Lekh L’Kha (Get Yourself Out) B’resheet (Genesis) 12-17 Haftorah Reading: Isaiah 40:27-41:16 1. In Genesis 15:6 it says, “Abram believed the L-rd, and he credited it to him as righteousness.” Romans 4:3 says, “Avraham believed G-d and it was counted to him as righteousness.  What exactly does it mean, Avraham believed G-d.  How did it affect Avraham’s life? When we […]

1.What happened to Noah? In Genesis we read this description of Noah, “Noah was a righteous man, and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with G-d.” When we read this verse it speaks of Noah in terms found nowhere else in the Torah. He was perfect. Now after the flood we read in B’resheet/Genesis 9:20-21 […]

To begin our study I want to mention a Hebrew word found in  Genesis 1:1. “In the beginning G-d created the heaven and the earth.”  The Hebrew word used here for create is “Bara”. This word is only used when describing what G-d creates. Bara means creating something from nothing. G-d spoke and it was. Only G-d can do that.  […]

Vayelech (And He Went) D’Varim (Deut.) 31 HafTorah: Hosea 14:1-10, Micah 7:18-20, Joel 2:15-27 1.In Deut. 31:19 we read the final commandment Moshe gave the people as they stood at the door of entering the Promised Land. This verse reads, “Now then write down for yourselves this song and teach it to the people of […]