Torah Portion "'נִצָּבִים/Netzavim" which means "You Are Standing" delivered on September 24, 2022.This week's portion covers Deuteronomy/Devarim 29:9 (10)-30:20 and begins, “Today you are standing, all of you, before Adonai your God — your heads, your tribes, your leaders and your officers — all the men of Isra’el, along with your little ones, your wives and your foreigners here with you in your camp, from the one who chops your wood to the one who draws your water."In our portion today, Ro’eh focuses on the opening verses 29:9-14, and he shows us the gematria value points us to the threshold and door post, which is where we are to find strength for the point to the mezzuzah (door post) which contains the Shema, which is the reminder of the covenant we have joined. Ro’eh also discusses how the people of Israel in their “standing” do so in a powerful stance with dignity and pride. Using commentary from Me’am Lo’ez, we are shown a metaphor of gentiles and Jews being like beeswax and gold. From afar it is hard to tell the difference, but when heat is applied (tribulations) the beeswax melts but the gold glistens - Hashem’s retribution is likened to fire that refines! Ro’eh also shares a parable of a dying father who brings his sons to his deathbed where he gathers a bundle of reeds and asks his sons to break it. When they are unable, he then shows them it can be done one reed at a time, teaching that strength is found to be greatest when they are united, but they are weakened and can be broken when they are divided and alone.The Mussar lesson this week is Anavah - humility. Ro’eh teaches a very different understanding of this characteristic having to do with true humility - is it not debasing ourselves as we may have once been taught, but that we were born to make manifest the Glory of God by using to their full potential the gifts he gave us.Our Haftorah teaching is delivered by Brother Mark Honberger out of Isaiah 61:10-63:9.Please join us each week as we share the gems of Torah.Ro'eh Richard CortesThe Foundation of The Word Outreach Ministrieswww.thefoundationoftheword.orgAaronic Priestly Blessing performed by Rico Cortes of Wisdom In Torah Ministries https://wisdomintorah.com and used by permission.

Torah Portion "'כי־תבוא/Ki Tavo" which means "When You Enter" delivered on September 17, 2022.This week's portion covers Deuteronomy/Devarim 26:1-29:9 and begins, "When you have come to the land Adonai your God is giving you as your inheritance, taken possession of it and settled there; you are to take the firstfruits of all the crops the ground yields, which you will harvest from your land that Adonai your God is giving you, put them in a basket and go to the place where Adonai your God will choose to have his name live."Ki Tavo gives us a reminder of why we enter the land, as well as how we enter. As taught by the Jewish sages, God provides the cure before he inflicts the wound. There was a renewal of the acceptance of the covenant in this portion and Ro'eh also shows us, from Jewish understanding, who and what the messiah of Israel is and his function. Not only will we see from Jewish eyes who the messiah is, but also see some of who he isn't. Seeing Moshe as a messiah, Samuel as a messiah and so on. Take a listen to today's teaching and learn more from Jewish eyes the function and office of Messiah.Our Haftorah teaching is delivered by Brother Mark Honberger out of Isaiah 60:1-22.Please join us each week as we share the gems of Torah.Ro'eh Richard CortesThe Foundation of The Word Outreach Ministrieswww.thefoundationoftheword.orgAaronic Priestly Blessing performed by Rico Cortes of Wisdom In Torah Ministries https://wisdomintorah.com and used by permission.

Torah Portion "'כי־תצא/Ki Tetse" which means "When You Go Out" delivered on September 10, 2022.This week's portion covers Deuteronomy/Devarim 21:10-25:19 and begins, "When you go out to war against your enemies, and Adonai your God hands them over to you, and you take prisoners..."This week our Haftorah teaching is delivered by Brother Mark out of Isaiah 54:1-10, and the New Covenant teaching is delivered by Ro'eh Richard from 1 Timothy 5:17-18.Please join us each week as we dig deep into scripture to learn more about who our God is, and reveal the Messiah throughout the Old Testament.Ro'eh Richard CortesThe Foundation of The Word Outreach Ministrieswww.thefoundationoftheword.orgAaronic Priestly Blessing performed by Rico Cortes of Wisdom In Torah Ministries https://wisdomintorah.com and used by permission.

