What is the spiritual significance of the division of labor among the three families of Levites? What do we learn about spiritual balance from them? And are words really as powerful as the Torah seems to make them? After all, can just speaking a brief blessing over someone else really make a difference in their life?

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Of the 54 weekly portions in the Torah, Nasso is the longest and it contains the beautiful Aaronic blessing. We will look deeply into this short blessing and see how it is a proclamation of love from God to His people. It contains many secrets and allusions that we will delve into in such a way that you will never read it quite the same again. We will also look into the only occurrence of "holy water" in the Bible and discuss why the Torah describes the day the Tabernacle was completed three times in three difference books.

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Grant and Robin discuss the real name of the book of Numbers and why it is so significant. Then they delve into the important balance between separation and unity, order and chaos. But the primary theme of Numbers is the meaning of the 'wilderness' in each of our lives and how necessary it is to experience it. 

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In this lesson we discover how the word "Golgotha" is embedded in the Hebrew text. Then we see how this Torah portion honors Joseph in a secret and in an open way. Next, we learn the meaning of "every man at his own camp, every man at his own banner" and why four particular tribes were chosen to lead their camps. We discuss why Aaron's name is written in an unusual way in the Torah scroll and how it reminds men to be priests of their homes.

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Robin and I take a moment to review why we are doing this Parsing the Portion series and explain why Torah study is paramount to our spiritual growth. Then we discuss the spiritual lessons behind the Shmittah year observance and the five categories of blessings God gives to those who walk in His Torah.

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This double Torah portion is always read during the 49 days of counting the omer. In this lesson, we take a quick look at all the commandments that command us to count time.  We learn something fascinating about the Hebrew letters that frame the blessings in chapter 26, and the letters that frame the curses. We then look into an odd little word that occurs only seven times in the Bible - all in chapter 26. Then we finish by examining a special connection between Jacob and Elijah.

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In this psalm, David claims that he is surrounded by enemies who want to "eat up my flesh". Were they cannibals?! What did he mean by this strange idiom? And what important insight does this psalm provide about Yeshua's instructions to ask, seek, and knock? And what does this psalm have to teach us about the fall holy days? And how can one Hebrew word mean "morning", "cattle", and "punishment"? And how does this psalm reflect Yeshua's words spoken from the cross?

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DISCUSSION POINTS:

• Why does God insist that the priests be perfect physical specimens?
• Are the "Jewish holidays" still relevant for our times? And are they actually "Jewish"?
• What unusual commandment is inserted in the chapter about the holy days?
• How do we make God "holy"?
• And which verse in our portion is the key verse for the entire book of Leviticus?

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In this lesson, we discover a convoluted connection with an unusual word found in the following Torah portion. And why is it Jewish tradition that a young man should be married by age 18? And do the rabbis have the authority to establish a calendar for all of Israel? Does this have an impact on the counting of the omer? Take a listen for an unusual but thought-provoking discussion of the Torah portion.

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In this Psalm, David asks God to test him. But Yeshua said, “Do not lead us into testing.” How do we reconcile these two statements? Should we ever pray to be tested? This psalm also describes four kinds of people to be avoided, then discusses “bloodthirsty men”. Who are they?

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