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Nitzavim-Vayeilech
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Book IGenesisבְּרֵאשִׁיתBereshit12 weeks · Week 1 – 12
Week 1 · Bereshit
Bereshit
Bereshit(בראש׳ת)Seth had a son and named him 'Enosh.' 'Enosh' means mortal (one who cannot live forever, one...October 12
3 min readWeek 2 · Noach
Noach
Noach(נח)The flood poured upon humanity may appear on the surface as the Almighty's fearsome judgment...October 19
3 min readWeek 3 · Lech-Lecha
Lech-Lecha
Lech-Lecha(לך-לך)God's command is na'aseh v'nishma (נעשה ונשמע). We first do (עשה), then hear (שמע). We usual...October 25
3 min readWeek 4 · Vayera
Vayera
Vayera(וירא)The story of Lot's two daughters bearing Moab and Ammon through relations with their father...November 1
3 min readWeek 5 · Chayei Sara
Chayei Sara
Chayei Sara(חיי שרה)While the world sees death as merely an end, death in the Bible is a beginning that opens an...November 9
3 min readWeek 6 · Toldot
Toldot
Toldot(תולדות)The vav (ו) is a letter belonging to the name of Yahweh (יהוה) God. This letter means both a...November 15
3 min readWeek 7 · Vayetzei
Vayetzei
Vayetzei(ויצא)What kind of place is Bethel? The place where Jacob departed to live out the reality of the...November 22
3 min readWeek 8 · Vayishlach
Vayishlach
Vayishlach(וישלח)This week is the eighth Torah portion, Vayishlach. It means "And he sent." As Jacob was retu...November 30
3 min readWeek 9 · Vayeshev
Vayeshev
Vayeshev(ןושב)Before Tamar, who sought to continue the covenant, Judah comes to a realization. And he leav...December 7
3 min readWeek 10 · Miketz
Miketz
Miketz(מקץ)The servant candle, called the Shamash, located at the center of the Hanukkiah, is lit first...December 14
3 min readWeek 11 · Vayigash
Vayigash
Vayigash(ויגש)Nagash (נגש)—those who draw near to Yeshua are those who have understood this love. Because...December 20
3 min readWeek 12 · Vayechi
Vayechi
Vayechi(ויחי)The people of Israel did not spend their 400 years in Egypt swept along by their circumstanc...December 28
3 min readBook IIExodusשְׁמוֹתShemot11 weeks · Week 13 – 23
Week 13 · Shemot
Shemot
Shemot(שמות)The Lord brings our toil to a Shabbat—He stops us from carrying the burden of sin. He calls...January 3
3 min readWeek 14 · Vaera
Vaera
Vaera(וארא)Start writing your English content here...January 11
3 min readWeek 15 · Bo
Bo
Bo(בא)It is our hearts that should long for and look toward the God of heaven. But when this is co...January 19
3 min readWeek 16 · Beshalach
Beshalach
Beshalach(בשלח)Israel witnessed God's greatness, yet they did not trust Him and complained far too much. Bu...January 25
3 min readWeek 17 · Yitro
Yitro
Yitro(יתרו)Since the church took on the form of a building after Constantinople, it has maintained a py...February 1
3 min readWeek 18 · Mishpatim
Mishpatim
Mishpatim (משפטים)The judgments of Mishpatim are meant to bring people to life through Christ. The purpose of...February 8
3 min readWeek 19 · Terumah
Terumah
Terumah(תרומה)To become God's temple, you might think only magnificent materials would be needed. Yet the...February 15
3 min readWeek 20 · Tetzaveh
Tetzaveh
Tetzaveh(תצוה)The fire of the menorah must burn daily in the temple, and we too must feed on the bread of...February 22
3 min readWeek 21 · Ki Tisa
Ki Tisa
Ki Tisa(כי תשא)This week is the twenty-first Torah portion, Ki Tisa, meaning "when you take (a census)."February 28
3 min readWeek 22 · Vayakhel
Vayakhel
Vayakhel-Pekudei (ויקהל-פקודי)Being built into God's Tabernacle is not as glamorous as what the world pursues. The beautif...March 8
3 min readBook IIILeviticusוַיִּקְרָאVayikra10 weeks · Week 24 – 33
Week 24 · Vayikra
Vayikra
