This week our parasha is Vayeitzei, which translates to “And He Went Out”, and covers Genesis 28:10-32:3.  We continue with the journey of Jacob, who has gone out from his home to the house of Laban.  This parasha contains a very formative and trouble filled part of Jacob’s life, but Jacob is not alone in […]

The name of this week’s Parasha is Toldot, which means “generations” and covers Genesis 25:19-28:9.  Isaac’s family is listed in Genesis 25 with Abraham as Isaac’s father and Rebecca as Isaac’s wife.  Isaac prayed to Adonai for Rebecca to bear children and his request was granted.  During Rebecca’s pregnancy, the children were struggling inside of […]

This week’s Torah portion is titled Chayyei Sarah, (the Life of Sarah) and takes us through Genesis chapters 23 to 25:18. Chayyei Sarah starts by informing its readers about the death of Sarah at the age 127. Her death took place in Hebron in the land of Canaan; roughly 20 miles south of Jerusalem. Interestingly […]

This week’s Parasha is entitled, Vayera, meaning “And He Appeared.” It covers Genesis Chapters 18 to 22. In addition to the Lord informing Abraham of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, this Parasha also contains the promise of a child to the great Patriarch and his barren wife, Sarah; and God’s great test of faith, the […]

Our Torah reading today is entitled V’zot Haberachah, which means “and this is the blessing.”  This parasha covers Deuteronomy 33-34 and is the last reading of the yearly Torah reading cycle. Moses has successfully led the Jewish people, a stubborn and indignant people, for roughly 40 years from Egypt across the wilderness to the border […]

This week our parasha is Ha’Azinu which translates to “Listen” and covers Deuteronomy 32.  Parasha Ha’Azinu is a very unique and special parasha for several reasons.  We read this parasha today on Shabbat Shuvah, the Sabbath of Return or Repentance between Rosh HaShana and Sukkot.  Ha’Azinu is also the penultimate parasha and contains the final teaching […]

This week’s we have a double parasha passage. Nitzavim, meaning “standing,” covers Deuteronomy 29:9 – 30:20.  Va Yelech, meaning, “And He Went,” covers Deuteronomy 31:1 – 31:30. In Chapter 29, all the people have gathered before the Lord in order to enter into covenant with Him.   In verse 15, we find that not only does […]

This week our parasha is called Ki Tavo which means (When You Come) and it covers Deuteronomy 26:1-29:9. The book of Deuteronomy consists mainly of three discourses of the law delivered by Moses a short time before his death. Here Moses gives his third and final discourse to the Israeli people. The dominant theme is to […]

This week’s Parasha is Ki Teitzei, translated:  “When You Go Out”.  It covers Deuteronomy Chapters 21 through 25:19.  In these chapters, we find 72 of the Torah’s 613 commandments. Chapter 21 includes the command that when you went to war against your enemy, and the Lord delivered them into your hands; if you saw a […]

Represent Well! Shof’tim (“Judges”) Deuteronomy 16:18 – 21:9 If A. W. Tozer was right, that the truest measure of a man is how he thinks about God, perhaps the truest measure of a nation is how its judicial system works. When innocent people go to prison, either because an ambitious prosecutor only cared about a high conviction rate; […]