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Why can't we hear God? Moses spoke thus to the people of Israel, but they did not listen to Moses, because of their broken spirit and harsh slavery. (Shemot/Exodus 6:9) Va’era For the week of January 17, 2026 / 28 Tevet 5786 Torah: Torah/Exodus 6:2 - 9:35 Haftarah: Ezekiel 28:25 - 29:21 Video version: https://youtu.be/XDIQ-shN2cE Text version: https://torahbytes.org/86-14 X (Twitter): @TorahBytes...

Curiosity can make all the difference Video version: https://youtu.be/krM0x9Awtb8 Now Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law, Jethro, the priest of Midian, and he led his flock to the west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. And the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush. He looked, and behold, the bush was burning, yet...

Knowing God prompts us to anticipate the positive Video version: https://youtu.be/IXBOBsr1XPE When Joseph's brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “It may be that Joseph will hate us and pay us back for all the evil that we did to him.” So they sent a message to Joseph, saying, “Your father gave this command before he died: ‘Say to Joseph, “Please forgive the transgression of your bro...

Are you emotionally stuck? Video version: https://youtu.be/GfxN-CTxL6Y And he wept aloud, so that the Egyptians heard it, and the household of Pharaoh heard it. (Bereshit/Genesis 45:2) Vayigash For the week of December 27, 2025 / 7 Tevet 5786 Torah: Bereshit/Genesis 44:18 – 47:27 Haftarah: Ezekiel 37:15-28 Originally posted the week of December 15, 2018 / 7 Tevet 5779 (revised) Text version: https...

The clarifying light of Hanukkah Video version: https://youtu.be/0LUikhF5IkU And Pharaoh said to his servants, “Can we find a man like this, in whom is the Spirit of God?” (Bereshit/Genesis 41:38) Miketz, Hanukkah, & Rosh Hodesh For the week of December 20, 2025 / 30 Kislev 5786 Torah: Bereshit/Genesis 41:1 – 44:17; B’midbar/Numbers 28:9–15, 7:42–53 Hatarah: Zechariah: 2:14 – 4:7 (English: 2:1...

Are life's complications really all that necessary? Video version: https://youtu.be/zXCF6mg4Jqs The keeper of the prison paid no attention to anything that was in Joseph’s charge, because the LORD was with him. And whatever he did, the LORD made it succeed. (Bereshit/Genesis 39:23) Vayeshev For the week of December 13, 2025 / 23 Kislev 5786 Torah: Bereshit/Genesis 37:1-40:23 Haftarah: Amos 2:6-3:8...

Fear can be a handy tool when used properly Video version: https://youtu.be/NXbvgI5Epp0 And Jacob said, “O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, O Lord who said to me, ‘Return to your country and to your kindred, that I may do you good,’ I am not worthy of the least of all the deeds of steadfast love and all the faithfulness that you have shown to your servant, for with only my staf...

God's complex love for Israel Video version: https://youtu.be/4JcfEM4ya4g I shall ransom them from the power of Sheol; I shall redeem them from Death. (Hoshea/Hosea 13:14) Vayetzei For the week of November 29, 2025 / 9 Kislev 5786 Torah: Bereshit/Genesis 28:10 – 32:3 Haftarah: Hoshea/Hosea 12:13 – 14:10 (English: 12:12 – 14:9) Originally posted the week of December 7, 2024 / 6 Kislev 5785 (revised...

Does prayer really make a difference? And Isaac prayed to the LORD for his wife, because she was barren. And the LORD granted his prayer, and Rebekah his wife conceived. (Bereshit/Genesis 25:21) Video version: https://youtu.be/AODGnyX3mSc Toledot For the week of November 22, 2025 / 2 Kislev 5786 Torah: Bereshit/Genesis 25:19-28:9 Haftarah: 1 Samuel 20:18-42 Originally posted the week of November 2...

Faith shouldn't be mindless Then Abraham bowed down before the people of the land. And he said to Ephron in the hearing of the people of the land, “But if you will, hear me: I give the price of the field. Accept it from me, that I may bury my dead there.” (Bereshit/Genesis 23:12-13) Video version: https://youtu.be/l5P1cgshw_Y Hayyei Sarah For the week of November 15, 2025 / 25 Heshvan 5786 Torah:...

Truth is stranger than fiction And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, “She is my sister.” And Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah. (Bereshit/Genesis 20:2) Video version: https://youtu.be/XFzijOGCGPQ Vayera For the week of November 8, 2025 / 17 Heshvan 5786 Torah: Bereshit/Genesis 18:1 – 22:24 Haftarah: 2 Melachim/2 Kings 4:1-37 Originally posted the week of November 4, 2017 / 15 Heshvan 5778...

God watches Israel's back Now the LORD said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show you. And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed...

For God so loved the cosmos! And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.” (Bereshit/Genesis 9:1) Noach For the week of October 25, 2025 / 3 Heshvan 5786 Torah: Bereshit/Genesis 6:9-11:32 Haftarah: Isaiah 54:1 - 55:5 Originally posted the week of October 24, 2020 / 6 Heshvan 5781 (updated) Video version: https://youtu.be/WrAjiNnrH4M Text version...

