Weekly Torah Commentaries

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Weekly Torah Commentaries episodes

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.
9 min
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.
10 min
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.
10 min
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.
12 min
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.
9 min
October 07, 2022 Ha’azinu: Give Ear to the Future
Shabbat Shuvah has passed for this year. All Israel has listened to the
final note of the shofar at the Neilah, the Closing of the Gates at the
last Yom Kippur service. Life continues.
12 min
September 29, 2022 Days of Awe and Reconciliation
During these Days of Awe, we have the opportunity to reach out to those we
have offended, and even to those who have offended us, to offer an attitude
of shalom that recognizes our differences while at the same time
recognizing that spark of the Creator that is in each one of us.
10 min
September 21, 2022 Crossing Over into Our Covenant
In Moses’ final discourses, he makes it clear that entering the land God
has chosen, by crossing over from Moab, is equated with entering into our
covenant with God. We can’t fully grasp our purpose as a people unless we
understand the decisive connection between God, the people of Israel and
the Land of Israel.
11 min
September 14, 2022 Distraction-Fasting, Monotasking Hesed-Casting
As a well-worn saying goes, it’s the preacher’s job to comfort the
afflicted and afflict the comfortable. They’re both challenging tasks,
which is why Jewish tradition devotes, not just a day or two, but a whole
season to affliction and comfort.
10 min
September 08, 2022 Building the World with Love, One Nest at a Time
The commandments are for our benefit; in a sense, they are one aspect of
God’s ḥesed toward us. The sages of the Talmud contend that this is a model
for us: we imitate God by showing ḥesed to those around us, and even to the
natural world.
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…