Torah Portion "בלק/Balak" which means "Destroyer" delivered on June 26, 2021. This week's portion covers Numbers/Bemidbar 22:2-25:9 and begins, "And Balaq son of Tsippor saw all that Yisra’ĕl had done to the Amorites. And Mo’aḇ was exceedingly afraid of the people because they were many, and Mo’aḇ was in dread because of the children of Yisra’ĕl."In this week's Torah portion we learn about Balak, King of Moab and the prophet Balaam hired to curse Am Israel. Pastor Richard asks a question "How does someone have the ability to curse you?" When HaShem tells the prophet Balaam that he cannot curse His people Israel, Balaam plots another way. If he can't curse them then he will teach Balak what he can do to have the people curse themselves. Pastor Richard teaches that what HaShem has blessed, is blessed. So in order to destroy the blessed people they must curse themselves. This is still going on today because Balaam taught the King how to get the people of Israel to break the Torah. Israel mixed their walk of faith with the pagan religions and worshipped the pagan gods of the Moabites, breaking the covenant with HaShem. Instead of continuing their walk with HaShem in His ways (Torah, commandments, etc.) they changed and felt they could mix HaShem with pagan gods.Pastor Richard gives an understanding of why King Balak targeted and wanted to destroy them: it is the seed of Messiah within, and this spirit is still in the world today trying to get the people of HaShem to mix their worship. This teaching provides much insight on spiritual battles and why we can not mix religion into the walk of faith with HaShem. Shalom!This week our Haftorah teaching is delivered by Brother Mark from Micah 5:6-6:8. The New Testament teaching is delivered by Ro'ah Alpha from 2 Peter 2:1-22. We hope and pray that you find blessing in our teachings. And we ask that you 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. Pastor Richard Cortes The Foundation of The Word Outreach Ministries www.thefoundationoftheword.org

Torah Portion "חקת/Chukat" which means "Statute" delivered on June 19, 2021.This week's portion covers Numbers/Bemidbar 19:1-21:35 and begins, "And יהוה spoke to Mosheh and to Aharon, saying, 'This is a law of the Torah which יהוה has commanded, saying, ‘Speak to the children of Yisra’ĕl, that they bring you a red heifer, a perfect one, in which there is no blemish and on which a yoke has never come.' "In this week's Torah portion, Pastor Richard shows the red cow's purpose, and he explains the serpent. Why did Moshe have the people look upon a snake upon a staff? There is some valuable information about the staff of Aaron and the serpent. This also goes back to the book of Genesis.Pastor Richard also explains the connection of the two serpents, one is evil and the other is Messiah! He shows the serpent as an enchanter, a moving whisperer. Are we listening to an enchanter? The standard of the evil serpent is bitterness, burning and poison.This Torah portion will bring light to the true meanings of why a serpent was used on the staff and why the Messiah is also referred to as a serpent. May this teaching bring you shalom.This week our Haftorah teaching is delivered by Ro'ah Alpha from Judges 11:1-33 and Brother Mark delivers the New Testament E-drash out of John 3:19-21.We hope and pray that you find blessing in our teachings. And we ask that you 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.Pastor Richard CortesThe Foundation of The Word Outreach Ministrieswww.thefoundationoftheword.org

Torah Portion "קרח/Korah" which means "Bald," delivered on June 27, 2020.This week's portion covers Numbers/Bemidbar 16:1-18:32 and begins, "And Qorah, son of Yitshar, son of Qehath, son of Lĕwi, took both Dathan and Abiram the sons of Eliyab, and On, son of Peleth, sons of Re’ubĕn,"This week's Torah portion teaches about Korah and his rebellion against HaShem. Fate demonstrates the severe consequences of challenging leadership established by HaShem. Korah was a man of great wealth, he was a Levite, cousin of Aaron, and he served with duties of the Tabernacle. So why did Korah rebel?Pastor Richard teaches about the spirit of Korah and shows how the spirit is still alive today. Korah was supposed to minister, serve, render assistance and help. Instead his rebellion caused 250 people to perish. Pastor Richard teaches about encroachment and how the spirit of Korah causes the people to encroach upon HaShem. This is a very important teaching and I pray it will cause us to think about our service to HaShem and educate us about how "not" to encroach upon our KING! May the teachings of this Torah portion bring you shalom.This week our Haftorah teaching is delivered by Brother Mark from 1 Samuel 11:14-12:22, and the New Covenant E-drash is delivered by Ro'ah Alpha from Jude 1:1-25.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.Pastor Richard CortesThe Foundation of The Word Outreach Ministrieswww.thefoundationoftheword.org

