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• What’s Driving You? June 6, 2023
  For the week of June 10, 2023 / 21 Sivan 5783 Beha’alotchaTorah: B’midbar/Numbers 8:1 – 12:16Haftarah: Zechariah 2:14 – 4:7 (English: 2:10 – 4:7)Originally posted the week of June 13, 2020 / 21 Sivan 5780 At the command of the LORD the people of Israel set out, and at the command of the LORD they […]
• Returning the Blessing May 30, 2023
  For the week of June 3, 2023 / 14 Sivan 5783 NassoTorah: B’midbar/Numbers 4:21 – 7:89Haftarah: Shoftim/Judges 13:2-25 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to Aaron and his sons, saying, Thus you shall bless the people of Israel: you shall say to them, the LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make his […]
• Yet I Will Rejoice May 23, 2023
  For the week of May 27, 2023 / 7 Sivan 5783 ShavuotTorah: D’varim/Deuteronomy 14:22 – 16:17Haftarah: Habakkuk 3:1-19 Yet I will rejoice in the LORD; I will take joy in the God of my salvation (Habakkuk 3:18) This coming Shabbat (English: Sabbath) coincides with the festival of Shavuot (English: Weeks/Pentecost). As far as I know, […]
• Owned by God May 15, 2023
  For the week of May 20, 2023 / 29 Iyar 5783 B’midbarTorah: B’midbar/Numbers 1:1 – 4:20Haftarah: 1 Shmuel/ 1 Samuel 20:18-42Originally posted the week of May 15, 2010 / 2 Sivan 5770Revised version from the book Torah Light: Insights from the Books of Moses Behold, I have taken the Levites from among the people of Israel […]
• Covenantal Foundations May 9, 2023
  For the week of May 13, 2023 / 22 Iyar 5783 Behar & BechukotaiTorah: Vayikra/ Leviticus 25:1 – 27:34Haftarah: Jeremiah 16:19 – 17:14Updated version of message posted the week of June 4, 2016 / 27 Iyar 5776 But if they confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their fathers in their treachery that they committed […]
• Cultural Appropriation May 2, 2023
  For the week of May 6, 2023 / 15 Iyar 5783 EmorTorah: Vayikra/Leviticus 21:1-24:23Haftarah: Ezekiel 44:15-31Originally posted the week of May 5, 2018 / 20 Iyar 5778 (updated) Thus Moses declared to the people of Israel the appointed feasts of the LORD. (Vayikra/Leviticus 23:44) According to Wikipedia, “Cultural appropriation is the inappropriate or unacknowledged adoption […]
• Acknowledging Israel April 24, 2023
  For the week of April 29, 2023 / 8 Iyar 5783 Achrei Mot & KedoshimTorah: Vayikra/Leviticus 16:1 – 20:27Haftarah: Amos 9:7-15 I will restore the fortunes of my people Israel, and they shall rebuild the ruined cities and inhabit them; they shall plant vineyards and drink their wine, and they shall make gardens and eat […]
• When Nonsense Will Be No More April 19, 2023
  For the week of April 22, 2023 / 1 Iyar 5783 Tazria & MetzoraTorah: Vayikra/Leviticus 12:1 – 15:33; B’midbar/Numbers 28:9-15Haftarah: Isaiah 66:1-24 For as the new heavens and the new earth that I make shall remain before me, says the LORD, so shall your offspring and your name remain. (Isaiah 66:22) This week’s Haftarah (reading […]
• Food Matters April 11, 2023
  For the week of April 15, 2023 / 24 Nissan 5783 SheminiTorah: Vayikra/Leviticus 9:1 – 11:47Haftarah: 2 Samuel 6:1 – 7:17Originally posted the week of April 22, 2017 / 26 Nissan 5777 Speak to the people of Israel, saying, These are the living things that you may eat among all the animals that are on […]
• Generation to Generation April 3, 2023
  PesachFor the week of April 8, 2023 / 17 Nisan 5783Torah: Shemot/Exodus 13:1-16; B’midbar/Numbers 28:19-25Haftarah: Ezekiel 36:37-37:14Originally posted the week of April 11, 2020 / 17 Nisan 5780 (revised) Download Audio [Right click link to download] You shall tell your son on that day: It is because of what the LORD did for me when I […]