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How to solve the Middle East crisis Video version: https://youtu.be/XpLkDs7LXj8 Mattot & Masei Torah: B’midbar/Numbers 30:2 – 36:13 (English 30:1 – 36:13) Haftarah: Jeremiah 2:4-28, 3:4 For the week of July 11, 2026 / 26 Tammuz 5786 Originally posted the week of July 26, 2014 / 28 Tammuz 5774 (updated) Text version: https://torahbytes.org/86-43 X (Twitter): @TorahBytes Support TorahBytes: http...

You can do anything God calls you to Video version: https://youtu.be/FTYRfImTTbs Pinchas For the week of July 4, 2026 / 19 Tammuz 5786 Torah: B’midbar/Numbers 25:10 – 30:1 (English 25:10 – 29:40) Haftarah: Jeremiah 1:1 – 2:3 Originally posted the week of July 26, 2008 / 23 Tammuz 5768 (updated) Text version: https://torahbytes.org/86-41 X (Twitter): @TorahBytes Support TorahBytes: https://torahbyt...

Anger isn't the problem Video version: https://youtu.be/WNWwsGP_1Z0 Hukat-Balak For the week of June 27, 2026 / 12 Tammuz 5786 Torah: B’midbar/Numbers 19:1 – 25:9 Haftarah: Micah 5:6 – 6:8 Originally posted the week of June 27, 2015 / 10 Tammuz 5775 (updated) Text version: https://torahbytes.org/86-40 X (Twitter): @TorahBytes Support TorahBytes: https://torahbytes.org/donations/ Scriptures taken f...

Biblical forgiveness may not be what you think it is Video version: https://youtu.be/Ixz8qLBZ7p8 Korach For the week of June 20, 2026 / 5 Tammuz 5786 Torah: B’midbar/Numbers 16:1 - 18:32 Haftarah: 2 Shmuel/2 Samuel11:14 – 12:22 Text version: https://torahbytes.org/86-38 X (Twitter): @TorahBytes Support TorahBytes: https://torahbytes.org/donations/ Scriptures taken from the English Standard Version

Is it possible to believe in God and yet not believe in him? Video version: https://youtu.be/w7ua-x6TfZI Shela Lekha For the week of June 13, 2026 / 28 Sivan 5786 Torah: B’midbar / Numbers 13:1 - 15:41 Haftarah: Joshua 2:1-24 Originally posted the week of July 1, 2000/28 Sivan 5760 (updated) Text version: https://torahbytes.org/86-37 X (Twitter): @TorahBytes Support TorahBytes: https://torahbytes....

Is that thing you're doing actually praying? Video version: https://youtu.be/2JIPwYMud6Y B’ha‘alotkha For the week of June 6, 2026 / 21 Sivan 5786 Torah: B’midbar/Numbers 8:1 – 12:16 Haftarah: Zechariah 2:14 – 4:7 (English 2:10 – 4:7) Originally posted the week of June 22, 2019 / 19 Sivan 5779 (Updated) Text version: https://torahbytes.org/86-36 X (Twitter): @TorahBytes Support TorahBytes: https:/...

It's time to bring back the blessing Video version: https://youtu.be/z7dOo-ibSmQ Nasso For the week of May 30, 2026 / 14 Sivan 5786 Torah: B’midbar/Numbers 4:21 - 7:89 Haftarah: Shoftim/Judges 13:2-25 Originally posted the week of June 3, 2023 / 14 Sivan 5783 (updated) Text version: https://torahbytes.org/86-35 X (Twitter): @TorahBytes Support TorahBytes: https://torahbytes.org/donations/ Scriptur...

Reaching beyond the superficiality of self Video version: https://youtu.be/PqCYcYhMTo8 Shavuot For the week of May 23, 2026 / 7 Sivan 5786 Torah: D’varim/Deuteronomy 14:22 – 16:17 Haftarah: Habakkuk 3:1–19 Originally posted the week of May 30, 2009 / 7 Sivan 5769 (updated) Text version: https://torahbytes.org/86-Shavuot X (Twitter): @TorahBytes Support TorahBytes: https://torahbytes.org/donations/...

God is not safe Video version: https://youtu.be/KP8tv3eJ4DI But they shall not go in to look on the holy things even for a moment, lest they die. (B’midbar/Numbers 4:20; ESV) B’midbar For the week of May 16, 2026 / 29 Iyar 5786 Torah: B’midbar/Numbers 1:1 - 4:20 Haftarah: 1 Samuel 20:18–42 Originally posted the week of May 24, 2014 / 24 Iyar 5774 (revised) Text version: https://torahbytes.org/86-3...

Israel's eternal right of appeal Video version: https://youtu.be/PT9CULgR6Os Whoever blasphemes the name of the LORD shall surely be put to death. All the congregation shall stone him. The sojourner as well as the native, when he blasphemes the Name, shall be put to death. (Vayikra/Leviticus 24:16) Behar & Bechukotai For the week of May 9, 2026 / 22 Iyar 5786 Torah: Vayikra/Leviticus 25:1 – 27...

Attempts to manipulate God is extremely dangerous Video version: https://youtu.be/OqZvz56NdMw Whoever blasphemes the name of the LORD shall surely be put to death. All the congregation shall stone him. The sojourner as well as the native, when he blasphemes the Name, shall be put to death. (Vayikra/Leviticus 24:16) Emor For the week of May 2, 2026 / 15 Iyar 5786 Torah: Vayikra/Leviticus 21:1-24:23...

