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:

December 16, 2022 What Would the Maccabees Do?
When our Gentile friends or co-workers ask us “what’s Hanukkah about,
anyway?” we tend to give them sugar-coated references to light, miracles,
and funny games with spinning tops. But this is only half of the story.
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9min
December 07, 2022 “Turned into Another Man”
A little old Jewish lady decides to make the long journey to speak with a
holy man in India. When she arrives, his attendants turn her down—the guru
is thronged by admirers—but she is so insistent that they finally let her
in on one condition: she can only speak three words.
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10min
November 30, 2022 Making Peace with an Intimate Enemy
Genesis is irreplaceable, forming a sturdy foundation for all of Scripture
and all of life. Its portraits of family dysfunctionality provide a master
class in ineffective and effective conflict resolution.
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10min
November 24, 2022 Two Sons, Two Ways of Life
Do you ever feel as if your life is a conflict between good and evil?
Rebekah, Isaac’s wife, was pregnant with twins, but the twins struggled
within her, causing her great distress. When she inquired of the Lord, he
answered her, “There are two nations in your womb.”
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11min
November 18, 2022 It’s a Family Thing
I’m about to be a father for the first time. Our son will be born quite
soon. This impending change brings a heavy feeling with it, though not a
burdensome one. Lately, I’ve found myself looking at life in new ways.
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10min
November 10, 2022 Greeting God the Unexpected Guest
The Almighty visits Abraham at the oaks of Mamre to show us how to care for
the sick among us, those who are ill in body and soul, just as he provides
the example of caring for the impoverished and vulnerable.
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9min
November 02, 2022 Abraham: Father of Faith of the Feet
Often we struggle to believe in our minds, which are subject to so many
diverse influences. The key is to stop thinking that our faith should defy
gravity! Try letting your faith slide down into your feet! Just start
walking, one foot after the other, in the direction you best discern God’s
leading.
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10min
October 27, 2022 Lessons from Dry Ground
Parashat Noach seems increasingly sobering over the past few decades and
especially this year. September and October seem to bring new catastrophic
threats and concerns to the southeast portion of the USA and the Caribbean
Islands.
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10min
October 19, 2022 The Creation as a Pattern for Our Lives
The first book of the Bible, B’reisheet, lays a foundation for the rest of
the Torah and the entire Bible. But beyond this literary function, we do
well to recognize how this book lays a foundation for our lives as
descendants of the first parents, as people born into and through families,
as members of a holy people.
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12min
October 13, 2022 Simchat Torah: Beginning Again . . . Immediately!
As if to reinforce Rosh Hashanah as the beginning of our new year, Simchat
Torah concludes our reading of the Torah (Deut 33–34) by immediately
launching us into reading the Torah from the beginning again. So, we begin
again immediately . . . not at some indistinct time in the future, but now.
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9min

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