BeHar – The Jubilee

Posted on May 30, 2016

Rick Ortiz presents an outline of this Torah portion and highlights the meaning of the Jubilee which Yeshua proclaimed by quoting Isaiah 61.    

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Emor – Defiled?

Posted on May 22, 2016

R. Paul Falk discovers the answers to some interesting questions about being “holy” or one of two kinds of “unclean,” by looking at the teachings and example of Yeshua who actually became unclean in both ways.  

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Kedoshim – How to Be Holy

Posted on May 15, 2016

Patrick Shannon studies the first command in this Torah portion, “Be holy” and cuts through the murkiness of our deceiving translations to reveal the actual meaning of this command and how to obey it to be like our Father in Heaven.

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Acharei Mot – Yeast of the Pharisees

Posted on May 11, 2016

R. Paul Falk shines a bright light on the dark motives of the Pharisees which Yeshua warns against as their “yeast.” As His disciples today, we must be very careful of this spreading agent that causes puffing up.  

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Metsora – A Certain Disease

Posted on Apr 17, 2016

In this Torah portion, R. Paul Falk shows us from the meaning of the Hebrew word for leprosy that this ancient infection is actually a metaphor for a very dangerous, spreading heart disease with which any of us could be infected.

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Tazria – Clean and Unclean

Posted on Apr 10, 2016

Patrick Shannon focuses on Leviticus 12 which is about childbirth to answer several questions about why reproduction causes us to be unclean.

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Shemini – Let There Be Light 5

Posted on Apr 4, 2016

R. Paul Falk shows how the Torah portion regarding clean and unclean meats relates to Peter’s vision on the roof regarding how we are to show the light of Torah to the people of the nations.

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