Balak B’midbar(Numbers 22:2-25:9)
Balak B’midbar(Numbers) 22:2-25:9 Haftorah Reading Micah 5:6-6:8 Messianic Scripture II Peter 1:1-21, Jude 11, Rev. 2:14-15 To begin, how would you describe Balaam? Who was he? Peter compares false prophets with men like Balaam: Having eyes full of adultery that never cease from sin, enticing unstable souls, having a heart trained in greed, accursed children; forsaking the right […]
Torah Portion: Korach, B’Midbar/Numbers 16:1-18:32
Haftorah Reading: I Samuel 11:14-12:22 Torah Portion: Korach, B’Midbar/Numbers 16:1-18:32 Haftorah Reading: I Samuel 11:14-12:22 Messianic Scripture: Jude 1-25 I want to begin with a question. What do you think Korach misunderstood? He saw a leader as someone higher than the rest of the people The leader was the superior one The one to whom […]
Shelach L’Kha (Send on Your Behalf) B’midbar/Numbers 13:1-15:41
Haftorah Reading: Joshua 2:1-24 Messianic Scripture: Hebrews 3:7-19 1.What was missing in the ten leaders report? The 10 leaders of the tribes said: Numbers 13:26-33, “‘They came back to Moses and Aaron and the whole Israelite community at Kadesh in the Desert of Paran. There they reported to them and to the whole assembly and showed them the fruit […]
Beha’alotkha Numbers 8:1-12:16 HafTorah: Zechariah 2:10-4:7
1.We read in Numbers 11 where the people complained about their situation to the point of suggesting Egypt would be better than where they were. We also see in the Torah portion what G-d’s attitude was on complaining. What happens to us when we complain and criticize? Does it change how we see the world, […]
Naso: B’midbar/Numbers 4:21-7:89
Haftorah Reading: Judges 13:2-25 Messianic Writings Acts 21:17-26 1.The name of this Torah portion is Naso. This is an interesting word. In Hebrew it can mean take and it also can mean to lift. This word is found in the beginning of this portion where in English it reads, “take a census…” In Hebrew that verse […]
B’Midbar (In the Desert) Numbers 1:1-4:20
B’Midbar (In the Desert) Numbers 1:1-4:20 1.The name of this Torah portion is B’Midbar (In the Desert). Desert in Hebrew is Midbar, Diburim are the 10 words (commandments), Medaber is to speak. Desert, words, speak all come from the same Hebrew root – DBR. What do these things, desert, speak and words have in common? The […]
B’Har (Oh Mount)Lev.25:1-26:22, B’chukkotai(By My Regulations)Lev. 26:3-27:34
1.Leviticus 25 begins with instructions for keeping Shabbat and the Shmitah year. What are the similarities in the Shabbat and the Shmitah year and what is different about them? What is the difference in faith and trust? Can you see how the Shabbat and the Shmitah year are good examples of the difference in faith and […]
Vayikra (He Called) Leviticus/Vayikra 1:1-5:26
1.The opening word of today’s parsha gives its name to the entire book: Vayikra, “He called.” Look carefully at the verse and you will see that its construction is odd. Literally translated it reads: “He called to Moses, and G-d spoke to him from the Tent of Meeting, saying …” The first phrase seems to be […]
Vayak’hel (He Assembled) Exodus(Sh’mot) 35:1-38:20
Vayak’hel (He Assembled) Exodus(Sh’mot) 35:1-38:20 1.The name of this Torah portion is Vayak’hel. It can mean either “gather” or “assemble.” Interestingly we also saw this same word in our section last week. In Exodus/Sh’mot 32:1 we read where the people assembled around Aaron and demanded he make them gods to go before them since Moshe […]
Ki Tisa (When You Take) Exodus(Sh’mot) 30:11-34:35
Ki Tisa (When You Take) Exodus(Sh’mot) 30:11-34:35 1.Torah tells the story of building the Tabernacle twice: first in Ex 25:1-31:17 where G-d gives instructions, then in Exodus 35-40 as the Israelites constructed it. In both cases, the construction of the building is side by side with the command of the Sabbath, Exodus 31:12-17 and Exodus […]