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I KINGS 18:46-19:21 In this study, we see a second example of “zeal” for Adonai. Israel was again, bowing down and worshipping Baal, and Eliyahu really had enough and decided to do something about it. He initiated a contest between YHVH and Baal. Whoever answers the prayers and...

PARASHA: “Pinchas” NUMBERS 25:10-29:40 This Torah portion starts with somewhat of a surprise, a promotion in rank for an execution committed, and rather suddenly. Pinchas, the grandson of Aaron was a Levite, and during the time of the “weakness and falling away of the men of Israel, He...

PARASHA: “Pinchas” NUMBERS 25:10-29:40 Good question, If your "zeal" is like the zeal of Pinchas, you might be in prison today! but in those days, it showed "valor" through "action" and "don't mess with the holiness of our camp!" This Torah portion starts with somewhat of a surprise, a...

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY (4th of July) TO ALL: (Yes, this also has to do with the Bible) I'd like to wish all a Happy 4th of July, Independence Day celebration. As we all know, the United States of America was not always called that. Before 1776, they were 13 colonies that were under...

A midrash over Ephesians 3: 17-18: "Also, I pray that you will be rooted and founded in love, so that you, with all God's people, will be given strength to grasp the breadth, length, height, and depth of the Messiah's love." Rav Shaul (Paul) is writing this to the churches at...

JUDGES 11:1-33 This lesson is about “Yephtah” who was bullied and mistreated by his brothers and was excluded from his father’s inheritance, he ran away and got together with a gang of thugs and became like the “Jessie James gang” However when the trouble started back home, who did the...

PARASHA: “Chukat” (ordinance of) Numbers 19:1-22:1 There are several themes in this Torah study. Number one is the “Red Heifer” This was for members of ‘B’nei Israel” that came into contact with the dead. We need to be reasonable since death was a common experience with Israel as...

1 SAMUEL 11:14-12:22 We see in this study, that the same thing happens. In the previous story, Korah rejects or questions Moshe’s authority, here, in Samuel, the people want a human king over them. Even though the Prophet pleads with the people, Adonai speaks up and tells Samuel, “They...

PARASHA: “Korach” (Korah) NUMBERS 16:1-18:32 This study is about a Levite named “Korach” and a few of his friends; Dathan and Abiram, and they got together with 250 other guys and “Rose up in the face of Moshe”. Now, this for sure is NOT a friendly gathering, they did not come to...

JOSHUA 2:1-24 This is the other “Spy Story”, involving “two” spies. I remember from back in the 1960s watching “Man from U.N.C.L.E” on TV, involving two spies. Yehoshua sends them out to spy out “Jericho” They arrive at the house of “Rahab” a prostitute, she hides them and expresses...

PARASHAH: “Shelach’l’ha” (send for yourself) NUMBERS 13:1-15:41. Are you trusting in a positive or negative reality? Canaan was a good land, but a land with pagan peoples and giants. God had shown his strength and might to deliver his people from Egyptian slavery. Would He fail his people...

ZECH 2:10-4:7 The prophet Zekaryah speaks saying: “And many goyim shall be joined to YHVH in that day, and they shall become MY PEOPLE” (vs 11) But wait a minute, isn’t Israel the people of YHVH? Yes, they will NEVER cease to be, but also, the Gentiles will be “joined with” the YisraEL...

PARASHAH: “B’ha’alocha” (in your setting up) NUMBERS: 8:1-12:16 We see in this parashah study, various themes. The first being of “putting up the lamps” or one could say; “going up to light the lamps”. This speaks of the golden Menorah, which was inside the Mishkan. As we know it...

PARASHA: “Nasso” (Elevate) NUMBERS 4:21-7:89 God has us all counted, and is counting on us to take part in ministry. As the Levites served, so we as believers serve using our spiritual gifts. Don't let HIM down! We will see various themes in this Parashah study. In Chapter 4, the...

SHAVUOT/PENTECOST What’s it all about? This is the time of year when this “Moed” (appointed time) is celebrated. There are three times when all Israelites were commanded to go up to Yerushalayim to celebrate God’s appointed times, Passover, The Feast of Tabernacles, and the Feast of Weeks...

NUMBERS 1:1-4:20…HOSEAS 2:1-22…LUKE 11:1-12:59 "B'Midbar" (in the wilderness, desert) We start the new Torah Sefer called “Numbers” in English because it talks about “numbering” the tribes of Israel. In the Greek Septuagint we get the Greek word "Arithmoi" from whence we get...

JEREMIAH 32:6-27; 16:19-17:14 The prophet, before his people went into exile in Babylon, buys a piece of property, Why? Because Adonai has promised him that he will buy and sell again, build houses, and plant vineyards, AFTER a period of 10 periods of 7 years each. Israel did not...

Parasha: “B’Har” (on the Mountain) LEVITICUS 25:1-26:2 “Give it a rest! Will ya?” I am sure you have heard that expression before, or “Give it a rest already!” People tend to say that when one continues in some theme or argues over a point that is not really worth it, HOWEVER, this is what...

EZEKIEL 44:15-31 In this prophetic book, the Prophet sees into the future, the future priests of the third temple, (to be built in the near future) the descendants of “Zadok” will be the priests in the millennium, the same high standards are for these priests as well. It also states the...

PARASHAH: “Emor” (Say) LEVITICUS 21:1-24:23 In this parashah study we see more details on the sanctity, Holiness, and comportment of priests. When we read in chapter 21, we read that YHVH is very particular and pays much attention to the physical. We might think that God only looks...