In this teaching, Ross seeks to present a timely message from the timeless Torah of Moses concerning the Coronavirus. During these troublesome times, even people of faith have felt helpless and hopeless. The brightest ones among us have provided us with guidelines to slow the spread, but beyond that, little has come forth to ease [...]

In this week’s teaching, Ross discusses the Song of the Sea and covers some material that is relevant in answering a much-debated question. What is the Sea of the Song? To what sea does the Bible refer when the great miracle of the parting of the Sea is described? Is it the marshy region immediately [...]

Fundamentalists claim that Moses wrote the first five books of the Hebrew Bible. They are in fact called, “the Five Books of Moses.” Biblical scholarship denies this claim. Does the Bible itself provide the answer to what Moses actually wrote? Can we discern the hand of Moses in the Torah? Is THE Torah of Moses [...]

In this teaching, Ross begins a study on the central story in all of Biblical literature – The Exodus. Building upon the dark vision shown to Abram, Ross highlights in this class, the prediction that Abram’s seed will be strangers and oppressed servants. How did this experience shape the people of Israel and prepare them [...]

This week’s teaching is based on Torah Reading Va-Yechi (Genesis 47:28-50:26). In this class, Ross points out that the theme connecting the Torah and Prophets reading is death. Jacob and Joseph die by the end of our story, and the prophet reading tells of the death of King David. Rather than focusing however on death, [...]

In this teaching, based upon Torah Reading VaYiggash (Genesis 44:18-47:27), Ross covers the connection between the Torah portion and the Prophet reading. The theme that connects the two is the reunion of Judah and Joseph. Working through texts in the Torah and the Prophets, Ross shows that history and prophecy contain interesting parallels between Joseph [...]

In this teaching, Ross shares the story of Hanukkah. He pulls from the Book of Maccabees, references Rabbinic literature, and shows that certain themes associated with Hanukkah are found in the pages of the Hebrew Bible. Watch on YouTube Watch on Facebook Download and Print John “Baruch” Perry’s Class Notes Listen to the Audio

In this teaching based upon Torah Reading Va-Yishlach (Genesis 32:4-36:43), Ross carefully works through the historical narrative showing correlative aspects between the return of the Patriarch Jacob and Hosea’s description of the prophesied return of his latter-day descendants. Of particular interest is Hosea’s often missed instructions for these returnees. Does Hosea provide the key for [...]

In this class, Ross shares a teaching from Torah Reading Va-Yetzay (Genesis 28:10-32:3). One of the primary points of this class is to show that the Patriarchal Plan is built upon a dream – a dream that Jacob had at Bet-El. Ross works through the main points of the Torah reading and shows that the [...]

In this week’s teaching, Ross covers material from Torah Reading Toledot (Genesis 25:19-28:9). In this class, Ross focuses on the struggle between two people represented by Isaac and Rebekkah’s twins, Jacob and Esau. Working carefully through the texts he shows that the eternal struggle between these two is illustrated throughout the Bible. Don’t miss, The [...]