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God is not safeVideo version: https://youtu.be/KP8tv3eJ4DIBut they shall not go in to look on the holy things even for a moment, lest they die. (B’midbar/Numbers 4:20; ESV)B’midbarFor the week of May 16, 2026 / 29 Iyar 5786Torah: B’midbar/Numbers 1:1 - 4:20Haftarah: 1 Samuel 20:18–42Originally posted the week of May 24, 2014 / 24 Iyar 5774 (revised)Text version: https://torahbytes.org/86-34X (Twitter): @TorahBytesSupport TorahBytes: https://torahbytes.org/donations/Scriptures taken from the English Standard Version

Israel's eternal right of appealVideo version: https://youtu.be/PT9CULgR6OsWhoever blasphemes the name of the LORD shall surely be put to death. All the congregation shall stone him. The sojourner as well as the native, when he blasphemes the Name, shall be put to death. (Vayikra/Leviticus 24:16)Behar & BechukotaiFor the week of May 9, 2026 / 22 Iyar 5786Torah: Vayikra/Leviticus 25:1 – 27:34Haftarah: Jeremiah 16:19 – 17:14Originally posted the week of June 4, 2016 / 27 Iyar 5776 (revised)Text version: https://torahbytes.org/86-33X (Twitter): @TorahBytesSupport TorahBytes: https://torahbytes.org/donations/Scriptures taken from the English Standard Version

Attempts to manipulate God is extremely dangerousVideo version: https://youtu.be/OqZvz56NdMwWhoever blasphemes the name of the LORD shall surely be put to death. All the congregation shall stone him. The sojourner as well as the native, when he blasphemes the Name, shall be put to death. (Vayikra/Leviticus 24:16)EmorFor the week of May 2, 2026 / 15 Iyar 5786Torah: Vayikra/Leviticus 21:1-24:23Haftarah: Ezekiel 44:15-31Originally posted the week of May 21, 2016 / 13 Iyar 5776 (revised and expanded) Text version: https://torahbytes.org/86-31X (Twitter): @TorahBytesSupport TorahBytes: https://torahbytes.org/donations/Scriptures taken from the English Standard Version

Celebrating the return to ZionVideo version: https://youtu.be/c1a_WfZa2UwI will restore the fortunes of my people Israel, and they shall rebuild the ruined cities and inhabit them; they shall plant vineyards and drink their wine, and they shall make gardens and eat their fruit. I will plant them on their land, and they shall never again be uprooted out of the land that I have given them,” says the LORD your God. (Amos 9:14-15;)Aharei Mot & KedoshimFor the week of April 25, 2026 / 8 Iyar 5786Torah: Vayikra/Leviticus 16:1 – 20:27Haftarah: Amos 9:7-15Originally posted the week of April 29, 2023 / 8 Iyar 5783 (revised)Text version: https://torahbytes.org/86-30X (Twitter): @TorahBytesSupport TorahBytes: https://torahbytes.org/donations/Scriptures taken from the English Standard Version

With God, anything is possible, except nonsenseVideo versions: https://youtu.be/rCfAeZj5KJkFor as the new heavens and the new earth that I make shall remain before me, says the LORD, so shall your offspring and your name remain. (Isaiah 66:22; ESV)Tazria & MetzoraFor the week of April 18, 2026 / 1 Iyar 5786Torah: Vayikra/Leviticus 12:1 - 15:33; B’midbar/Numbers 28:9-15Haftarah: Isaiah 66:1-24Originally posted the week of April 22, 2023 / 1 Iyar 5783 (revised and expanded)Text version: https://torahbytes.org/86-28X (Twitter): @TorahBytesSupport TorahBytes: https://torahbytes.org/donations/