Vayikra(ויקרא)Even the great prophet Moses could not readily enter the glory of God, yet the Lord calls (k...March 15
3 min readWeek 25 · Tzav
Tzav
Tzav (צו)When we worship seeking only our own prosperity, or chase after sensory experiences and casu...March 23
3 min readWeek 26 · Shemini
Shemini
Shemini (שמיני)Even though Aaron's sons had offered the sin offering, they died because of sin. In the end,...April 7
3 min readWeek 27 · Tazria-Metzora
Tazria-Metzora
Tazria (תזריע), Metzora (מצרע)The word for "the flow of blood" (makor dam, מקור דם) literally means "the source of blood,"...April 12
3 min readWeek 29 · Achrei Mot-Kedoshim
Achrei Mot-Kedoshim
Acharei Mot (אחרי מות), Kedoshim (קדשים)Usually, when we begin attending church, we start calling one another "saints." But when we...April 19
3 min readWeek 31 · Emor
Emor
Emor (אמר)Hineni CommunityApril 26
3 min readWeek 32 · Behar-Bechukotai
Behar-Bechukotai
Behar (בהר), Bechukotai (בחקתי)If your brother becomes poor and is sold into servitude, he does not remain a servant foreve...May 4
3 min readBook IVNumbersבְּמִדְבָּרBamidbar10 weeks · Week 34 – 43
Week 34 · Bamidbar
Bamidbar
Bemidbar (במדבר)Hineni CommunityMay 11
3 min readWeek 35 · Nasso
Nasso
Naso (נשא)Naso — those who have been set apart for God, and the Levites in particular, must bear this...May 27
3 min readWeek 36 · Beha'alotcha
Beha'alotcha
Beha'alotcha (בהעלתך)To "eat," as we distinguished in the laws of purity in Leviticus, is ma'akhal (םאכל) — apply...May 31
3 min readWeek 37 · Sh'lach
Sh'lach
Shlach L'cha (שלח לך)What made Joshua, Caleb, and the other ten spies different, that they traveled through the s...June 8
3 min readWeek 38 · Korach
Korach
Korach (קרח)The real demand of Korah's company and the Levites was this: "We carry all these heavy thing...June 15
3 min readWeek 39 · Chukat-Balak
Chukat-Balak
Chukat (חקת), Balak (בלק)This week is a double portion — the 39th portion, Chukat, and the 40th portion, Balak. First...June 23
4 min readWeek 41 · Pinchas
Pinchas
Pinchas (פינחס)Pinchas rises up with the jealousy of the LORD. The jealousy here is kin'ah (קנאה), the same...June 30
3 min readWeek 42 · Matot-Masei
Matot-Masei
Matot (מטות), Masei (מסעי)The bent structure of speech — my own words carry us off, drifting away in the current of th...July 7
3 min readBook VDeuteronomyדְּבָרִיםDevarim11 weeks · Week 44 – 54
Week 44 · Devarim
Devarim
Devarim (דברים)If we receive the Torah only in its literal sense, it is hard to know the heart of the Lord....July 13
3 min readWeek 45 · Vaetchanan
Vaetchanan
Va'etchanan (ואתחנן)In the week of Va'etchanan, Moses too pleads with God for grace, asking to be allowed to see...July 23
3 min readWeek 46 · Eikev
Eikev
Ekev (עקב)He had been worn down by cold and heat, gone without sleep, and suffered under Laban's decei...July 27
3 min readWeek 47 · Re'eh
Re'eh
Re'eh (ראה)Blessing is berakhah (ברכ) — applying (כ) sonship (בר). To live the life of Yeshua, the life...August 3
3 min readWeek 48 · Shoftim
Shoftim
Shoftim (שפטים)God restores those who were like acacia wood — shittim (שטים) — and makes them judges and le...August 13
3 min readWeek 49 · Ki Teitzei
Ki Teitzei
Ki Tetze (כי תצא)Yet the Lord says that even the son of the unloved wife, if he is the firstborn, must be giv...August 18
3 min readWeek 50 · Ki Tavo
Ki Tavo
Ki Tavo (כי תבוא)When we hear "I have received an inheritance, I have received what was handed down," it is e...August 26
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Week 51 · Nitzavim-VayeilechNitzavim-Vayeilech
Nitzavim (נצבים), Vayelech (וילך)Alongside the pleasant word that "today he establishes you as his own people and himself bec...September 3
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