Torah: Deut 29:10-31:30 Haftarah: Is 61:10 - 63:9 Brit Chadashah: Rom 10:1-8   Main Points: Israel stands before the Lord. Repentance and forgiveness. Choice of life and death before them. Joshua succeeded Moses and was commissioned. Beginning of the Song of Moses.   Fall Feasts Rosh Hashanah 2025 is almost here! It is a time of remembrance. A time of the blowing of the trumpet, and a time of preparation. The three main fall feasts include the Feast of Trumpets (Rosh Hashanah

Torah: Deut 26:1-29:8 Haftarah: Is 60:1-22 Brit Chadashah: Eph 1:3-6, Rev 21:10-27   Main Points: Teaching about the offerings of tithes and Firstfruits. Moses and the children of Israel at the altar on Mount Ebal. Blessings for obedience and curses for disobedience. Covenant renewal in Moab.   Jewish prayers, rituals, and the Feasts seek to unite past, present, and future. They help us to link the moment we are in with the larger story of God’s will. In Parashah Ki Tavo, fou

Torah: Deut 21:10-25:19 Haftarah: Isa 54:1-10 Brit Chadashah: Matt 5:27-30, 1 Cor 5:1-5   Main Sections: Marrying a female POW. Inheritance of the firstborn. The stubborn, rebellious son. Cursed is the man who is hanged on a tree. Misc laws, sexual immorality. Exclusion from the congregation. Laws of uncleanness. Misc laws, divorce law. Misc laws, Levirate marriage.   Jewish denominations have various opinions of premarital sex ranging from very stringent to very liberal. Jud

Torah: Deut 16:18 - 21:9 Haftarah: Is 51:12 - 52:12 Brit Chadashah: John 1:19-27, Acts 3:22-23   Main Points Moses directs Israel to appoint judges. Types of worship that are forbidden. Legal decisions of the Judge and Priest. Commandments for the King of Israel. Provisions for the inheritance of the Priests and Levites Prohibition of idolatrous practices. Laws concerning prophets. Cities of refuge. Laws concerning property and legal witnesses. Laws of war. The unsolved murde

Torah: Deut 11:26-16:17 Haftarah: Isa 54:11-55:5 Brit Chadashah: John 7:37-52   Main Sections: God sets blessings and cursing before Israel. Caution against false prophets. Clean foods. Teaching on the tithe. Shmittah (cancelations of debts), Harvest Festivals.   In Parashat Re’eh scripture jumps straight into Moses recounting the blessings and cursings which would be connected to Israel’s obedience, their ability to honor God, and obey his word. The word kavod or honor comes

Torah Deut 7:12-11:25 Haftarah: Is 49:14-51:3 Brit Chadashah: Heb 11:8-13, Rom 8:31-39   Main Sections -Moses issues blessings and encourages them not to be afraid. -He reminds them to remember their God and obey his word. -God gives the reason that he is sending them, stating that it is not because of their own righteousness, but because of the wickedness of the nations and to confirm the word that he swore to the Patriarchs. -Moses gives a history of Israel’s rebellion and

When praying alone, outside of the synagogue or a minyan, begin with: God, trustworthy King. El Melekh ne-eman. Close your eyes and cover with right hand. Hear O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. Shema Yisrael, Adonai Elohaynu, Adonai Echad. The next verse is spoken in undertones. Some congregations recite this part of the prayer at the same tone and with full intentionality. Blessed be the name of his glorious kingdom for ever and ever. Barukh Shem k’vod malkhuto l’

Torah: Deut 3:23-7:11 Haftarah: Is 40:1-26 Brit Chadashah: Matt 23:31-39, Mk 12:28-34   Main Points: Moses was not allowed to enter into...

Hypocrisy (Tzeviut) Biblical Focus & why is it so bad? Growth vs a spiritual fraud. Psychology of hypocrisy. What need am I trying to fill?

Torah: Numbers 19:1-22:1 Haftarah: Judges 11:1-33 Brit Chadashah: Heb 9:11-28, John 3:10-21   Main Sections: The red heifer and the water...

Torah: Numb 16:1-18:32 Haftarah: Is 66:1-24 Brit Chadashah: Rom 13:1-7   Main Sections: The Rebellion of Korah Aaron’s Rod Chosen Among...

Torah: Numb 13:1-15:41 Haftarah: Josh 2:1-2:24 Brit Chadashah: Heb 3:7-4:1   Main Points: God directs Moses to send spies into Canaan....

AMI Position Statement regarding the Oral Law: In keeping with the Messiah Yeshua’s teachings, the Apostles’ authority, the New Testament...

Apostolic Messianic International: 1. Does NOT teach, preach or believe that New Testament believers are “under Law” 2. Does NOT teach,...

Torah: Numb 8:1-12:16 Haftarah: Zech 2:14-4:7 Brit Chadashah: 1 Cor 10:6-13, Rev 11:1-19   Main Points: Setting up the lampstand....

Torah: Numb 4:21-7:89 Haftarah: Judges 13:2-25 Brit Chadashah: Acts 21:17-26   Main Points: Census of the Gershonites, sons of Merari,...

Torah: Num 1:1-4:20 Haftarah: 2:1-23, 1 Sam 20:18-42 Brit Chadashah: Rom 9:22-33, Luke 24:50-51, Acts 1:9-11   Main Points: Census taken...

Faithfulness to a Marriage Covenant Shavuot is upon us! It was the day when God gave the Torah to his people on Mount Sinai, then later...

Parashat Emor 2025 Torah: Lev 21:1-24:23 Haftarah: Ezek 44:15-44:31 Brit Chadashah: 1 Pet 2:4-10   Main Points: Holiness and the...

Torah: Lev 16:1-18:30, Lev 19:1-20:27 Haftarah: Amos 9:7-15 Brit Chadashah: Heb 9:11-28, 1 Pet 1:13-16, 1 Cor 6:9-20   Main Points:...