God's blessings are expressions of his creative power Video version: https://youtu.be/dk6ggDJjpFk And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” (Bereshit/Genesis 1:28) Bereshit For the week of October 18, 2025 /...

We have unfettered access to God Moses said, “Please show me your glory.” (Shemot/Exodus 33:18) Sukkot For the week of October 11, 2025 / 19 Tishrei 5786 Torah: Shemot/Exodus 33:12 - 34:26; B’midbar/Numbers 29:23-31 Haftarah: Ezekiel 38:18 - 39:16 Video version: https://youtu.be/LSLjyf9Xu-g Text version: https://torahbytes.org/86-sukkot X (Twitter): @TorahBytes Support TorahBytes: https://torahbyt...

What if the God of the Bible were truly your father? Do you thus repay the Lord, you foolish and senseless people? Is not he your father, who created you, who made you and established you? (D’varim/Deuteronomy 32:6) Ha’azinu For the week of October 4, 2025 / 12 Tishri 5786 Torah: D’varim/Deuteronomy 32:1-52 Haftarah: 2 Samuel 22:1-51 Originally posted the week of September 18, 2021 / 12 Tishri 578...

Don't you recognize your reflection? And I will surely hide my face in that day because of all the evil that they have done, because they have turned to other gods. (D’varim / Deuteronomy 31:18) Vayeilech (Shabbat Shuva) For the week of September 27, 2025 / 5 Tishri 5786 Torah: D’varim/Deuteronomy 31:1-30 Haftarah: Hosea 14:2-10 (English: 14:1-9); Micah 7:18-20; Joel 2:15-17 Originally posted the...

"Feelings of peace on their own indicate nothing." Beware lest there be among you a man or woman or clan or tribe whose heart is turning away today from the LORD our God to go and serve the gods of those nations. Beware lest there be among you a root bearing poisonous and bitter fruit, one who, when he hears the words of this sworn covenant, blesses himself in his heart, saying, “I shall be safe,...

Why can’t people see that God’s promises of restoration (to Israel) only make sense if they are spoken to the very people who are under the threat of judgment? "Foreigners will rebuild your walls, and their kings will serve you. Though in anger I struck you, in favor I will show you compassion." (Isaiah 60:10) Ki Tavo For the week of September 13, 2025 / 20 Elul 5785 Torah: D’varim/Deuteronomy 26:...

An example of a radical Torah principle (both then & now!) When you make your neighbor a loan of any sort, you shall not go into his house to collect his pledge. You shall stand outside, and the man to whom you make the loan shall bring the pledge out to you. (D’varim/Deuteronomy 24:10–11) Ki Teitzei For the week of September 6, 2025 / 13 Elul 5785 Torah: D'varim/Deuteronomy 21:10 - 25:19 Haft...

All your children shall be taught by the LORD, and great shall be the peace of your children. (Isaiah 54:13) Shof’tim For the week of August 30, 2025 / 6 Elul 5785 Torah: D’varim/Deuteronomy 16:18 – 21:9 Haftarah: Isaiah 51:12 – 52:12 Originally posted the week of August 18, 2018 / 7 Elul 5778 Video version: https://youtu.be/sBZbBTnNh9c Text version: https://torahbytes.org/85-48 X (Twitter): @Tora...

All your children shall be taught by the LORD, and great shall be the peace of your children. (Isaiah 54:13) Re'eh For the week of August 23, 2025 / 29 Av 5785 Torah: Devarim/Deuteronomy 11:26 - 16:17 Haftarah: Isaiah 54:11 - 55:5 & 1 Samuel 20:18–42 Originally posted the week of August 19, 2017 / 27 Av 5777 Text version: https://torahbytes.org/85-47 X (Twitter): @TorahBytes Support TorahBytes...

God's love for Israel is forever etched in his hands Ekev For the week of August 16, 2025 / 22 Av 5785 Torah: D’varim/Deuteronomy 7:12 - 11:25 Haftarah: Isaiah 49:14 - 51:3 Text version: https://torahbytes.org/85-46 X (Twitter): @TorahBytes Support TorahBytes: https://torahbytes.org/donations/

The key to truth is asking the right questions Va-etchannan/Nachamu For the week of August 9, 2025 / 15 Av 5785 Torah D’varim/Deuteronomy 3:23 - 7:11 Haftarah: Isaiah 40:1-26 Text version: https://torahbytes.org/85-45/ X (Twitter): @TorahBytes Support TorahBytes: https://torahbytes.org/donations/

When critique is confused with condemnation D’varim/Shabbat Chazon For the week of August 2, 2025 / 8 Av 5785 Torah: D’varim/Deuteronomy 1:1 - 3:22 Haftarah: Isaiah 1:1-27 Text version: https://torahbytes.org/85-44/ X (Twitter): @TorahBytes Support TorahBytes: https://torahbytes.org/donations/