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Nitzavim

Torah – Deuteronomy 29:10-30:20  Haftarah – Isaiah 61:10-63:9  Brit Chadashah – Romans 10:1-12 As we race towards the conclusion of another year on G-d’s calendar, we are finding ourselves nearing the end of the blessing of the month of Elul.  We are also embarking upon the final parashot (portions) of Torah.  In fact, these final […]

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Ki Tavo

Torah – Deuteronomy 26:1-29:8 Haftarah – Isaiah 60:1-22 Brit Chadashah – Ephesians 1:3-6; Revelation 21:10-27 Parasha (portion) Ki Tavo (when you go in) is one that paints a beautiful picture for us to understand and live out in our day. As we continue in the month of Elul, a Holy time of repentance and returning

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Ki Teitzei

Torah – Deuteronomy 21:10-25:19 Haftarah – Isaiah 54:1-10 Brit Chadashah – Matthew 5:27-30; 1 Corinthians 5:1-10 Ki-Tetze, Hebrew for when you go out, is the parasha (study) for this week. There is much to say about this study which contains the most number of Mitzvah (commands) than any other parashat. Out of the 613 Commands

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Shoftim

Last week we took a look at parasha (portion) Re’eh, (to see) as we looked ahead to the start of the month of Elul, which has now begun.  This is the moedim or set time that G-d has set aside as the month of repentance.  It is part of the 30 days leading up to

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Re’eh

Torah – Deuteronomy 11:26-16:17 Haftarah – Isaiah 54:11-55:5 Brit Chadashah – John 7:37-52 Parashat (portion) Re’Eh (to see) launches a series of studies that coincides with the lead up to the High Holy Days beginning with Rosh HaShanah, then Yom Kippur and finally Sukkot. The Divine inspiration of the division of these Torah portions never

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Ekev

Torah – Deuteronomy 7:12-11:25 Haftarah – Isaiah 49:14-51 Brit Chadashah – Hebrews 11:8-13; Romans 8:31-39 This week’s parasha is pretty exciting. I love the timing of it. All of these parashot are, of course, Divinely inspired and correlate to specific windows of opportunity that are more accessible than any other time. In this study, as

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Vaetchanon

Torah: Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11 Haftarah: Isaiah 40:1-26 Brit Chadashah: Matthew 23:31-39; 12:28-34 Vaetchanon is the Hebrew word for “pleaded” or “begged.” This refers to Moshe (Moses) pleading with G-d that He might allow him to enter the Promised Land. Some of the sages point out that this was likely because of the merit of destroying the

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Devarim

Devarim (Words) We begin this parasha (portion) of Torah study with the final of the five books of Moshe (Moses) that make up Torah. Moshe here is reminding the people of the Mitzvah (commands) of the L- RD prior to his death and the entry of the people into the Promised Land that G-d had

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Bamidbar

Torah – Numbers 1:1-4:20; Haftarah – Hosea 2:1-23; Brit Chadeshah Romans 9:22-33 Parasha this week begins the fourth of the five books of Moses (Torah), Bemidbar, the book of Numbers. The entirety of the four chapters covered deal with the census that G-d commanded Moses to take of the children of Yisra’el. Numbers 1:2-3, “Take

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