PARASHAH NOACH (NOAH) B’RESHEET ~ Genesis 6:9-11:32, Week 2 “The days of Noah” were characterized by: Spiritual Anarchy, Bloodlust, Evil, Chaos, and Rebellion. As if the young earth would return to its pre-creation state of TOHU VAVOHU (Genesis 1: 1-5), the earth returned, during the flood, to the waters of CREATION! Noah was not arbitrarily…
PARASHAH B’RESHEET WEEK 1: Genesis 1:1-6:8 B’RESHEET is written in the ‘Divine Narrator’: The Third Person B’RESHEET: In the beginning: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” (Gen. 1:1) The first letter is BET meaning HOUSE, followed by three VAVS, in Gematria adding up to 18, the value for LIFE (CHAI). The…
Parashah HA’AZINU (Listen ~ Hear) (Deuteronomy 32: 1-52) Week 53 The reading of HA’AZINU (Hear) falls on our ears like soft rain. As a friend of Torah , who now proclaims its bounty to others who have never tasted of this fruitfulness of ADONAI’s heart for His people, and ALL peoples; I find Moshe’s poetic…
PARASHAH VAELECH (Deuteronomy 31:1-30) Week 52 Vayelech: He went, “Moshe went and spoke the following words to all Israel.” Moses elaborates to the entire Assembly of Israel that he is 120 years old and near his death. He reminds Israel that ADONAI was clear, Moses will NOT cross the Jordan to escort the Nation into…
PARASHAH NITZAVIM (Deuteronomy 29:10-30:20) Week 51 NITZAVIM: STANDING; ‘You are standing today all of you before the Lord your God, the heads of your tribes, your elders and your officers, all the men of Israel’. Deut. 29:10 CHAYIM: LIFE; ‘I have set before you, life and death blessing and curse. Therefore, choose life!’ Deut. 30:19…
PARASHAH KI’TAVO (Deuteronomy 26:1-29:8) Week 50 KI’TAVO: “When You Come into the land” (Instructions to Follow from the Creator!) BIKKURIM: First Fruits of Crops… Particularly referring to the 7 SPECIES gathered by the Spies in Canaan which were: Wheat, Barley, Grapes, Figs, Pomegranates, Olives, Dates. The obedient Israeli farmer tied a string on the FIRST…
PARASHAH KI TETZE (Deuteronomy 21:10-25:19) Week 49 KI TETZE: When you go out: “When you go out to war against your enemies, and the Lord your God gives them into your hand and you take them captive…” This Parashah contains 74 of the 613 Commandments INITA: To humiliate! (Unholy sexual contact) SHAMAR: To Guard in…
Dear Friends and Subscribers: As this year’s annual Torah rotational study comes to a close, with the beautiful recording of the blessing (Habrachah) over the Tribes of Israel by Moses as recorded in Deuteronomy 33:1-34:12, we can be filled with happiness and a sense of accomplishment to have studied so deeply, while gaining the golden…
SIMCHAT TORAH ~ The Joy of Torah SIMCHAT TORAH is the annual celebration of an ancient love affair! The Old Testament Bible is the foundation of our Christian faith. It is imperative that we, The Wild Olive Branch (grafted into the eternal vine of God’s chosen people) comprehend and connect with the amazing love affair…
WELCOME FRIENDS OF THIS TORAH LIFE A Journey for Messianic Christians, 5782 Welcome to this Journey of the Spirit, the study of the Garden of God’s Torah as described by Adonai Himself. Think of the Garden of Eden, in all its beauty. The Torah brings beauty into the lives of faithful Talmidim, or Torah Students….