Our actions make a way bigger difference than we thinkVideo version: https://youtu.be/vkl-dHpIlksAnd David and all the house of Israel were celebrating before the LORD, with songs and lyres and harps and tambourines and castanets and cymbals. And when they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah put out his hand to the ark of God and took hold of it, for the oxen stumbled. And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah, and God struck him down there because of his error, and he died there beside the ark of God. (2 Samuel 6:5-7; ESV)Sh’miniFor the week of April 11, 2026 / 24 Nisan 5786Torah: Vayikra/Leviticus 9:1 – 11:47Haftarah: 2 Samuel 6:1 – 7:17Originally posted the week of April 10, 2021 / 28 Nisan 5781 (revised)Text version: https://torahbytes.org/86-26X (Twitter): @TorahBytesSupport TorahBytes: https://torahbytes.org/donations/

We are far more connected to our history than we thinkVideo version: https://youtu.be/WsXH3vkLv5EYou shall tell your son on that day: It is because of what the LORD did for me when I came out of Egypt. (Shemot/Exodus 13:8)PesachFor the week of April 4, 2026 / 17 Nisan 5786Torah: Shemot/Exodus 13:1-16; B’midbar/Numbers 28:19-25Haftarah: Ezekiel 36:37 - 37:14Originally posted the week of April 11, 2020 / 17 Nisan 5780 (revised)Text version: https://torahbytes.org/86-pesachX (Twitter): @TorahBytesSupport TorahBytes: https://torahbytes.org/donations/

The importance of God's enduring faithfulnessVideo version: https://youtu.be/_uGcAKeC6IMFor I the LORD do not change; therefore you, O children of Jacob, are not consumed. (Malachi 3:6)TzavFor the week of March 28, 2026 / 10 Nisan 5786Torah: Vayikra/Leviticus 6:1-8:36 (English 6:8 – 8:36)Haftarah Malachi 3:4-24 (English: 3:4 – 4:6)Text version: https://torahbytes.org/86-25X (Twitter): @TorahBytesSupport TorahBytes: https://torahbytes.org/donations/

The "what" of biblical sacrificeVideo version: https://youtu.be/91aRSY7GBAwThe LORD called Moses and spoke to him from the tent of meeting, saying, “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When any one of you brings an offering to the LORD, you shall bring your offering of livestock from the herd or from the flock.” (Vayikra/Leviticus 1:1-2)VayikraFor the week of March 21, 2026 / 3 Nisan 5786Torah: Vayikra/Leviticus 1:1 – 5:26 (English 1:1-6:7)Haftarah: Isaiah 43:21 - 44:23Originally posted the week of March 12, 2022 / 9 Adar II 5782 (revised)Text version: https://torahbytes.org/86-24X (Twitter): @TorahBytesSupport TorahBytes: https://torahbytes.org/donations/

God's presence is here for youVideo version: https://youtu.be/TGukH87IZqMThen the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. And Moses was not able to enter the tent of meeting because the cloud settled on it, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. (Shemot/Exodus 40:34-35)Vayakhel & PekudeiFor the week of March 14, 2026 / 25 Adar 5786Torah: Shemot/Exodus 35:1 – 40:38; & Shemot/Exodus 12:1-20Haftarah: Ezekiel 45:16-46Originally posted the week of March 25, 2017 / 27 Adar 5777 (revised)Text version: https://torahbytes.org/86-23X (Twitter): @TorahBytesSupport TorahBytes: https://torahbytes.org/donations/

Standing with the God of Israel means standing with the people of IsraelAnd I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. (Ezekiel 36:26)Ki Tisa & ParahFor the week of March 7, 2026 / 18 Adar 5786Shemot/Exodus 30:11 – 34:35; B’midbar/Numbers 19:1–22Haftarah: Ezekiel 36:16–38Text version: https://torahbytes.org/86-21X (Twitter): @TorahBytesSupport TorahBytes: https://torahbytes.org/donations/

