Torah Portion EKEV – Devarim (Deuteronomy) 7:12-11:25 Haftarah: Isaiah 49:14-51:3 “When I and all that are with me blow the shofar, then you also blow the shofarot all around the camp, and say, ‘For Adonai and for Gideon!’”” Judges 7:18 …
Blood for Blood
Torah Portion VA’ETCHANAN – Devarim (Deuteronomy) 3:23-7:11 Haftarah: Isaiah 40:1-26 “You are not to pollute the land in which you are. Blood pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for land polluted by bloodshed except by the blood …
When Kings Sin
Torah Portion DEVARIM – Devarim (Deuteronomy) 1:1-3:22 Haftarah: Isaiah 1:1-27 “So Adonai sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning until the appointed time, so that 70,000 men of the people died from Dan to Beersheba.” 2 Samuel 24:15 TLV …
The GPS of Israel
Torah Portion MATTOT-MASSEI – Bamidbar (Numbers) 30:2-36:13 Haftarah: Isaiah 66:1-24 “From the sons of Issachar—men who know how to interpret the signs of the times to determine what Israel should do—200 chiefs with all their kinsmen under their command;” 1 …
Sweet Surrender
Torah Portion PINCHAS – Bamidbar (Numbers) 25:10-30:1 Haftarah: Jeremiah 1:1-2:3 “For who among men knows the things of a man, except the man’s spirit within him? In the same way, no one knows the things of God except the Ruach …
Do Not Fear; Fight and Believe
Torah Portion BALAK – Bamidbar (Numbers) 22:2-25:9 Haftarah: Micah 5:6-6:8 “because the hill country should be yours. Though it is a forest, you will clear it, and to its farthest borders it will be yours—for you will drive out the …
Wisdom for Evil Times
Torah portion CHUKAT – Bamidbar (Numbers) 19:1-22:1 Haftarah: Judges 11:1-33 Shabbat Shalom, dearly beloved, The other Shabbat, I received this word from Yah as a message for our Talmidim behind bars. But the more they afflicted them, the more they …
Stop the Blood Pollution
Torah portion KORACH – Bamidbar (Numbers) 16:1-18:32 Haftarah: 1 Samuel 11:14-12:22 “You are not to pollute the land in which you are. Blood pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for land polluted by bloodshed except by the …
Israel Must Win This War
Torah portion SHELACH – Bamidbar (Numbers) 13:1-15:41 Haftarah: Joshua 2:1-24 “But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, whoever you allow to remain will become to you barbs in your eyes and thorns …
The Murder that Changed Everything
A Watchman’s Warning Torah portion BEHA’ALOTCHA- Bamidbar (Numbers) 8:1-12:16 Haftarah: Zechariah 2:14-4:7 “Earth, do not cover my blood, and let my cry find no resting place!” Job 16:18 TLV Shabbat Shalom, dearly beloved, There is a point in time when …