Parashat Shemini, Let us Sanctify the Name of the Lord in our Lives!
In this week's portion from Parashat Shemini (Vayikra / Leviticus 9:1-11:47) we read on the eighth day Moshe called Aharon and his sons and told them to take a bull for a Chatat Korban (Sin offering) and a ram for a Olah Korba...
Parashat Vayechi, The Lion of the Tribe of Judah.
This week's reading from Parashat Vayechi (Bereshit / Genesis 47:28-50:26) contains the final chapters of the book of Genesis. The opening verses tell us that Yaakov (Yisrael) lived in the land of Mitzrayim (Egypt) seventeen year...
Foreign gods and Theological Beliefs, פרשת וישלח, Parashat Vayishlach, Bits of Torah Truths
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The concept of foreign gods runs deep within the Torah in relation to the Shema (Devarim / Deuteronomy 6:4 שְׁמַע יִשְֹרָאֵל יְהוָֹה אֱלֹהֵינוּ יְהוָֹה | אֶחָד:); Here O Israel, the Lord God, He is One. In this week's reading the Lord God tells Jacob to pick up camp and move to Bethel, to live there and to...
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The Miracle of the Red Heifer, פרשת חקת, Parashat Chukat, Bits of Torah Truths – Digging Deeper
In this week’s Torah Portion, Parashat Chukat, there is a lot that is going on. The reading for this week opens with the command regarding the Red Heifer and purification from impurity (19:1-22), the death of Miriam (20:1-6), the Waters of Meribah (20:8-22), the death of Aaron (20:23-29), Arad Conquered (21:1-6), the Bronze Serpent (21:6-20), conquering Sihon king of...
Parashat Korach, Do I have a Rebellious spirit before God?
In this week’s Portion, from Parashat Korach in
Bamidbar / Numbers 16:1-17:15, Korach, Datan, and Aviram rose up and
assembled themselves against Moshe and against Aharon and questioned whether their role
as priests was reall...
Is there such a thing as a little Hatred? פרשת וישב, Parashat Vayeshev, Bits of Torah Truths
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In this week’s reading we see at the opening of the Torah portion the following, Bereshit / Genesis 37:3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons, because he was the son of his old age; and he made him a varicolored tunic. 37:4 His brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his...
A Testimony of Faith in the Life of Isaac, פרשת תולדות, Parashat Toldot, Bits of Torah Truths – Digging Deeper
In this week’s Torah Portion, we read about a famine in the Land and Isaac and all that he owned moved down to Gerar near to the king of the Philistines, Bereshit / Genesis 26:1, וַיְהִ֤י רָעָב֙ בָּאָ֔רֶץ מִלְּבַד֙ הָרָעָ֣ב הָרִאשׁ֔וֹן אֲשֶׁ֥ר הָיָ֖ה בִּימֵ֣י אַבְרָהָ֑ם וַיֵּ֧לֶךְ יִצְחָ֛ק אֶל־אֲבִימֶּ֥לֶךְ מֶֽלֶךְ־פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים גְּרָֽרָה׃ “There was a famine in the land—aside from the...
Parashat Bereshit, Understanding Yeshua as the Memra (Word) of the Living God.
This week’s reading, Parashat Bereshit, covers Bereshit / Genesis 2:4-4:26 according to the Triennial reading cycle. Studying this section of verses, we read that the Lord God forms man from the dust of the earth and ...
Faithfulness is Dynamic and Forceful, Parashat Bereshit, פרשת בראשית, Bits of Torah Truths
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The Torah begins with the power of God in creating the world simply by the spoken word, Bereshit / Genesis 1:3 Then God said, ‘Let there be light’; and there was light. (NASB, ג וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים יְהִי-אוֹר וַיְהִי-אוֹר:) The first of God’s creation was not the sun, moon, and stars. The first of His creation, according to...
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Generational Sin, יום כפור, Yom Kippur, Bits of Torah Truths
Following the death of Nadav and Avihu we see instructions on the ritual for Yom Kippur according to Vayikra / Leviticus 16. In the festival of Yom Kippur, we find a very Torah centric principle concerning the confession of sin, atonement, and forgiveness from God! These narratives establish the concept of the God of Israel as a God of...
Parasaht Beshalach, Searching for God’s Wisdom
In this week’s reading, Shemot / Exodus 13:17-15:26,
Pharaoh’s army follows the Children of Yisrael into the wilderness to overtake them and bring
them back to Mitzrayim (Egypt). The people feared and blamed Moshe ...
Sacrifice and the Cross in the Torah, פרשת כי תצא, Parashat Ki Tetze, Bits of Torah Truths
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In this week’s Torah portion, Parashat Ki Tetze, we read about capital offences, and one of which whose penalty is to be hung upon a tree according to Devarim / Deuteronomy 21:22-23, כב וְכִי-יִהְיֶה בְאִישׁ חֵטְא מִשְׁפַּט-מָוֶת וְהוּמָת וְתָלִיתָ אֹתוֹ עַל-עֵץ: כג לֹא-תָלִין נִבְלָתוֹ עַל-הָעֵץ כִּי-קָבוֹר תִּקְבְּרֶנּוּ בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא כִּי-קִלְלַת אֱלֹהִים תָּלוּי וְלֹא תְטַמֵּא אֶת-אַדְמָתְךָ אֲשֶׁר יְהוָֹה...