Did God tell you to carry that?Video version: https://youtu.be/O_llPQATx1oAs a jeweler engraves signets, so shall you engrave the two stones with the names of the sons of Israel. You shall enclose them in settings of gold filigree. And you shall set the two stones on the shoulder pieces of the ephod, as stones of remembrance for the sons of Israel. And Aaron shall bear their names before the LORD on his two shoulders for remembrance. (Sh’mot/Exodus 28:11-12)Tezavveh & ZakhorFor the week of February 28, 2026 / 11 Adar 5786Torah: Shemot/Exodus 27:20 – 30:10; D’varim/Deuteronomy 25:17-19Haftarah: 1 Samuel 15:2-34Originally posted the week of March 7, 2020 / 11 Adar 5780 (revised)Text version: https://torahbytes.org/86-20X (Twitter): @TorahBytesSupport TorahBytes: https://torahbytes.org/donations/

We are not aloneVideo version: https://youtu.be/V1Cni6xQYoQAnd you shall put the mercy seat on the top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the testimony that I shall give you. There I will meet with you, and from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim that are on the ark of the testimony, I will speak with you about all that I will give you in commandment for the people of Israel. (Shemot/Exodus 25:21-22)TerumahFor the week of February 21, 2026 / 4 Adar 5786Torah: Shemot/Exodus 25:1 – 27:19Haftarah: 1 Melachim/1 Kings 5:26 – 6:13 (English 5:12 – 6:13)Originally posted the week of February 17, 2018 / 2 Adar 5778 (updated)Text version: https://torahbytes.org/86-19X (Twitter): @TorahBytesSupport TorahBytes: https://torahbytes.org/donations/

Heaven is closer than you thinkVideo version: https://youtu.be/joWtjIT4ui4Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel went up, and they saw the God of Israel. There was under his feet as it were a pavement of sapphire stone, like the very heaven for clearness. And he did not lay his hand on the chief men of the people of Israel; they beheld God, and ate and drank. (Shemot/Exodus 24:9-11; ESV)Mishpatim & ShekalimFor the week of February 14, 2026 / 27 Shevat 5786Torah: Shemot/Exodus 21:1 – 24:18; 30:11-16Prophets: 2 Melachim/2 Kings 12:1-17Originally posted the week of February 25, 2017 / 29 Shevat 5777 (revised)Text version: https://torahbytes.org/86-18X (Twitter): @TorahBytesSupport TorahBytes: https://torahbytes.org/donations/

Do our lives reflect God's greatness?Video version: https://youtu.be/RyriNq_sqb0"Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods..." (Shemot/Exodus 18:11)YitroFor the week of February 7, 2026 / 20 Shevat 5786Torah: Shemot/Exodus 18:1 – 20:23Haftarah: Isaiah 6:1 - 7:6; 9:5–6Originally posted the week of January 26, 2019 / 20 Shevat 5779 (revised)Text version: https://torahbytes.org/86-17X (Twitter): @TorahBytesSupport TorahBytes: https://torahbytes.org/donations/

Facing challenges head-onVideo version: https://youtu.be/Fmx2xtSNkhIThe LORD said to Moses, “Why do you cry to me? Tell the people of Israel to go forward.” (Shemot/Exodus 14:15)BeshalachFor the week of January 31, 2026 / 13 Shevat 5786Torah: Shemot/Exodus 13:17 – 17:16Haftarah: Shoftim/Judges 4:4 – 5:31Originally posted the week of January 23, 2016 / 13 Shevat 5776 (revised)Text version: https://torahbytes.org/86-16X (Twitter): @TorahBytesSupport TorahBytes: https://torahbytes.org/donations/

Can you read the signs?Video version: https://youtu.be/Ktn1Bw-vx1AThen the LORD said to Moses, “Go in to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the heart of his servants, that I may show these signs of mine among them, and that you may tell in the hearing of your son and of your grandson how I have dealt harshly with the Egyptians and what signs I have done among them, that you may know that I am the LORD.” (Shemot/Exodus 10:1-3)BoFor the week of January 24, 2026 / 6 Shevat 5786Torah: Shemot/Exodus 10:1 - 13:16Haftarah: Jeremiah 46:13-28Originally posted the week of January 24, 2015 / 4 Shevat 5775 (revised)Text version: https://torahbytes.org/86-15X (Twitter): @TorahBytesSupport TorahBytes: https://torahbytes.org/donations/

