TorahBytes

• Imagine That September 28, 2023
  For the week of September 30, 2023 / 15 Tishri 5784 SukkotTorah: Vayikra/Leviticus 22:26 – 23:24; B’midbar/Numbers 29:12-16Haftarah: Zechariah 14:1-21 On that day his feet shall stand on the Mount of Olives that lies before Jerusalem on the east, and the Mount of Olives shall be split in two from east to west by a […]
• Justice Is Alive September 21, 2023
  For the week of September 23, 2023 / 8 Tishri 5784 Ha’azinu/ShuvaTorah: D’varim/Deuteronomy 32:1-52Haftarah: Hosea 14:2-10 (English: 14:1-9); Micah 7:18-20, Joel 2:15-17Originally posted the week of September 26, 2015 / 13 Tishri 5776 For I will proclaim the name of the LORD; ascribe greatness to our God! The Rock, his work is perfect, for all […]
• World of Promises September 14, 2023
  For the week of September16, 2023 / 1 Tishri 5784 Rosh HashanahTorah: Bereshit/Genesis 21:1-34; B’midbar/Numbers 29:1-6Haftarah: 1 Shmuel/Samuel 1:1 – 2:10 The LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did to Sarah as he had promised. And Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age at the time of […]
• When Blessings Become Idols June 27, 2023
  For the week of July 1, 2023 / 12 Tammuz 5783 Hukat-BalakTorah: B’midbar/Numbers 19:1 – 25:9Haftarah: Micah 5:6 – 6:8Originally posted the week of July 13, 2019 / 10 Tammuz 5779 So Moses made a bronze serpent and set it on a pole. And if a serpent bit anyone, he would look at the bronze […]
• Leadership Is Not Privilege June 20, 2023
  For the week of June 24, 2023 / 5 Tammuz 5783KorahTorah: B’midbar/Numbers 16:1 – 18:32Prophets: 1 Shmuel/1 Samuel 11:14-12:22 So the LORD said to Aaron, “You and your sons and your father’s house with you shall bear iniquity connected with the sanctuary, and you and your sons with you shall bear iniquity connected with your […]
• Sacrifice of a Different Kind June 13, 2023
  For the week of June 17, 2023/ 28 Sivan 5783 Sh’lachTorah: B’midbar/Numbers 13:1 – 15:41Haftarah: Joshua 2:1-24Revised version of “The Ultimate Sacrifice,” originally posted the week of March 17, 2018 / 1 Nisan 5778 But the person who does anything with a high hand, whether he is native or a sojourner, reviles the LORD, and […]
• 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 […]