Torah Portion "שלח־לך/Shelach Lecha" which means "Send for Yourself," delivered on June 5, 2021.This week's portion covers Numbers/Bemidbar 13:1-15:41 and begins, "And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying, 'Send men to spy out the land of Kena‛an, which I am giving to the children of Yisra’ĕl. Send one man from each tribe of their fathers, every one a leader among them.'"This week's Torah portion is Shelach-Lecha which means "send for yourself." After the spies return, 10 of the twelve grumble. Pastor Richard shows what the grumbling means to HaShem and how this is an offense to Him. The bad report is defaming to the character of HaShem.Pastor Richard teaches about the people who then wanted to do what HaShem had said, to go and take the land. However, after the bad report, Hashem told them not to go up, for He would not be with them. Pastor Richard teaches about how this is an act of unfaithfulness.Pastor Richard then shows ways that we encroach upon HaShem by trying to do righteous deeds. He shows HaShem's ways versus man's way. This teaching has a deep meaning of obedience and authority. May this teaching bring you shalom!This week our Haftorah teaching is delivered by Ro'ah Alpha from Joshua 2:1-24, and the New Covenant E-drash is delivered by Brother Mark from Hebrews 3:7-19.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.org

Torah Portion "בהעלתך/Beha'alotecha" which means "When you Kindle," delivered on May 29, 2021.This week's portion covers Numbers/Bemidbar 8:1-12:16 and begins, "And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying, 'Speak to Aharon, and say to him, "When you ascend to trim the lamps, let the seven lamps give light in front of the lampstand." ' "In this week's Torah portion Pastor Richard discusses the reason why the Levites began their formal training at the age of 25 and retired at the age of 50. He also explains the 5 years of training and how this ties into taking the Word to the four corners of the earth.Many people have issues with the spoken Word and only want to study the written Word. Pastor shows how the religions of the world cannot find their doctrine in the Bible which means that they are using the spoken Word to justify their beliefs. This Torah portion is interesting and puts a rich understanding to the duties of the Levites and the people of Israel.This week Brother Mark delivers our Haftorah teaching from Zechariah 2:10-4:7 and the New Covenant E-drash out of Hebrews 4:1-16 is brought by Ro'ah Alpha.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.Pastor Richard CortesThe Foundation of The Word Outreach Ministrieswww.thefoundationoftheword.org

Ro'eh Richard discusses the giving of the Torah in Exodus 19 and the connection to the giving of the Holy Spirit found in Acts. Ro'eh Richard Cortes The Foundation of The Word Outreach Ministries www.thefoundationoftheword.org

Torah Portion "נשא/Naso" which means "Take," "Count" or "Elevate," delivered on May 22, 2021.This week's portion covers Numbers/Bemidbar 4:21-7:89 and begins, "And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying, 'Take a census also of the sons of Gĕrshon, by their fathers’ house, by their clans.'"Our Torah portion for this week is Naso which means to lift, to carry, to marry, to be elevated to HIM. Moshe is instructed to send away from the camp those that are afflicted since there is no room for willful, prideful sin in the camp of grace.Pastor Richard explains what it means to be unclean and why Moshe was to remove this from HaShem's camp. When people do things their own way, allowing their will to rule their emotions, then they are unclean spiritually. A camp must be founded in righteousness in order to be a standing camp.Pastor Richard teaches how to be clean, how to be worthy! May this teaching bring you Shalom!This week our Haftorah is Judges 13:2-25 delivered by Ro'ah Alpha and the New Covenant E-drash is delivered by Brother Mark from Acts 21:17-32.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.Pastor Richard CortesThe Foundation of The Word Outreach Ministrieswww.thefoundationoftheword.org

