Weekly Torah Portions
Hidden Treasure in Your Sack
Torah Portion, Mikets (Genesis 41.1-44.17, I Kings 3. 15-4.1) “We have also brought additional silver with us to buy food. We don’t know who put [...]
A Messy Birth, Messianic Hope
Torah Portion Vayeshev (Genesis 37.1- 40.23, Amos 2.6-3.8) Yeshua’s parable of the Prodigal Son might easily be titled the “Lost Sons”. One lost at home, [...]
Of the Things I Lost In Shechem
Torah Portion Yayishlach, (Genesis 21.3-36. 43, Obadiah 1. 1-21) “Now Jacob came safely to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, [...]
How Awesome is this Place!
Torah Portion Vayeitzei (And he went out). (Gen. 28: 10 - 32:3, Hosea 12: 13-14:10) “Now Jacob went out from Beersheba and went toward Haran. [...]
Looking for Laughter after Loss
Torah Portion Chayei Sarai (The Life of Sarah) (Gen. 23 – 25. 18, I Kings 1. 1-31) “Sarah lived one hundred and twenty-seven years; these [...]
When Enough is Not Enough
Torah Portion, Vayeira, (Genesis 18-22.24, II Kings 4.1-27) In preparation for this week’s Torah Portion I asked my wife if she had heard about [...]
The Mysterious Midrash of a Man Carrying His Cross
“As one Bearing His Cross on His Shoulders” Genesis Midrash Rabbah, 53.3 I live in a land of archeological wonders. Constantly I walk over shards [...]
A Tale of Three Kings
Torah Portion Lech Lechah, Genesis 12-17.27, Isaiah 40.27-41.16 “So he (Abraham) brought back all the goods, and also brought back his brother Lot and his [...]
The Bringer of Light
Parashat Noach (Noah), (Genesis 7.9-11.32, Isaiah 54.1-55.5) “You shall make a window (tzohar) for the ark, and you shall finish it to a cubit above.” [...]
Who Told You that Your Were Naked?
Parashat Berasheet, (Genesis 1.1-6.8, Isaiah 42.5-43.10) I made my way through the dusty, 1930s era museum and peered into antique display case to see ancient [...]