Pesach teaching 2024
1.Some families sit down every year and go over the story of Passover with their children. What is the point of repeating this process year after year? A fundamental lesson repeated several times during the Passover narratives in the Bible is Moses giving the command to celebrate the Passover every year for all generations as a nation. The […]
Metzora Lev. 14:1-15:33 HafTorah: II Kings 7:3-20
Metzora Leviticus 14:1-15:33 HafTorah: II Kings 7:3-20 1.This is the second Torah Portion devoted to leprosy. Four chapters given to a disease and all the details of how to tell if a person has it and if so what to do about it and how to be declared clean. Find verses in the Messianic scripture concerning leprosy […]
Tazria (She Conceives) (Leviticus) Vayikra 12-13 Haftorah Reading: II Kings 4:42-5:19
Tazria (She Conceives) (Leviticus) Vayikra 12-13 Haftorah Reading: II Kings 4:42-5:19 This week we continue on with the laws of clean and unclean which began in chapter 11 with clean and unclean animals. I want us to begin our time with what it means to be clean or unclean. The word for clean in Hebrew, […]
Sh’mini (The Eighth) Leviticus 9:1-11:47
1.What do you think was G-d’s purpose for the kosher laws? a. The kosher laws were to set the people apart, b. to keep them from being assimilated into the pagan world around them. c. It was teaching them to live by G-d’s plan, to live in G-d’s framework. d. Also the kosher laws teach […]
Tzav (Command) Lev. 6:8-8:36 HafTorah: Jeremiah 7:21-8:3; 9:22-23
Tzav (Command) Leviticus 6:8-8:36 1.The first verse of the Torah section begins with the word, Tzav. In English this word means “Command.” What is interesting is that this word is used rather than some other Hebrew word that would mean to tell or to speak. Why do you think G-d began with such a strong word? […]
P’Kudei (Accounts) Sh’mot (Exodus) 38:21-40:38
P’Kudei (Accounts) Sh’mot (Exodus) 38:21-40:38 1.In Sh’mot 38:21 we read, “The tabernacle, the tabernacle of testimony.” Usually when the Torah makes double use of a word it is making a deeper point. I think the Torah is speaking of the earthly Tabernacle as being a shadow of the heavenly. This sounds really similar to Hebrews […]
Vayakhel (And He Assembled) Exodus 35:1-38:20
Vayakhel (And He Assembled) Exodus 35:1-38:20 HafTorah: I Kings 7:40-7:50 1.The name of our Torah portion this week is based on the Hebrew word, Kahal or assemble. This word throughout the Hebrew Bible was used when referring to times when the people assembled in the Mishkan (Tabernacle) or Beit Mikdash (Temple). When the Hebrew Bible […]
Ki Tisa (When You Take) Sh’mot/Ex. 30:11-34:35
Ki Tisa (When You Take) Sh’mot/Exodus 30:11-34:35 1.In this week’s Torah portion we read where Moshe’s face glowed with radiance after being with G-d. So he covered his face with a veil when he was with the Israelites. He removed it when talking to G-d. Why did he cover his face when with the children of Israel? See […]
Tetzaveh (You are to Order) Exodus 27-30
1.My first question this week is what is worship according to scripture? In John 4:23-24 it says to worship G-d in spirit and truth. How do we worship in spirit and truth? What does that mean for us as we worship the Father? Worship is to be an integral part of our daily life, not […]
Terumah (Donation) Ex. 25:1-27:19
1.Before we get to the Torah portion I would like your thoughts on what was the purpose of the Exodus? Was it to just get out of Egypt and to Israel? No, like our walk, it was more than that. We are not saved just to get out of “Egypt.” One of the main points […]