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Sukkot and the Protective Covering of God

October 2, 2015 In this special Sukkot reading, Moses asks that God’s presence would go with Israel, and God agrees. Encouraged by this positive response, Moses also asks to see God’s glory. Once again, God graciously complies with his request and invites Moses to ascend Mount Sinai with two newly hewn stone tablets so that He can re-carve the Ten Commandments.

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Ha’Azinu: Worshiping God in the Midst of Great Disappointment

September 25, 2015 This week’s Torah portion (parasha), which is called Ha’Azinu, consists primarily of the 70-line song that Moses sang to the people of Israel on the last day of his life.

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Vayelech: Sin, Repentance, and the Glory of God on Shabbat Shuva

September 18, 2015 The reading for this particular Sabbath, which comes after Rosh Hashanah (Yom Teruah) and before the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur), falls during the Ten Days of Awe (Yamim Nora’im) during which time we are to seek the Lord with sincere teshuvah (repentance) for our sins.

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Nitzavim: The Freedom to Choose Life

September 11, 2015 In Parasha Nitzavim, God sets before the Jewish People two diametrically opposed choices: life and good, or death and evil (et ha'chayim v'et ha'tov; v'et hamavet v'et hara). Just as a good father might instruct his son or daughter as to the best decision to make, God implores His children to choose life.

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Ki Tavo: God’s Treasured Possession

September 4, 2015 The Lord promises Israel in this Parasha that if they keep His commandments, they will be "His treasured possession.” And although they have experienced many curses over the generations, in the Haftarah (prophetic portion), the prophet Isaiah tells Israel that God in His favor and mercy will one day exalt them even in the midst of much persecution and hatred against them.

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Ki Tetze: The Tree, the Curse, and Holiness

August 28, 2015 This Torah portion is a very practical compilation of teachings on most real-life situations: from inheritance rights of the firstborn to how to deal with stubborn, rebellious children; from returning lost objects to their owner to building safety fences around the roof of a home in order to prevent loss of life; from protection of the living to how to treat the body of the deceased.

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Shoftim: The Jewish King

August 21, 2015 In this week’s Torah portion, Moses instructed the nation of Israel in the appointing of judges (called shoftim in Hebrew) and law enforcement officers (called shotrim) to administer justice. These judges and officers would not only teach but also interpret the laws of the Torah. It also discusses the eventual appointment of the Jewish King.

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Re’eh: Choosing the Path of Blessing or of the Curse

August 14, 2015 As the children of Israel stand poised to cross over into the Jordan, God sets before the people two separate and distinct directions: a way of blessing if they choose to obey God’s commandments and a way of cursing if they choose to walk in disobedience to those laws. These two directions, the blessing and the curse, are to be proclaimed on two mountain tops in the Land: Mount Gerizim and Mount Ebal.

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Eikev: The Rewards of Faith in Action

August 7, 2015 The title of this week’s Parasha, Eikev, means because. It is used in this Parasha as a conjunction to create a relationship between experiencing God’s blessings and obedience to His Torah. In connection with this, the Haftarah portion this week contains an important prophecy that provides us with added insight into how to walk in the blessings of Adonai—through faith and obedience.

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Va’etchanan: Preparing the Next Generation

July 31, 2015 Included in this week’s Parasha are several of the best known and fundamental passages of Scripture in the entire Tanakh (Old Testament), including the Ten Commandments and the Shema (Listen! or Hear and Do!)—a call in Deuteronomy 6:4–9 to love the one true God with all our being. This passage also exhorts us to pass on our faith to the next generation by faithfully teaching the Torah to our children.

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