Celebrating the return to Zion Video version: https://youtu.be/c1a_WfZa2Uw I will restore the fortunes of my people Israel, and they shall rebuild the ruined cities and inhabit them; they shall plant vineyards and drink their wine, and they shall make gardens and eat their fruit. I will plant them on their land, and they shall never again be uprooted out of the land that I have given them,” says t...

With God, anything is possible, except nonsense Video versions: https://youtu.be/rCfAeZj5KJk For as the new heavens and the new earth that I make shall remain before me, says the LORD, so shall your offspring and your name remain. (Isaiah 66:22; ESV) Tazria & Metzora For the week of April 18, 2026 / 1 Iyar 5786 Torah: Vayikra/Leviticus 12:1 - 15:33; B’midbar/Numbers 28:9-15 Haftarah: Isaiah 66...

Our actions make a way bigger difference than we think Video version: https://youtu.be/vkl-dHpIlks And David and all the house of Israel were celebrating before the LORD, with songs and lyres and harps and tambourines and castanets and cymbals. And when they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah put out his hand to the ark of God and took hold of it, for the oxen stumbled. And the anger of t...

We are far more connected to our history than we think Video version: https://youtu.be/WsXH3vkLv5E You shall tell your son on that day: It is because of what the LORD did for me when I came out of Egypt. (Shemot/Exodus 13:8) Pesach For the week of April 4, 2026 / 17 Nisan 5786 Torah: Shemot/Exodus 13:1-16; B’midbar/Numbers 28:19-25 Haftarah: Ezekiel 36:37 - 37:14 Originally posted the week of Apri...

The importance of God's enduring faithfulness Video version: https://youtu.be/_uGcAKeC6IM For I the LORD do not change; therefore you, O children of Jacob, are not consumed. (Malachi 3:6) Tzav For the week of March 28, 2026 / 10 Nisan 5786 Torah: Vayikra/Leviticus 6:1-8:36 (English 6:8 – 8:36) Haftarah Malachi 3:4-24 (English: 3:4 – 4:6) Text version: https://torahbytes.org/86-25 X (Twitter): @Tor...

The "what" of biblical sacrifice Video version: https://youtu.be/91aRSY7GBAw The LORD called Moses and spoke to him from the tent of meeting, saying, “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When any one of you brings an offering to the LORD, you shall bring your offering of livestock from the herd or from the flock.” (Vayikra/Leviticus 1:1-2) Vayikra For the week of March 21, 2026 / 3 Nisa...

God's presence is here for you Video version: https://youtu.be/TGukH87IZqM Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. And Moses was not able to enter the tent of meeting because the cloud settled on it, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. (Shemot/Exodus 40:34-35) Vayakhel & Pekudei For the week of March 14, 2026 / 25 Adar 5786 Tora...

Standing with the God of Israel means standing with the people of Israel And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. (Ezekiel 36:26) Ki Tisa & Parah For the week of March 7, 2026 / 18 Adar 5786 Shemot/Exodus 30:11 – 34:35; B’midbar/Numbers 19:1–22 Haftarah: Ezekiel 36:16–38 Text ver...

Did God tell you to carry that? Video version: https://youtu.be/O_llPQATx1o As a jeweler engraves signets, so shall you engrave the two stones with the names of the sons of Israel. You shall enclose them in settings of gold filigree. And you shall set the two stones on the shoulder pieces of the ephod, as stones of remembrance for the sons of Israel. And Aaron shall bear their names before the LOR...

We are not alone Video version: https://youtu.be/V1Cni6xQYoQ And you shall put the mercy seat on the top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the testimony that I shall give you. There I will meet with you, and from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim that are on the ark of the testimony, I will speak with you about all that I will give you in commandment for the people of Isra...

Heaven is closer than you think Video version: https://youtu.be/joWtjIT4ui4 Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel went up, and they saw the God of Israel. There was under his feet as it were a pavement of sapphire stone, like the very heaven for clearness. And he did not lay his hand on the chief men of the people of Israel; they beheld God, and ate and drank....

Do our lives reflect God's greatness? Video version: https://youtu.be/RyriNq_sqb0 "Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods..." (Shemot/Exodus 18:11) Yitro For the week of February 7, 2026 / 20 Shevat 5786 Torah: Shemot/Exodus 18:1 – 20:23 Haftarah: Isaiah 6:1 - 7:6; 9:5–6 Originally posted the week of January 26, 2019 / 20 Shevat 5779 (revised) Text version: https://torahbytes.org/86-17...

Facing challenges head-on Video version: https://youtu.be/Fmx2xtSNkhI The LORD said to Moses, “Why do you cry to me? Tell the people of Israel to go forward.” (Shemot/Exodus 14:15) Beshalach For the week of January 31, 2026 / 13 Shevat 5786 Torah: Shemot/Exodus 13:17 – 17:16 Haftarah: Shoftim/Judges 4:4 – 5:31 Originally posted the week of January 23, 2016 / 13 Shevat 5776 (revised) Text version:...

Can you read the signs? Video version: https://youtu.be/Ktn1Bw-vx1A Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go in to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the heart of his servants, that I may show these signs of mine among them, and that you may tell in the hearing of your son and of your grandson how I have dealt harshly with the Egyptians and what signs I have done among them, that you may know that...