Torah Portion "'שפטים/Shoftim" which means "Judges/Right Rulers" delivered on September 3, 2022.This week's portion covers Deuteronomy/Devarim 16:18-21:9 and begins, "You are to appoint judges and officers for all your gates [in the cities] Adonai your God is giving you, tribe by tribe; and they are to judge the people with righteous judgment."This week our Haftorah teaching is delivered by Ro'eh Richard out of Isaiah 51:12-52:12, and the New Covenant teaching is delivered by Ro'eh Richard from Acts 7:35-60.Please join us each week as we dig deep into scripture to learn more about who our God is, and reveal the Messiah throughout the Old Testament.Ro'eh Richard CortesThe Foundation of The Word Outreach Ministrieswww.thefoundationoftheword.orgAaronic Priestly Blessing performed by Rico Cortes of Wisdom In Torah Ministries https://wisdomintorah.com and used by permission.

Torah Portion "ראה/Re'eh" which means "Behold/Look/See" delivered on August 27, 2022.This week's portion covers Deuteronomy/Devarim 11:26-16:18, and begins, "See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse — the blessing, if you listen to the mitzvot of Adonai your God that I am giving you today; and the curse, if you don’t listen to the mitzvot of Adonai your God, but turn aside from the way I am ordering you today and follow other gods that you have not known.”In our parasha this week, we are given the warning of the false prophet that could rise from among the people. We read in Deuteronomy 13:1, “If a prophet or dreamer of dreams arises…” This word “arises” has the root “qum” in Hebrew, which connotates the idea of “resurrection.” Ro’eh Richard shows through the millui gematria that this prophet is one who is counterfeit, pointing us to Exodus 7:11 which has the magicians of Egypt imitating “signs and wonders” alluding to miracles of healing, and Ro’eh shows us that this healer will perform these “miracles” of healing, but that he will be counterfeit and wearing a mask. We see at the incident of the golden calf that the people attempted to replace Moshe with another, a counterfeit, which they called “god.” Moshe was their leader, their deliverer and savior, and now they have attempted to replace him with another who performs false signs and wonders. In the Council of Nicaea, Constantine changes the Hebrew Yeshua into the Roman Jesus, and we are told to REMEMBER the words of Hashem in Deuteronomy to recognize this counterfeit Messiah. Ro’eh shows us the WHY – for Hashem allows this false prophet as a testing to know if you love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.This week our Haftorah teaching is delivered by Brother Mark out of Isaiah 54:11-55:5, and the New Covenant teaching is delivered by Ro'eh Richard from 1 Corinthians 5:9-13.Please join us each week as we dig deep into scripture to learn more about who our God is, and reveal the Messiah throughout the Old Testament.Ro'eh Richard CortesThe Foundation of The Word Outreach Ministrieswww.thefoundationoftheword.orgThe video of this teaching can be viewed at:https://youtu.be/DlPTHeuyozQAaronic Priestly Blessing performed by Rico Cortes of Wisdom In Torah Ministries https://wisdomintorah.com and used by permission.

Torah Portion "עקב/Ekev" which means "Because" delivered on August 20, 2022.This week's portion covers Deuteronomy/Devarim 7:12-11:25, and begins, "Because you are listening to these rulings, keeping and obeying them, Adonai your God will keep with you the covenant and mercy that he swore to your ancestors."This week our Haftorah teaching is delivered by Ro'ed Richard out of Isaiah 49:14-51:3, and the New Covenant teaching is delivered by Brother Mark from Luke 4:1-13.Please join us each week as we dig deep into scripture to learn more about who our God is, and reveal the Messiah throughout the Old Testament.Ro'eh Richard CortesThe Foundation of The Word Outreach Ministrieswww.thefoundationoftheword.orgAaronic Priestly Blessing performed by Rico Cortes of Wisdom In Torah Ministries https://wisdomintorah.com and used by permission.The video for this Torah Portion can view viewed at https://youtu.be/9jpLh-w-_kIorhttps://www.thefoundationoftheword.org/teachings/parashot/devarim/ekev/

Torah Portion "ואתחנן/Vaetchanan" which means "And I Sought Favor," delivered on August 13, 2022.This week's portion covers Deuteronomy/Devarim 3:23-7:11 and begins, "Then I pleaded with Adonai, ‘Adonai Elohim, you have begun to reveal your greatness to your servant, and your strong hand — for what other god is there in heaven or on earth that can do the works and mighty deeds that you do?'"This week our Haftorah teaching is delivered by Brother Mark from Isaiah 40:1-26, and the New Covenant teaching is delivered by Ro'eh Richard from 1 Timothy 2:4-6.Please join us each week as we dig deep into scripture to learn more about who our God is, and reveal the Messiah throughout the Old Testament.Ro'eh Richard CortesThe Foundation of The Word Outreach Ministrieswww.thefoundationoftheword.orgAaronic Priestly Blessing performed by Rico Cortes of Wisdom In Torah Ministries https://wisdomintorah.com and used by permission.

