    (Usually:  “C:\Program Files\e-Sword\)
  4. Start up e-Sword.
  5. From the main screen, you will find the Torah Portions (.har) by clicking on the main menu, “Bible”, then “Gospel Harmony”.  Then click on the top tab that shows the name of the Torah Readings.  You can chose the version of the Bible you want in a little window on top of the page (try all the buttons there)..

Link to download: CLICK HERE ŕ http://www.masterstouchmusic.com/TORAH/ZIP/downloads/ and then Right Click, then "Save to target".

DESCRIPTION OF SOME OF THE FILES IN ZIP: (*.harx for eSword v9+, *.har for pre-v9 eSword).

1. TorahReadingsDAILY20yy-20zz.har(x) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -(1)- Torah Portions, Haftarah, Brit Chadasha, Feast Days (for a full year).
2. TorahReadingsDAILY20yy-20zzharSCRIPTURE-LIST.pdf -(2)- LIST of Scriptures in #1 (PDF).
3. SAMPLE Torah Readings 30 Aug HNV.pdf - - - - - - - -(3)- Sample Torah Portion page (PDF).
4. Introducing TORAH Bible Reading Plans1.htm - - - - -(4)- The file you are reading now (HTM format).
etc.  

 

Approval granted from eSword author to use the eSword .har/.brp formats.

Approval for some details used in Torah Portions applied for from STBM (Simchat Torah Beit Midrash)

 

Updated 10-08-10 by Dan Blana