Bits of Torah Truths, Parshiot Mattot and Massei, Do we need...

This weeks reading is a double portion, Parshiot Mattot and Massei (Bamidbar / Numbers 30:2-36:13). In Parashat Mattot, the Lord commands the men of...

Tehillim / Psalms 71, Part 1, We have a lot to...

In this week’s study from Tehillim / Psalms 71:1-24, the psalm opens saying, א   בְּךָ-יְהֹוָה חָסִיתִי אַל-אֵבוֹשָׁה לְעוֹלָם: ב   בְּצִדְקָתְךָ תַּצִּילֵנִי וּתְפַלְּטֵנִי הַטֵּה-אֵלַי אָזְנְךָ...

Bits of Torah Truths, Parashat Pinchas, Sitting, Watching, and Doing Nothing

In this weeks reading from Parashat Pinchas (Bamidbar / Numbers 25:10-30:1) the Lord speaks to Moshe saying that Pinchas, the son of Eleazar, has...

Tehillim / Psalms 70, Part 2, Those who seek instruction from...

In this week’s study from Tehillim / Psalms 70:1-6, the psalm opens saying, א לַמְנַצֵּחַ לְדָוִד לְהַזְכִּיר: For the choir director. A Psalm...

Bits of Torah Truths, Parashat Balak, The Sin of going through...

In this weeks reading from Parashat Balak (Bamidbar / Numbers 22:2-25:9) Balak king of Moab saw what the children of Israel had done to...

Tehillim / Psalms 70, Part 1, Those who seek instruction from...

In this week’s study from Tehillim / Psalms 70:1-6, the psalm opens saying, א לַמְנַצֵּחַ לְדָוִד לְהַזְכִּיר: For the choir director. A Psalm of...

Bits of Torah Truths, Parashat Chukat, The One who was lifted...

In this weeks reading from Parsahat Chukat (Bamidbar / Numbers 19:1-22:1) the Lord speaks to Moshe about the “red heifer” regarding ritual purity.  The...

Tehillim / Psalms 69, Part 2, The Prophetic Word

In this week’s study from Tehillim / Psalms 69:1-36, the psalm opens א לַמְנַצֵּחַ עַל-שׁוֹשַׁנִּים לְדָוִד: For the choir director; according to...

Bits of Torah Truths, Parashat Korach, A different opinion and thus...

This weeks reading from Parsahat Korach (Bamidbar / Numbers 16:1-18:32) describes Korach, Datan, and Aviram rising up and assembled themselves against Moshe and Aaron...

Tehillim / Psalms 69, Part 1, The Prophetic Word

In this week’s study from Tehillim / Psalms 69:1-36, the psalm opens א  לַמְנַצֵּחַ עַל-שׁוֹשַׁנִּים לְדָוִד:  For the choir director; according to shoshannim. A...

Bits of Torah Truths, Parashat Shelach Lecha, Am I allowed to...

This weeks reading is from Parsahat Shelach Lecha (Bamidbar / Numbers 13:1-15:41) the Lord commands Moshe to send men to spy out the land...

Tehillim / Psalms 68, Part 2, The Nations will come to...

In this week’s study from Tehillim / Psalms 68:1-35, the psalm opens saying, For the director of music. Of David. A psalm. A...

Bits of Torah Truths, Parashat Beha’alotcha, At the Command of the...

In this week’s reading is from Parsahat Behaalotcha (Bamidbar / Numbers 8:1-12:15) there is a continuation from the previous Torah portion on the construction...

Tehillim / Psalms 68, Part 1, The Nations will come to...

In this week’s study from Tehillim / Psalms 68:1-35, the psalm opens saying, For the director of music. Of David. A psalm. A song....

Bits of Torah Truths, Parashat Nasso, To bring a Korbanah

This weeks reading is from Parsahat Nasso (Bamidbar / Numbers 4:21-7:89). the Lord speaks to Moshe telling him to number the Levites (the sons...

Tehillim / Psalms 67, Part 2, The Ger Toshav and the...

In this week’s study from Tehillim / Psalms 67:1-7, the psalm opens saying, א לַמְנַצֵּח בִּנְגִינֹת מִזְמוֹר שִׁיר: For the director of...

Bits of Torah Truths, Parashat Bamidbar, Is there a New Priesthood?

This weeks reading is from Parsahat Bamidbar (Bamidbar / Numbers 1:1-4:20). The Torah reading this week tells us the Lord God spoke to Moshe...

Tehillim / Psalms 67, Part 1, The Ger Toshav and the...

  In this week’s study from Tehillim / Psalms 67:1-7, the psalm opens saying, א   לַמְנַצֵּח בִּנְגִינֹת מִזְמוֹר שִׁיר:  For the director of music. With...

Bits of Torah Truths, Parshiot Behar and Bekhukotai, The Goel of...

This weeks reading is a double portion taken from Parshiot Behar and Bekhukotai (Vayikra / Leviticus 25:1-27:34).  In this week’s reading we find the...

Tehillim / Psalms 66, Part 2, Trials, Sickness, and Suffering

In this week’s study from Tehillim / Psalms 66:1-20, the psalm opens saying א לַמְנַצֵּחַ שִׁיר מִזְמוֹר הָרִיעוּ לֵאלֹהִים כָּל-הָאָרֶץ: For the...