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What Chumash do you use
I'm in Australia and my query which relates to my own bar-mitzvah on 24 Aug 1968 (Re'eh) requires that I refer to the correct Chumash. The synagogue I did my bar-mitzvah at (North Shore in Sydney Australia) uses the "Stone Edition ArtScroll Chumash. I am also advised that the Haftarah can be different each year for the same Parashat, so how can I find out which one mine was?
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Shimshon’s answer is spot on. The Hebcal link for Parashat Re’eh on August 24, 1968 (https://www.hebcal.com/sedrot/reeh-19680824) has exactly what you need.
To clarify one point that sometimes causes confusion: the choice of Chumash (e.g., ArtScroll Stone Edition vs. others) can affect how the aliyah divisions are marked in certain parshiyot, but it would not affect the haftarah reading. And in the case of Re’eh specifically, this isn’t even an issue — the aliyah breaks are the same across standard Orthodox chumashim.
So you’re all set with that link. Mazal tov on revisiting your bar mitzvah parsha!
Refer to https://www.hebcal.com/sedrot/reeh-19680824. Since it appears that the Shabbat after your bar mitzvah was on Rosh Chodesh (the first day of the jewish month), the haftarah would have been Isaiah 66:1-24. The chumash used does not make a difference, as long as it is an Orthodox chumash, which you're mentioned Chumash is, save for potential differences in custom. I don't think there are any differences in custom in this case.
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Shimshon’s answer is spot on. The Hebcal link for Parashat Re’eh on August 24, 1968 (https://www.hebcal.com/sedrot/reeh-19680824) has exactly what you need.
To clarify one point that sometimes causes confusion: the choice of Chumash (e.g., ArtScroll Stone Edition vs. others) can affect how the aliyah divisions are marked in certain parshiyot, but it would not affect the haftarah reading. And in the case of Re’eh specifically, this isn’t even an issue — the aliyah breaks are the same across standard Orthodox chumashim.
So you’re all set with that link. Mazal tov on revisiting your bar mitzvah parsha!