Weekly Torah Commentaries

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Weekly Torah Commentaries episodes

October 16, 2025 All Beginnings Are Hard
Another way to translate the opening words of Genesis could be: “With
beginnings, God created,” emphasizing that everything in life has a
beginning. Although there are times when everything seems to just fall into
place, the reality is that most beginnings are not easy.
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October 06, 2025 Sukkot: Celebrating God’s Presence
Every year we have a divinely orchestrated time in which we not only
recognize His Presence as our ultimate covering, but we also have the
opportunity to sew that beautiful reality into the tapestry of our future
generations.
7 min
September 28, 2025 Chains of Words, Freedom of Spirit
Kol Nidre, the opening prayer of Yom Kippur services, can be seen as the
prayer that frees us—not only from words spoken aloud, but also from hidden
vows of bitterness, fear, and despair. It becomes our collective cry to
Hashem: release us from these bonds.
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September 26, 2025 He Will Not Leave You
As we move through this sacred time of reflection and renewal from Rosh
Hashana to Yom Kippur, many of us carry questions that linger beneath the
surface. As we bring our heartfelt petitions before the throne, perhaps the
most tender of questions is this: Where is God in the midst of our
suffering?
7 min
September 15, 2025 Days of Awe and Repentance
Messiah Yeshua bears the awesome glory of the heavenly throne room into the
ordinary spaces of our lives, if we have ears to hear and eyes to see.
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September 10, 2025 Arise and Shine!
We are in the month of Elul, the season of return. We draw near to God and
seek forgiveness. This week, we are stirred to arise; we are moving from a
time of sorrow to a time of glory and great joy. Arise and shine; it’s time
to wake up.
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September 03, 2025 The Stray Ox and the People of Israel
We are called to care for our fellow Israelite, even as we would care for
his lost animal! We are to participate in God’s program of consolation and
protection for the people of Israel until “the Lord, our Redeemer” returns
to have compassion on her.
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August 21, 2025 Parashat Re’eh: Seeing the Mystery
The first word of our parasha, re’eh, is conjugated in an imperative form,
meaning that it is a command to do, to pay attention to, and “to see to”
all the instructions God is setting forth. Moshe does not just present
Israel with a choice between blessings and curses. Moshe actually opens
with a prophetic blessing to the Jewish people.
6 min
August 14, 2025 Fuel for Righteous Living
We who desire his righteousness to live through us will always be willing
to lend a helping hand to any and all in need. Out of our surrender renewal
is birthed; out of our renewal transformation occurs. It is out of this
transformation that our heart-felt worship wafts through the heavens to the
throne room and our service is blessed.
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August 08, 2025 The Paradox of Election
A modern reader may have difficulty accepting the prodigious acts that
accompanied the Israelites’ exodus from Egypt. But perhaps more
challenging, given our culture’s commitment to the equality of all people,
is the idea that God would choose one people in particular.
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…