Torah Portion EIKEV – Devarim (Deuteronomy) 7:12-11:25 Haftarah: Isaiah 49:14-51:3 “For a covenant is secured upon the basis of dead bodies, since it has no strength as long as the one who made it lives. That is why not even …
Will Hardship Stop You?
Torah Portion VAETCHANAN – Devarim (Deuteronomy) 3:23-7:11 Haftarah: Isaiah 40:1-26 But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. 2 Timothy 3:1 Shabbat shalom dearly beloved! We are living in a generation of comfort, especially in the …
Tattooed Nation
Torah Portion DEVARIM – Devarim (Deuteronomy) 1:1-3:22 Haftarah: Isaiah 1:1-27 Shabbat shalom, dearly beloveds. I was doing my exercise routine at the pool the other day when it hit me. So many people are tattooed. And not lightly tattooed but …
Benefits of Going Up to Zion
Torah Portion MATOT-MASEI – Bamidbar (Numbers) 30:2-36:13 Haftarah: Jeremiah 2:4-28 “Bless Adonai, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits.” Psalms 103:2 TLV Shabbat Shalom, dearly beloved! The prophets describe many blessings that come to the nations when they …
Reasonable Nice Guys
Torah Portion PINCHAS – Bamidbar (Numbers) 25:10-30:1 Haftarah: Jeremiah 1:1-2:3 So they girded sackcloth on their loins, put ropes on their heads, came to the king of Israel, and said, “Your servant Ben-Hadad says, ‘Please let me live.’” He replied, …
Was the Torah Nailed to the Cross?
Torah Portion BALAK – Bamidbar (Numbers) 22:2-25:9 Haftarah: Micah 5:6-6:8 “He wiped out the handwritten record of debts with the decrees against us, which was hostile to us. He took it away by nailing it to the cross.” Colossians 2:14 …
The First Tourists
Torah Portion KORACH-CHUKAT – Bamidbar (Numbers) 16:1-22:1 Haftarah: 1 Samuel 11:14-12:22 “When they reached as far as the Valley of Eshcol, they cut a single branch with a cluster of grapes. It was carried on a pole between two of …
What motivates you?
Torah Portion SHELACH – Bamidbar (Numbers) 13:1-15:41 Haftarah: Joshua 2:1-24 “For everything in the world—the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, and the boasting of life—is not from the Father but from the world. The world is …
Does Heaven Require Taxes?
Torah Portion BEHA’ALOTCHA – Bamidbar (Numbers) 8:1-12:16 Haftarah: Zechariah 2:14-4:7 Shabbat shalom, dearly beloved. There is no governmental agency more feared than the IRS, the tax-exacting agency. People can be utterly immoral and have a full array of addictions and …
Preparation before Manifestation
The importance of Preparation Torah Portion NASSO – Bamidbar (Numbers) 4:21-7:89 Haftarah: Judges 13:2-25 Shabbat shalom, dearly beloved, Yeshua was revealed to His Jewish disciples as the Passover Lamb that takes away the sins, and then as the Anointed, glorified …