Parashat Ekev (Because of) D’varim (Deuteronomy) 7:12-11:25 Haftarah: Isaiah 49:14-51:3 As I was reading this week’s Parashat Ekev, I found myself reflecting on how God’s justice often challenges our human sense of what is right … Read More
Our Unchanging God
Parashat Va’etchanan (To Implore or Beg) D’varim (Deuteronomy) 3:23-7:11 Haftarah: Isaiah 40:1–26 Parashat Va’etchanan speaks of the unchanging God of Israel – Past, Present, and Future. It opens with a deeply moving scene where Moses, … Read More
Devotion Over Ritual
Parashat D’varim (Words) D’varim (Deuteronomy) 1:1-3:22 Haftarah: Isaiah 1:1–27 Shabbat Hazon (Vision) This week’s Haftarah reading is particularly significant as it concludes the three weeks leading up to Tisha b’Av, a day of profound mourning … Read More
Mercy Triumphs Over Judgment
Parashat Mattot (Tribes) & Masei (Tribes and Journeys) Bamidbar (Numbers) 30:2-32:42 & 33:1-36:13 Haftarah: Jeremiah 2:4-28, 3:4, 4:1-2 In this week’s Parasha, we witness the culmination of the Israelites’ journey from Egypt to the brink … Read More
Reflecting on Faith and Obedience
Parashat Pinchas Weekly Torah Portion (Parashah): Bamidbar (Numbers) 25:10-30:1 Haftarah: Jeremiah 1:1-2:3 In this week’s Torah portion, Parashat Pinchas, we read about the division of the Promised Land among the Israelites: Then the LORD spoke … Read More
Witnessing God’s Sovereignty and Faithfulness
Parashat Balak Numbers 22:2-25:9 Haftarah: Micah 5:6-6:8 This week, we delve into Parashat Balak, found in Bamidbar (Numbers) 22:2-25:9, with the Haftarah reading from Micah 5:6-6:8. Named after Balak, the king of Moab, this portion … Read More
The Danger of a Rebellious Heart
Parashat Korach Bamidbar (Numbers) 16:1-18:32 Haftarah: Isaiah 66:1-24 Shabbat Rosh Chodesh This week we have a special reading from Isaiah to mark the beginning of the Hebrew month, Tammuz. As I was reading the scripture … Read More
Facing the Giants in the Land
Parashat Shelach (Send Forth) Bamidbar (Numbers) 13:1-15:41 Haftarah: Joshua 2:1-24 I often find myself connecting the truth of God’s Word to the reality of life today. Afterall, His Word is living and breathing, and is … Read More
A Reminder of His Presence
PARASHAT BEHAALOT’HA (WHEN YOU KINDLE) BAMIDBAR (NUMBERS) 8:1–12:6 HAFTARAH: ZECHARIAH 2:10-4:7 (2:14 IN THE HEBREW BIBLE) A very wise man once told me that “we are in the ministry of reminders”; I believe this is … Read More
Vowing to be Set Apart
Parashat Nasso (Lift Up) Bamidbar (Numbers) 4:21-7:89 Haftarah: Judges 13:2-25 In this week’s Parashah, we read of a very special vow that a person could take upon themselves, which is the vow of the Nazirite: … Read More