Weekly Torah Lesson

Parsha:  Korach  "Corah"Torah: B’midbar (Numbers) 16:1 - 18:32 Most Believers believe that the Scriptures aren’t presented in chronological order.  In last week’s parsha, approximately two million people were sentenced to death because of the rebellion spurred on by the negative report of ten spies. Korach and his friends would think twice about trying to take over Moshe and Aharon’s positions so quickly after the tremendous penalty given to last week’s rebels.  Here … [Read more...] about Respecting Authority

Parsha: Shlach Lecha  "send for yourself"Torah: B’mid’bar 13:1 - 15:41 This week’s Torah Lesson begins in last week’s Torah Readings and culminates in this week’s readings. Here is what happened last week: 29 And Moshe said to Chovav, (Ruel the Midianite,) Moshe’ father in law, We are journeying to the place of which Avinu said, I will give it you: come you with us, and we will do you good: for Avinu has spoken good concerning Israel. 30 And he said to him, I will not go; but I will depart … [Read more...] about Be Careful What You Ask For

Parasha:  B'ha'alotcha "In Your Setting Up"Torah: B’midbar (Numbers) 8:1  - 12:16 5 And Avinu spoke to Moshe, saying, 6 Take the Levim from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them. 7  And thus shall you do to them, to cleanse them: Sprinkle water of purifying on them, and let them shave all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and so make themselves clean. (B’midbar 8:5-7) This ritual was the beginning of the process used to replace the existing priesthood.  After the … [Read more...] about A New Priesthood

Weekly Torah Lesson Parasha:  Nasso "Elevate the Head"Torah:B’midbar (Numbers) 4:21 - 7:89 5 Then Avinu spoke to Moshe, saying, 6 Speak to the children of Israel: When a man or woman commits any sin that men commit in unfaithfulness against Avinu, and that person is guilty, 7 then he shall confess the sin which he has committed. He shall make restitution for his trespass in full, plus one-fifth of it, and give it to the one he has wronged. 8 But if the man has no relative to whom … [Read more...] about Faith and Sin

Weekly Torah Lesson Parasha:  b’Har  On the Mountain Torah:  Vay Ikra 25:1-26:2 More than sixty years ago, my father bought some land to build a home.  Many years later, while looking at some of his personal documents, our family discovered that the land which my father believed that he was purchasing was actually being leased to him for fifty years.  A couple of years ago, a large apartment complex, located less than a mile from our home,  was notified that their “land lease” … [Read more...] about The Original Land Lease

Parasha:  Emor – Say, speakTorah: V’Yikra 21:1 – 24:23 9  And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profanes her father: she shall be burned with fire. This Commandment was written in the Torah hundreds of years after the incident recorded in B’reishit 38.   Then Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, and her name was Tamar. (Ge 38:6 ) The ancestry of Tamar isn’t given in the Torah.  This raises several questions about what family line she … [Read more...] about The Daughter of A Priest