Weekly Torah Commentaries

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Weekly Torah Commentaries episodes

March 12, 2024 The Future Is Now: Hanna-Barbera and the Real Magic Kingdom
Is there a lesson that can be gleaned by observing the relationship between
the Flintstones and the Jetsons? I think there is, and I believe it to be
profound.
9 min
March 05, 2024 A Beautiful Mansion for God
God created a home for us in His creation of the universe. God has created
a home for us through the life, death, and resurrection of His Messiah. May
we create a home for Him in this world, by not only learning His precepts
and understanding their application, but by embracing the very essence of
His Holy Torah.
8 min
February 29, 2024 “I Have Called You Friends”
Moses is likened to a “friend”—specifically, a friend of God. Yeshua is on
record promising “friendship” to believers who abide (John 15:14). Then,
immediately afterwards, He reiterates the point, saying: “I have called you
friends” (15:15). It’s hard to overstate the significance: the relationship
with God that believers in Yeshua enjoy is akin to Moses’.
10 min
February 20, 2024 The Glorious Garments of Service
The breastplate bearing the names of the tribes of Israel, each in its
place, reminds us also to embrace our God-given place and not to compare
ourselves with the other servants; neither to seek a better position than
theirs, nor to grovel in our lowliness. Instead, we’re to serve within the
space God has prepared for us, and prepared us for.
10 min
February 15, 2024 Organized Religion
The voice of God to Moses, and by extension to the assembly of Israel, came
by way of an organized and intentional religious space. It was not random
or haphazard. It was not spontaneous or unconstrained. God’s voice came
within an organized space and time.
8 min
February 07, 2024 A Way to Live in the Presence of the Lord
At the conclusion of last week’s parasha, Israel is given immortality with
its designation as a “Kingdom of Priests and a Holy Nation” (Exod 19:6).
Mishpatim, literally “ordinances,” on the other hand, is often thought of
as a law book pronouncing mundane rules that deal with a plethora of
subjects.
6 min
February 01, 2024 Breaking Bread with God
Moses on the mountain, Isaiah caught up into the throne room of God; these
accounts fuel our imagination of God as high and lofty, untouchable,
unapproachable. In contrast is a wonderful little line nestled within the
opening verses of Parashat Yitro: “And Aaron came with all the elders of
Israel to eat bread with Moses’ father-in-law before God.”
9 min
January 25, 2024 Meeting God on the Battle Line
There comes a time when God’s people need to battle. At such times, while
some prefer to remain spectators, and others to be support personnel behind
the lines, some will engage in the thick of things, believing themselves
called to give their all in a time of transition, opportunity, or threat.
8 min
January 19, 2024 Looking for a Leader
It’s election season, but the search for trustworthy leaders in our day
seems to always lead to disappointment for many of us, or even for most.
This makes the story of the Exodus all the more remarkable. It is not hard
to understand why Moses looms so large in Jewish history.
8 min
January 11, 2024 Finding Intimacy with God Through the Journey
In the beginning, Adam walked in the garden with God, and they shared an
intimacy of fellowship (Gen 3:8). The oneness represented is the heart of
what we know as worship. This is why humans were created. To live life in
praise to God: “the people I formed for myself, so they may declare my
praise” (Isa 43:21).
13 min

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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…