Weekly Torah Commentaries

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Weekly Torah Commentaries episodes

January 19, 2023 Accepting Our Heritage
The life of Moses can be seen as three distinct movements, forty years
each. First, Moses spends forty years thinking he is somebody. In the
second act he discovers that he is nobody. But in the third forty years
Moses discovers what Hashem can do with somebody who accepts he is nobody.
6 min
January 12, 2023 Yogi Berra, Making the Pitch, and Telling Stories
The Prophet Yogi Berra told us, “You can observe a lot by just watching.”
Such sage advice! But it is true that we can learn a lot for our own lives
by watching how our ancestors lived theirs.
11 min
January 04, 2023 God Already Knows, but He’s Waiting to Hear from Us
God knows all things, but he has assigned to human beings, and therefore to
us, a priestly responsibility. Even though our ancestors were groaning
under heavy bondage, they still represented God and had the authority to
call upon him to intervene.
9 min
December 28, 2022 Hope Can Set You Free
Who among us hasn’t contemplated revenge? Who hasn’t caught themselves
musing at length about toppling an enemy from their pedestal, wanting them
to feel for a moment the same pain that they inflicted? When Yosef was
hauled off to prison at the whim of Potiphar’s wife, who do you think he
blamed?
8 min
December 21, 2022 Light over Might
Let’s make no mistake; the Maccabees did not fight for religious freedom,
but to cleanse the land for the worship of the one true God of Israel.
While they fought to end the Greek cultic practices imposed through the
tyranny of Antiochus, they also fought to end the long-felt effects of
assimilation.
9 min
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.
9 min
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.
10 min
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.
10 min
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.”
11 min
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.
10 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…