Bits of Torah Truths, Parashat Bereshit, A Miracle of Midrashic Proportions

It may be said that this week’s reading for Parashat Bereshit (Shemot / Genesis 1:1-6:8) is the most important Parashah from all of the...

Tehillim / Psalms 51, Part 2, The Sacrifice of Righteousness and...

This week’s study is from Tehillim / Psalms 51:1-19, David opens the Psalm saying א לַמְנַצֵּחַ מִזְמוֹר לְדָוִד: A psalm of David. David...

Bits of Torah Truths, Chag Succot, The Expectation of Something Great

This week’s reading for Chol HaMo’ed Sukkot (Shemot / Exodus 33:12-34:26), is taken from the end of Parashat Ki Tisa.  In this section of...

Tehillim / Psalms 51, Part 1, The Sacrifice of Righteousness and...

This week’s study is from Tehillim / Psalms 51:1-19, David opens the Psalm saying א  לַמְנַצֵּחַ מִזְמוֹר לְדָוִד: A psalm of David.  David asks...

Bits of Torah Truths, Yom Kippur, National Atonement for an Individual...

This week’s reading for Yom Kippur (Vayikra / Leviticus 16), is taken from Parashat Acharei Mot.  In this section of the Torah we learn...

One Torah for All – Are Christians Obligated to Obey the...

The works of the Torah were never meant to be used as a means to earn one’s way into heaven.  Sadly to say many...

Tehillim / Psalms 50, Part 2, Why does the Lord keep...

This week’s study is from Tehillim / Psalms 50:1-23, David opens the Psalm saying מִזְמוֹר לְאָסָף A Psalm of Asaph. He continues saying...

Bits of Torah Truths, Parashat Haazinu, The Joy of Torah

In this week’s reading from Parashat Haazinu (Devarim / Deuteronomy 32:1-32:52), Moshe calls upon heaven and earth to testify against the people of Israel. ...

Tehillim / Psalms 50, Part 1, Why does the Lord keep...

This week’s study is from Tehillim / Psalms 50:1-23, David opens the Psalm saying מִזְמוֹר לְאָסָף A Psalm of Asaph.  He continues saying אֵל...

Bits of Torah Truths, Parshiot Nitzavim and Vayelech, Trust, Believe, and...

In this week’s reading from Parshiot Nitzavim and Vayelech (Devarim / Deuteronomy 29:9-31:30), Moshe writes that at a future time Israel will sin and...

Tehillim / Psalms 49, Part 2, God will redeem my soul...

This week’s study is from Tehillim / Psalms 49:1-20, David opens the Psalm saying א לַמְנַצֵּחַ | לִבְנֵי-קֹרַח מִזְמוֹר: For the choir director....

Insights from the Dead Sea Scrolls – The Torah and the...

I recently obtained an English translation of The Dead Sea Scrolls from HarperCollins Publishers, 2005, and I found an interesting paragraph in the Damascus...

Bits of Torah Truths, Parsahat Ki Tavo, The way God reveals...

In this weeks reading from Parsahat Ki Tavo (Devarim / Deuteronomy 26:1-29:8), Moshe tells us that the Lord has brought His people out of...

Tehillim / Psalms 49, Part 1, God will redeem my soul...

This week’s study is from Tehillim / Psalms 49:1-20, David opens the Psalm saying א   לַמְנַצֵּחַ | לִבְנֵי-קֹרַח מִזְמוֹר: For the choir director. A...

Bits of Torah Truths, Parashat Ki Tetze, The Torah command to...

In this weeks reading from Parsahat Ki Tetze (Devarim / Deuteronomy 21:10-25:19), Moshe lists 21 Mitzvot spanning a number of topics when the people...

Tehillim / Psalms 48, Part 2, Connecting to the Land and...

This week’s study is from Tehillim / Psalms 48:1-14, David opens the Psalm saying, א שִׁיר מִזְמוֹר לִבְנֵי-קֹרַח: A Song; a Psalm...

Bits of Torah Truths, Parashat Shoftim, Utter Destruction from among God’s...

  In this weeks reading from Parsahat Shoftim (Devarim / Deuteronomy 16:18-21:9), Moshe writes on the establishment of offices of administration, judges, and officers and...

Tehillim / Psalms 48, Part 1, Connecting to the Land and...

This week’s study is from Tehillim / Psalms 48:1-14, David opens the Psalm saying, א   שִׁיר מִזְמוֹר לִבְנֵי-קֹרַח:  A Song; a Psalm of the...

Bits of Torah Truths, Parashat Re’eh, Why does Scripture always Draw...

In this weeks reading from Parsahat Re’eh (Devarim / Deuteronomy 11:26-16:17), Moshe says רְאֵה אָנֹכִי נֹתֵן לִפְנֵיכֶם הַיּוֹם בְּרָכָה וּקְלָלָה: meaning “See, I am...

Tehillim / Psalms 47, Part 2, Living as the Shields of...

This week’s study is from Tehillim / Psalms 47:1-9, David opens the Psalm saying, א לַמְנַצֵּחַ | לִבְנֵי-קֹרַח מִזְמוֹר: For the director of music....