Parashat Va’era פרשת וארא “And I appeared” “And God spoke to Moses…” (Exodus 6:2) Torah Portion: Exodus 6:2-9:35 Haftarah: Ezekiel 28:25-29-21 B’rit Chadash/New Covenant: Romans 9:14-33 Shabbat |9 January 2016 | 28 Tevet 5776 THE PHARAOH WITHIN US “Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and when he stumbles, let not your heart exult. Lest…
Category: Parashas
Torah Portion Shemos
Ehyeh-Asher-Ehyeh (often contracted in English as “I AM”) is one of the Seven Names of God accorded special care by medieval Jewish tradition.[1] The phrase is also found in other world religious literature, used to describe the Supreme Being, generally referring back to its use in Exodus. The word Ehyeh is considered by many rabbinical…
PARASHAS SHEMOS
THE KEY IS SHABBOS Adam was created for the highest mission, to “fill the earth and conquer it and rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the heavens and every living being swarming on the earth” (Gen. 1:28). But Adam fell from his mission, and instead of “tending and guarding” the…
Vayeshev וישב “He settled”
Full Kriyah 1: 37:1-11 (11 p’sukim) 2: 37:12-22 (11 p’sukim) 3: 37:23-36 (14 p’sukim) 4: 38:1-30 (30 p’sukim) 5: 39:1-6 (6 p’sukim) 6: 39:7-23 (17 p’sukim) 7: 40:1-23 (23 p’sukim) maf: 40:20-23 (4 p’sukim)
PARSHAT VAYESHEV
SECTION IX. VAYESHEV. And Jakob dwelt in peace in the land of the sojourning of his fathers, in the land of Kenaan. These are the generations of Jakob. Joseph was a son of seventeen years. He had come forth from the school, and was a youth brought up with the sons of Bilhah and…
Words that Matter
Fourth Reading: Genesis 19:21–21:4 The angel sent to overthrow Sodom told Lot that he was about to destroy it, as if to say that he had the power to do so himself. מֵהרִהָמֵּלטָשָׁמּהִכּי לֹא אוַּכלַלֲעשׂוֹתָדָּברַעד בֲֹּאƈָשָׁמּה וגו’: (בראשית יט:כב) [The angel said to Lot,] “Hurry! Escape [to the nearby city], for I can do nothing…
Vayera – “And He Appeared”
Christopher discusses the laws of kashrot (kosher) in relation to the separation of meat and cheese. Does this Torah Portion say that Avraham served his guests (the three angels) meat and cheese together? Or is there more to this? Also, Christopher shows in this Torah Portion why the Pharisees believed in resurrection and how Isaac…
Parashat Lech-Lecha
STUDY GUIDE LEKH LEKHA (CHAPTERS 12:1-17:27) SUMMARY OF THE TORAH PORTION Abram receives a call from God to journey from his home to the land of Canaan and is promised that he will become a great nation; Abram arrives, but later leaves Canaan for Egypt because of a famine and Sarai, his wife, is taken…
Parashat Noach / פרשת נח
STUDY GUIDE NOACH (CHAPTERS 6:9-11:32) SUMMARY OF THE TORAH PORTION Noah is deemed righteous enough to be spared from the impending destruction of the wicked world; God tells him about the upcoming flood and commands him to build an ark; Noah gathers his family and animals into the ark in accordance with God’s instructions; It…
Bereishis בְּרֵאשִׁית
Study Notes Bereishis 5776 Christopher discusses why the Torah starts with the ב instead of the א. He also shows how the Rabbis and Sages reveal Yeshua as the Mashiach in Bereishis. Also, why the first mitzvos in all the Torah is marriage. From our Friends at Nazflix
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