Parashat Nitzavim – Vayelech, The Word of the Lord will go...
This week’s reading is a double portion including both Parashat Nitzavim and Vayelech (Devarim / Deuteronomy 29:9-31:30) Moshe writes that when the people come to...
Parashat Ki Tavo, A Problem of Doctrine: Jesus or Yeshua?
In this week’s reading from Parashat “Ki Tavo” (Devarim / Deuteronomy 26:1-29:8) “when you come,” taken from the opening verse of the text, Moshe warns the people saying וְהָיָה כִּי-תָבוֹ
Parashat Ki Tetze, Weights, Measures, and Salvation
In this week’s reading from Parashat Ki Tetze (Devarim / Deuteronomy 21:10-25:19) Moshe lists 21 Mitzvot fontning a number of topics when the people enter into the Promised Land: (i) Laws relating to prisoner of war (21:10-15), (...
Parashat Shoftim, A Prophet like Moshe a Messiah Figure
In this week’s reading from Parashat Shoftim (Devarim / Deuteronomy 16:18-21:9) Moshe writes on the establishment of offices of administration, judges, and officers and the necessity for justice saying כ צֶדֶק
Parashat Re’eh, Hearing His Voice and being Devoted to Him
In this week’s reading from Parashat Re’eh (Devarim / Deuteronomy 11-26-12:28) Moshe says רְאֵה אָנֹכִי נֹתֵן לִפְנֵיכֶם הַיּוֹם בְּרָכָה וּקְלָלָה: meaning “See, I a...
Parashat Ekev, How precious is the Word of God the true...
This week’s reading (Devarim / Deuteronomy 7:12-9:3) Moshe saysוְהָיָה | עֵקֶב תִּשְׁמְעוּן אֵת הַמִּשְׁפָּטִים הָאֵלֶּה וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם וַעֲשִֹיתֶם אֹתָ...
Parashat Va’etchanan, A way of life for a people already redeemed!
This week’s reading from sefer Devarim (Devarim / Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11) Parashat Va’etchanan, Moshe is recapitulating (summarizing and restating) the main points during Yisrael’s journey from Mitzrayim to their prese...
Parashat Devarim, Do you know Yeshua based upon the “Scroll of...
In this week’s reading from Parashat Devarim (Devarim / Deuteronomy 1:1-3:22) Moshe retells the history of what has happened to Yisrael that led the people to remain in the wilderness. The name of the fifth book of Devarim ...
Parasaht Massei, Eretz Yisrael, Our Bodies, and Sin
In this week’s reading from Parashat Massei (Bamidbar / Numbers 33:1-36:13), the final chapters of sefer Bamidbar, Moshe is instructing the people on how the land of Canaan is to be divided amongst the people and the priests.&nbs...
Thinking Hebraically (לחשוב בדרך של העברית)
You might have heard it said that we need to think hebraically or we need to have a Hebrew mind rather than a having Greek mind (Western mind). But what does it really mean to think hebraically and why is it important? In this short researc...
Parashat Matot, Get rid of that which causes you to sin!
This week’s reading from Parashat Matot (Bamidbar / Numbers 30:2-31:54) the Lord commands the men of Yisrael sayingנְקֹם נִקְמַת בְּנֵי יִשְֹרָאֵל מֵאֵת הַמִּדְיָנִים to assemble to m...
Does Elohim mean many?
The question occasionally comes up "Does Elohim refer to more than one in the Hebrew Bible?" The root of the question comes from sefer Bereshit / Genesis 1:26 which says Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to ...
Parashat Pinchas, Our Tent, Our Bodies, and Sexual Sin.
In this week’s reading from Parashat Pinchas (Bamidbar / Numbers 25:10-26:51) the Lord speaks to Moshe saying that Pinchas, the son of Eleazar, has turned away His wrath from the sons of Yisrael because he was zealous for the Lor...
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 ...
Parashat Chukat, "Am I Believing by Faith or Striking the Rock...
This week’s reading from the triennial cycle
Bamidbar / Numbers 19:1-20:21, can be divided into two sections (i) the
person coming into contact with a dead body is unclean and disqualified from the religious
service for a per...
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...
1 John 1:1-10, So what are we supposed to do?
In the Apostle John’s first epistle, he begins writing giving an account in a similar manner as described in John chapter 1, the Word of God being the light of men. The message begins with an eyewitness testimony about the life an...
Parashat Shelach Lecha, Today, do you acknowledge the truth or serve...
In this week’s Parashah, Parashat Shelach Lecha from
Bamidbar / Numbers 13:1-14:7, Moshe vayishlakh otam moshe
latur et-erets kenaan sending the men to spy out the land of Canaan. Moshe asked the
men to examine the land...
Paul’s Warning in Romans 12:1-2
In the Apostle Paul’s letter to the Romans, he is pleading with members of the body of Christ onthe importance of our bodies being the dwelling place of the Ruach HaKodesh (the Holy Spirit).In the Textus Receptus, Paul says “parak...
Parashat Beha’alotcha, Are you walking in God’s ways?
This week’s Parashah, Parashat Beha’alotcha, Bamidbar / Numbers 8:1-9:14
God commands Moshe to cleanse the Cohanim (Priests) for service in the Mishkhan (Tabernacle) in 8:6
. Sprinkling purifying water, shaving thei...
