Weekly Torah Commentaries

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Weekly Torah Commentaries episodes

February 03, 2022 Becoming a Mishkan
When Israel was building the Mishkan, God instructed them to bring him a
donation as their hearts moved them. It comes from our hearts! We build a
home for Hashem in our hearts through study, prayer, and good deeds.
6 min
January 27, 2022 God of the Details
I often find myself caught up with grand events, perhaps the world of
politics or global conflict. Then I begin to wonder how God is going to
respond to a growing crisis. Yet God is not just the God of big things. He
is also the God of the details.
7 min
January 20, 2022 Bringing Light into the Darkness
This past week, while rummaging through old family papers, I found a
document that revealed some painful details about my mother’s family and
their escape from Germany to Palestine in 1934. It is a deposition given by
my late grandmother 65 years ago, detailing the family trauma under the
Nazis for a German reparations commission.
9 min
January 13, 2022 Between the DeMille and the Deep Red Sea
The righteous are almost exactly like everyone else, except for one key
difference. And this difference is what defines us. In the Bible, it is
what separates the heroes from ordinary men and women.
Speaking of heroes—let’s talk about Moses.
9 min
January 05, 2022 Faithful in Small Things
Perhaps the most difficult time of day in my house is getting the kids out
the door to school in the morning. A parent’s dream is to tell their kids,
“Let’s go!” and to have everyone outside within a couple minutes without
any major drama. It doesn’t seem like too much to ask, right?
0 min
December 28, 2021 Worship: Who You Gonna Serve?
Exodus is the Torah’s book of worship. It takes Israel from the scene of
oppression in Egypt, to Mount Sinai where they become a kingdom of priests,
to the building of the tabernacle in the wilderness, where the Lord will
meet with his people in the midst of the camp.
0 min
December 23, 2021 Fruitful Hope amid Outrageous Fortune
Our parasha is like so many other times in the story of Israel. While
people struggled with their issues of faith, and struggled through the
difficulties and torments of the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
there was yet something happening behind the scenes.
0 min
December 15, 2021 Jacob’s Death and God’s Design
Through the literary structure, techniques, and conventions in Vayechi, we
see how the end of a matter can be better than the beginning. Genesis,
however, is not the end of the matter; it is just the beginning.
0 min
December 07, 2021 The Ties that Bind
It has been said that blood is thicker than water. This proverbial wisdom
would suggest that family ties, though frequently tried, are stronger than
any other relational bonds. After all, no judge would allow the sibling of
a defendant to sit on the jury empowered to impartially try him or her.
0 min
November 30, 2021 Being Credible in an Age of Distrust
Who can you trust these days? As a rabbi and counselor I talk with people
every day who’ve been let down, disappointed, or even betrayed by others.
On the public level, trust is rapidly eroding everywhere. Who is credible
in our age of distrust?
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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…