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 and fulfill our purpose to “bear much fruit.”
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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.
R. Dennis Richards takes aim at religious clichés that have been used so much, we have lost the original meanings. He uses Psalm 150 as example of how our modern translations have obliterated the actual Name of YHVH and have nullified the original Hebrew meaning of what is now a common cliché.
R. Dennis Richards examines Yeshua’s warnings to beware of leavening in several examples that give great insight to what it means for us in the world around us. In one example, Yeshua identified it as hypocrisy, but what about the “leaven of Herod” in Mark 8:15?
R. Paul Falk reveals an amazing correlation between the leprous house of Leviticus 14 and how it pertains to us in our faith today. He even links specific passages that point directly to the historical House of YHVH (the Temple), with a prophecy about the Wall in Jerusalem, spoken by Yeshua, that has yet to occur!
R. Dennis Richards identifies a certain parable that Yeshua stated was the key to understanding all the rest of the parables. Without this key, understanding the true meaning of everything Yeshua taught is completely lost on the hearers of the Word today.
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.
R. Paul Falk continues the “…Light” series focusing on the phrase in Matthew 5:14-16 about “giving light to all in the house” and provides excellent insight on what it really means to be “fishers of men” today.
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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R. Dennis Richards gives examples of how mysteries in the book Exodus holds the keys to understanding our faith today, including the Passover lamb, the meaning of the burning bush, insight about the next president of America, and what Yeshua meant by “Follow Me.”