Parashat Toldot / פרשת תולדות

1And Abraham took another wife and her name was Keturah. אוַיֹּסֶף אַבְרָהָם וַיִּקַּח אִשָּׁה וּשְׁמָהּ קְטוּרָה: Keturah: (Gen. Rabbah 61:4) This is Hagar. She was called Keturah because her deeds were as beautiful as incense (קְטֹרֶת), and because she tied (קָטְרָה, the Aramaic for“tied”) her opening, for she was not intimate with any man from…

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

ELEH TOLEDOTH NOACH 9 These are the memorials of Noach. Noach was a man righteous and perfect in his generation; in the fear of the Lord walked Noach. 10 And Noach begat three sons, Shem, Cham, and Yapeth. 11 And the earth was corrupted before the Lord, and the earth was filled with violences.(37) 12…

Messiah is concealed in the name Noach

The Number 58-nun chet-spells the word Noach (Noah), whose name means “rest.” Noah, the tenth generation of mankind–“the tenth shall be holy for G-d” (Leviticus 27:32) –symbolizes the rest and peace that will bless the earth in the Messianic era. … of “all”–“for all is in it”) which had previously been concealed in it. Christopher…

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

BERESHITH BARA ELOHIM

GENESIS 1 (ONKELOS) — 1 In the first times(1) the Lord created the heavens and the earth. 2 And the earth was waste and empty, and darkness was upon(2) the face of the abyss; and a wind from before the Lord blew upon the face of the waters. 3 And the Lord said, Let there…

PARSHA HAAZINU

Aleph/Tav ALERT: Deut 32:1-43 is a Prophetic Song. Moses pleads a warning to the Children of Israel and what is amazing is there is not one את in any of the verses of the Song until he finishes and then Moses gives credit as to where the words of the prophetic song came from…Deut 32:44…