Archive for July, 2007

Parashat Va-ethannan

Saturday, July 28th, 2007

Torah Portion: Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11

Haftarah Portion: Isaiah 40:1-40:26

While reading this Torah Portion, I started reviewing the events of the giving of the Ten Commandments, (or the Nine Utterances for our Jewish Believers in Messiah), which are reviewed in Chapter 5. For whatever reason, this time (more…)

Parashat Devarim (D’varim)

Saturday, July 21st, 2007

Torah Portion: Deuteronomy 1:1 - 3:22

Haftarah Portion: Isaiah 1:1 - 1:27

In this week’s Torah Portion, we see many cities which are conquered by the Israeli People. We see that for each one there were instructions of method and process (more…)

The Accuser Watcheth

Tuesday, July 17th, 2007

Today, I was watching The View because guest Kristin Chenoweth was going to be interviewed. I have seen some of her Broadway style performances before and really enjoyed the part she played as an actress on The West Wing television series.
During the interview, there was a question posed (more…)

Parashat Matot-Masei

Saturday, July 14th, 2007

Torah Portion: Numbers 30:2 - 36:13

Haftarah Portion [Ashkinazim]: Jeremiah 2:4-28; 3:4

Haftarah Portion [Sephardim]: Jeremiah 2:4-28; 4:1 - 4:2

Numbers 2 is retaught in James 5:12 in the instructions on how to live a life pleasing to HaShem. The rest of Numbers 30 is very interesting, as it describes the relationship of covering (more…)

Parashat Pinchas (Pinhas)

Saturday, July 7th, 2007

Torah Portion: Numbers 25:10-30:1

Haftarah Portion: I Kings 18:46-19:21

In Numbers 26:52-56, as every tribe of Israel gained an inheritance sized according to their numbers in proportions, so each person has (more…)