Weekly Torah Commentaries

By UMJC - Union Of Messianic Jewish Congregations

Reflections on the weekly Torah portions from a diverse group of Messianic Jewish rabbis, scholars, and lay people. Our contributors bring fresh insights to familiar texts, drawing connections to even... more

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Weekly Torah Commentaries episodes:

February 19, 2026 The Gift is More Than Giving
In Moses’ day the heartfelt donations were used to construct a special
place for Adonai to dwell with his people as they continued on their
journey. Today, instead of giving precious materials to construct a
physical dwelling we are learning to live less for our own worldly
successes and physical desires and more to become one with the Spirit of
God.
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February 11, 2026 Growing New Shells
When we first moved to Ann Arbor, more than forty years ago, there was a
Chinese restaurant nearby with a giant lobster in a tank in its foyer. The
creature was nearly three feet long and must have weighed close to twenty
pounds. No one knew for sure how old it was—perhaps seventy-five years,
give or take. So why am I talking about lobsters and what does it have to
do with our parasha?
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February 03, 2026 A Perfect Government
Each time we stand before the open ark, we stand again at Sinai. We repeat
Israel’s ancient pledge, affirming that all God has spoken, we will do.
Parashat Yitro reminds us that this pledge demands more than belief. It
demands shared leadership, covenantal responsibility, and lives shaped by
service.
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January 30, 2026 The Promise of Freedom Lives On
In the modern world, no text has spoken more profoundly to people about
their potential to achieve freedom. The message to Israel for all time is
clear. The God who has raised you up in fulfillment of his promises to
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob will not forget his promises to you.
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January 20, 2026 Tradition!
In Parashat Bo, a portion filled with plagues, Pharaoh, and Passover
instructions, we are reminded that woven into the fabric of our history,
God has provided tangible, sensory traditions that remind us of who he is
and who he called us to be.
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January 15, 2026 The Ransomed Life
Just as Israel experienced an initial redemption in Egypt even while still
enslaved, so we, too, are invited to live within the redemption God has
already enacted in Messiah. Our life is shaped not only by anticipation,
but by participation: learning to recognize what God has done, what he is
doing now, and how we are to live as his redeemed people today. Our
ransomed life is now.
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January 07, 2026 From Hearing to Attentive Listening
It is only after Moses turns aside that God speaks. Moses first hears God
through the miracle of the bush that burns without being consumed. Only
then does he truly listen—by pausing, turning, and giving his full
attention to what is unfolding before him.
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December 23, 2025 Joseph: Instant Gratification vs Forgiveness
The idea of a long process toward a distant goal feels daunting unless
we’re rewarded along the way. What happened to perseverance—to enduring
hardship so that, when we look back, we can see how much stronger we’ve
become because of it?
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December 17, 2025 Suffering with Character, Rising with Hope
Parashat Miketz — meaning “at the end” — opens with the words “At the end
of two full years…” referring to the final stretch of Joseph’s imprisonment
following the false accusations from Potiphar’s wife. But behind those two
years lies a far longer story of waiting, injustice, disappointment, and
perseverance.
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9min
December 11, 2025 More than the Oil
Chanukah is usually told as the story of a jar of oil. Yet the oil miracle,
beautiful as it is, appears only in the Talmud—recorded centuries after the
Maccabean revolt. If we look more closely at the earliest sources,
something surprising emerges. Chanukah was once focused not on the menorah,
but on the altar.
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