Why does the Torah wait until the drowning of the Egyptian army to announce that Israel was saved? Why not make this announcement at the moment of the Passover? We tackle this question in this year’s Beshalach teaching. Other topics include insights from Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks regarding three Torah illustrations of maturing in God, […]

What does God mean when He says the patriarchs did not know Him by His personal name? This question is our first topic in this year's teaching on Va'eira.  Other topics include the Four Cups of the Passover seder, causes of spiritual deafness, frustration as an indicator of Pharaoh in our lives, and the "organized disaster" of the 10 plagues.

"Shemot" means "names," and we look at the Hebrew for several names in this week's teaching. Before we do so, we ask the question, "Why did Israel have to go down to Egypt?" Other topics include four uses of the phrase "on the stones" and the "deep" subject of four men who meet four women at four wells.

In this year's parsha Vayechi teaching, we dig into a couple of peculiarities of the text, including a verse regarding the death of Rachel and a description of Joseph from Jacob's blessing of his twelve sons. Particularly with this second verse, we see both the difficulties of translating from the Hebrew, and we see the light of Messiah shining through the spiritual Word.

Join us for a brief look into the little-known fast day of the 10th of Tevet. Our exploration includes a fascinating suggestion from the Talmud regarding six blessings for fast days.

In session 2 of "How to Study the Bible," we explore the wonderful key of the "menorah pattern."

Join us for the first in a series about how to study the Bible. In session 1, we focus on the four PaRDeS levels of exploring the text.

In digging into dramatic parsha Vayigash, we ponder Joseph's odd treatment of his brothers, secrets in the names "Judah" and "David," fascinating quotes from rabbis about the Messiah, and the symbolism of Benjamin.

Beginning with Joseph's two dreams about his future rise to authority, we focus this week's teachings on important ways Joseph pictures Yeshua the Messiah. Topics along the way include the birth of the second set of twins in the Torah and four important goats in Scripture, three from these latter chapters of Genesis.

We start out Vayishlach by "putting our glasses back on," re-centering through a powerful passage in Isaiah. From that place of reset, we examine Jacob's wrestlings with Esau and with God.