New Weapons Against Cancer: Millions of Bacteria Programmed to Kill – A Spiritual Insight
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I read a recent news article that stated “Scientists have used a genetically reprogrammed bacteria to destroy tumors in mice.” The idea is to use a reprogrammed bacteria as a cancer therapy that is capable of treating the disease more precisely with the hopes of eliminating the side effects of conventional therapies. The up-side is this is...
Sacrifice and Eternal Life, פרשת תצוה, Parashat Tetzaveh, Bits of Torah Truths
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In Shemot / Exodus 25:8 we read the Lord God saying, "Let them make for me a sanctuary that I may dwell in their midst" (ח וְעָשֹוּ לִי מִקְדָּשׁ וְשָׁכַנְתִּי בְּתוֹכָם). The Hebrew word for "sanctuary" is mikdash (מקְדָּשׁ), which is derived from the root word kadash (קָדַשׁ) meaning "to be set apart as sacred." A mikdash...
Parashat Ekev, The Word of God and the true Bread from heaven
This week’s reading (Devarim / Deuteronomy 7:12-9:3) Moshe saysוְהָיָה | עֵקֶב תִּשְׁמְעוּן אֵת הַמִּשְׁפָּטִים הָאֵלֶּה וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם וַעֲשִֹיתֶם אֹת
Parashat Toldot: Birthright, knowledge, and grace.
Bereshit / Genesis 25:29 When Jacob had cooked stew, Esau came in from the field and he
was famished; 25:30 and Esau said to Jacob, ‘Please let me have a swallow of that red stuff there, for I am famished.’
Therefore his...
Parashat Ki Tavo, Is your use of the name of Yeshua a form of witchcraft?
In this week’s reading from Parashat “Ki Tavo” (Devarim / Deuteronomy 26:1-29:8) “when you come,” is taken from the opening verse of the text, Moshe warns the people saying וְהָיָה כִּי-תָב
Obedience is Related to both the Torah and the New Covenant, מטות ומסעי פרשיות, Parshiyot Mattot and Massei, Bits of Torah Truths
Parashat Mattot begins with a retelling of the journey made from Egypt to the boarder of the promised Land, this descriptions begins in Bamidbar / Numbers 33:1, א אֵלֶּה מַסְעֵי בְנֵי-יִשְֹרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר יָצְאוּ מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם לְצִבְאֹתָם בְּיַד-מֹשֶׁה וְאַהֲרֹן: 33:1 These are the journeys of the sons of Israel, by which they came out from the land of Egypt by...
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Studying the Commandments is considered as having Fulfilled Them, פרשת ובחקתי, Parashat Bechukotai
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This week’s Torah portion opens with Vayikra / Leviticus 26:3-5 saying, ג אִם-בְּחֻקֹּתַי תֵּלֵכוּ וְאֶת-מִצְוֹתַי תִּשְׁמְרוּ וַעֲשִֹיתֶם אֹתָם: ד וְנָתַתִּי גִשְׁמֵיכֶם בְּעִתָּם וְנָתְנָה הָאָרֶץ יְבוּלָהּ וְעֵץ הַשָּׂדֶה יִתֵּן פִּרְיוֹ: ה וְהִשִּׂיג לָכֶם דַּיִשׁ אֶת-בָּצִיר וּבָצִיר יַשִּׂיג אֶת-זָרַע וַאֲכַלְתֶּם לַחְמְכֶם לָשֹֹבַע וִישַׁבְתֶּם לָבֶטַח בְּאַרְצְכֶם: 26:3 ‘If you walk in My statutes and keep My commandments so as to...
The greatness of God is Coupled to His Attribute of Goodness, פרשת שלח לך, Parashat Shelach Lecha, Bits of Torah Truths
In This week’s Torah Portion, Moshe sends a delegation into the Promised Land to spy out the land of Canaan in order to see the kind of people and the kind of land they will encounter. Following the spies return examining the land for 40 days, the men gave a bad report which demonstrated their lack of faith in...
The Real Messiah is Hidden, Parashat Miketz, פרשת מקץ, Bits of Torah Truths
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The narrative in the Torah describes how the dreams of Pharaoh came to pass. There were seven years of great abundance, and then there was seven years of great famine. It was a few years into the famine that Jacob sent his sons to Egypt to buy grain because of the severity of the famine and their...
Have You Ever Been Told Judaism doesn’t Believe in Hell?, פרשת קרח, Parashat Korach, Bits of Torah Truths
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Parashat Korach provides us with a story of a power struggle between Moshe, Aaron, and Korach, Datan, Aviram, and Reuben. Moshe had heard Korach and these men were upset, claiming that Moshe and Aaron had made themselves to be kings due to their overseeing the services in the Tabernacle. As a result, Moshe calls them to come...
Parashat Balak, Are you persistently walking in your own way?
In this week’s study from Parashat Balak (Bamidbar / Numbers 22:2-38) Balak king of Moab saw what the children of Yisrael had done to the Amorites and both he and the people of Moab were afraid being very anxious about Yisrael’s ...
Can My Sin Effect Others? Parashat Toldot, פרשת תולדות, Bits of Torah Truths
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This is a touchy subject, asking the question of whether the sins of the husband may affect the health of one’s spouse or children? I have in the past seen families suffer from cancer for example, where an entire church is praying for a wife, and healing doesn’t come. The question is always asked “why” and nobody...