Torah Portion "במדבר/Bemidbar” which means “In The Wilderness” delivered on May 15, 2021.This week's portion covers Numbers 1:1-4:20 and begins, "And יהוה spoke to Mosheh in the Wilderness of Sinai, in the Tent of Appointment, on the first day to the second new moon, in the second year after they had come out of the land of Mitsrayim, saying,"This week's Torah portion is Bamidbar, which means trials and testing. The wilderness can be a desolate place, a grassy flat land, or wilderness. In the wilderness is where HaShem spoke with Moshe. HaShem also gave the blueprints there.Pastor Richard also teaches about what the census was and why HaShem told Moshe to take one. He also teaches on why man was removed from the Garden of Eden and how man will return to the Garden. We are to toil in the land and Pastor Richard explains what this means. This is a great teaching, may it bring you Shalom!This week Brother Mark delivers our Haftorah from Hosea 1:10-2:20 and Sister Alpha delivers the New Covenant E-drash out of Revelation 7:1-3.We hope and pray that you find blessing in our teachings. We ask that you please join us each week as we dig deep into scripture to learn more about the God of Israel, and reveal the Messiah throughout the Old Testament.Pastor Richard CortesThe Foundation of The Word Outreach Ministrieswww.thefoundationoftheword.org

Double Torah Portion "בהר/Behar" which means "In the Mountain" and "בחקתי/Bechukotai" which means "In My Statutes," delivered on May 8, 2021.We finish the book of Leviticus this week with the double portions Behar and Bechukotai. The portions cover Leviticus 25:1-27:34, and our passage begins, "And יהוה spoke to Mosheh on Mount Sinai, saying,"This week we have a double Torah portion. Behar, in the mountain and Bechukotai, in my statues, so this week Pastor Richard teaches that in the mountain is where we can find His statutes. The theme of this Parasha is "How do we reconcile with HaShem in the exile?" Pastor Richard teaches about the 3 acts that we must do, these three are the acts that are mentioned in Lev. 26:40. He also teaches about Biblical confession that requires zeal!Pastor Richard shows why HaShem doesn't accept lukewarm! He shows the actions of being lukewarm. This week's teaching is very insightful and my prayer is that it will bring you Shalom!This week Sister Alpha delivers our Haftorah from Jeremiah 16:19-17:4 and the Brother Mark the New Covenant E-drash out of Luke 4:16-21.We hope and pray that you find blessing in our teachings. We ask that you please join us each week as we dig deep into scripture to learn more about the God of Israel, and reveal the Messiah throughout the Old Testament.Pastor Richard CortesThe Foundation of The Word Outreach Ministrieswww.thefoundationoftheword.org

Torah Portion "אמר/Emor” which means “Say” delivered on May 1, 2021.This week's portion covers Leviticus 21:1-24:23 and begins, "And יהוה said to Mosheh, 'Speak to the priests, the sons of Aharon, and say to them: "No one is to be defiled for the dead among his people," ' "In this week's Torah portion we learn about Emor, which means to "Say" or "Command." Pastor Richard teaches about HaShem's Holy Feasts and why it is important to do as HaShem says and commands concerning His feasts. These are HaShem's appointed times where He meets His people.Pastor Richard teaches about the 7 annual Holy feasts and about the holy, weekly Sabbath. He discusses "who" proclaims the feasts! He also discusses who is in charge of declaring the feasts at their set times. He teaches about authority and uses Yeshua as our example. He discusses Romans and the gift that was given to the Jews, a gift that is irrevocable.Pastor Richard also discusses calendars and who has the authority to set HaShem's holy feast days.Our Haftorah teaching from Ezekiel 44:15-31 is delivered by Brother Mark and the Brit Chadesha E-drash out of Colossians 2:11-23 is brought to us by Sister Alpha.We hope and pray that you find blessing in our teachings. We ask that you please join us each week as we dig deep into scripture to learn more about the God of Israel, and reveal the Messiah throughout the Old Testament.Pastor Richard CortesThe Foundation of The Word Outreach Ministrieswww.thefoundationoftheword.org