Torah Portion "דברים/Devarim" which means "Words," delivered on August 6, 2022.This week's portion covers Deuteronomy/Devarim 1:1-3:22, and begins, "These are the words Moshe spoke to all Isra’el on the far side of the Yarden River, in the desert, in the ‘Aravah, across from Suf, between Pa’ran and Tofel, Lavan, Hatzerot and Di-Zahav. It is eleven days’ journey from Horev to Kadesh-Barnea by way of Mount Se‘ir."The people of Israel are on the cusp of entering the promise given to Abraham over 400 years earlier and yet they need a pep talk from Moses. What are the three “eichas” that Ro'eh covers in this lesson? “Eicha” = alas, how, and with the same letters but pronounced differently, where. Why is complacency a snare? How can we overcome it? What happens if we don’t? What caused the people of Israel to be a “burden” to Moses? Are we a similar burden to Our Father? Are we satisfied with thestatus quo (dayenu) and therefore lack the zeal to enter into the promises of Hashem? How can we balance contentment and patience with strength, zeal and wisdom?This week our Haftorah teaching is delivered by Ro'eh Richard from Isaiah 1:1-27, and the New Covenant teaching is delivered by Brother Mark from John 15:1-11.Please join us each week as we dig deep into scripture to learn more about who our God is, and reveal the Messiah throughout the Old Testament.Ro'eh Richard CortesThe Foundation of The Word Outreach Ministrieswww.thefoundationoftheword.orgAaronic Priestly Blessing performed by Rico Cortes of Wisdom In Torah Ministries https://wisdomintorah.com and used by permission.

Double Torah Portion "מטות/Matot" which means "Tribes" and "מסעי/Ma'asei" which means "Journey," delivered on July 30, 2022.This week's portions cover Numbers/Bemidbar 30:2-36:13, and begins, "Then Moshe spoke to the heads of the tribes of the people of Isra’el. He said, 'Here is what Adonai has ordered: when a man makes a vow to Adonai or formally obligates himself by swearing an oath, he is not to break his word but is to do everything he said he would do.'"Our portion this week brings insight in how and what we must focus on in this life by giving us an example of what not to do. The two tribes of Gad and Reuben focused on their riches and hence didn't cross over all the way. As Yeshua taught that if we gain the wghole world and lose our soul, then we are not worthy of following him. Just as these two tribes said, "Do not take us over this Jordan," many today follow that example and do not cross over, refusing to become part of Judah, and do not worship Elohim the way they are comfortable with and thereby do what is right in their own eyes. We are rather to wholly follow Hashem in order to be complete and whole. Ro'eh Richard brings us to Romans in conclusion and sheds light on what the "fullness of the gentiles" really means.This week our Haftorah teaching is delivered by Brother Mark from Jeremiah 1:1-2:3, and the New Covenant e-drash is delivered by Ro'eh Richard from James 4:1-12.Please join us each week as we dig deep into scripture to learn more about who our God is, and reveal the Messiah throughout the Old Testament.Ro'eh Richard CortesThe Foundation of The Word Outreach Ministries=www.thefoundationoftheword.orgAaronic Priestly Blessing performed by Rico Cortes of Wisdom In Torah Ministries https://wisdomintorah.com and used by permission.

Torah Portion "פינחס/Pinchas" which means "Mouth of Brass" delivered on July 23, 2022.This week's portion covers Numbers/Bemidbar 25:10-30:1 and begins, "Adonai said to Moshe, 'Pinchas the son of El‘azar, the son of Aharon the cohen, has deflected my anger from the people of Isra’el by being as zealous as I am, so that I didn’t destroy them in my own zeal.'"What does a believer share in common with a nonbeliever? Join us today as Ro'eh Richard walks you through this question in Scripture, from the boldness of Pinchas (Phineas), to the prophet Elijah, to the Messiah Yeshua (Jesus) Himself.Hashem will give you the strength to gird yourself with courage and laugh in the face of conflict. He will provide you with the double edged sword to divide between the holy and the profane whilst giving you a mouth of brass. Here you will learn if there is any harmony between the Messiah and Balial.This week our Haftorah teaching is delivered by Ro'eh Richard from 1 Kings 18:46-19:21 and the New Testament e-drash is delivered by Brother Mark from John 2:12-22.Please join us each week as we dig deep into scripture to learn more about who our God is, and reveal the Messiah throughout the Old Testament.Ro'eh Richard CortesThe Foundation of The Word Outreach Ministrieswww.thefoundationoftheword.orgAaronic Priestly Blessing performed by Rico Cortes of Wisdom In Torah Ministries https://wisdomintorah.com and used by permission.