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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...

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...