Why can't we hear God?Moses spoke thus to the people of Israel, but they did not listen to Moses, because of their broken spirit and harsh slavery. (Shemot/Exodus 6:9)Va’eraFor the week of January 17, 2026 / 28 Tevet 5786Torah: Torah/Exodus 6:2 - 9:35Haftarah: Ezekiel 28:25 - 29:21Video version: https://youtu.be/XDIQ-shN2cEText version: https://torahbytes.org/86-14X (Twitter): @TorahBytesSupport TorahBytes: https://torahbytes.org/donations/

Curiosity can make all the differenceVideo version: https://youtu.be/krM0x9Awtb8Now Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law, Jethro, the priest of Midian, and he led his flock to the west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. And the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush. He looked, and behold, the bush was burning, yet it was not consumed. And Moses said, “I will turn aside to see this great sight, why the bush is not burned.” When the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called to him out of the bush, “Moses, Moses!” And he said, “Here I am.” (Shemot/Exodus 3:1-4)ShemotFor the week of January 10, 2026 / 21 Tevet 5786Torah: Shemot/Exodus 1:1 – 6:1Haftarah: Isaiah 27:6 – 28:13; 29:22-23Originally posted the week of January 9, 2021 / 25 Tevet 5781 (revised)Text version: https://torahbytes.org/86-13X (Twitter): @TorahBytesSupport TorahBytes: https://torahbytes.org/donations/

Knowing God prompts us to anticipate the positiveVideo version: https://youtu.be/IXBOBsr1XPEWhen Joseph's brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “It may be that Joseph will hate us and pay us back for all the evil that we did to him.” So they sent a message to Joseph, saying, “Your father gave this command before he died: ‘Say to Joseph, “Please forgive the transgression of your brothers and their sin, because they did evil to you.”’ And now, please forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father.” Joseph wept when they spoke to him. His brothers also came and fell down before him and said, “Behold, we are your servants.” But Joseph said to them, “Do not fear, for am I in the place of God? As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today. So do not fear; I will provide for you and your little ones.” Thus he comforted them and spoke kindly to them. (Genesis 50:15-21)Mentioned in this podcast:The Other Side of the Coin: https://torahbytes.org/82-12/VayechiFor the week of January 3, 2026 / 14 Tevet 5786Torah: Bereshit/Genesis 47:28 – 50:26Haftarah: 1 Melachim/1 Kings 2:1–12Text version: https://torahbytes.org/86-12X (Twitter): @TorahBytesSupport TorahBytes: https://torahbytes.org/donations/

Are you emotionally stuck?Video version: https://youtu.be/GfxN-CTxL6YAnd he wept aloud, so that the Egyptians heard it, and the household of Pharaoh heard it. (Bereshit/Genesis 45:2)VayigashFor the week of December 27, 2025 / 7 Tevet 5786Torah: Bereshit/Genesis 44:18 – 47:27Haftarah: Ezekiel 37:15-28Originally posted the week of December 15, 2018 / 7 Tevet 5779 (revised)Text version: https://torahbytes.org/86-11X (Twitter): @TorahBytesSupport TorahBytes: https://torahbytes.org/donations/

The clarifying light of HanukkahVideo version: https://youtu.be/0LUikhF5IkUAnd Pharaoh said to his servants, “Can we find a man like this, in whom is the Spirit of God?” (Bereshit/Genesis 41:38)Miketz, Hanukkah, & Rosh HodeshFor the week of December 20, 2025 / 30 Kislev 5786Torah: Bereshit/Genesis 41:1 – 44:17; B’midbar/Numbers 28:9–15, 7:42–53Hatarah: Zechariah: 2:14 – 4:7 (English: 2:10 – 4:7)Text version: https://torahbytes.org/86-10X (Twitter): @TorahBytesSupport TorahBytes: https://torahbytes.org/donations/

Are life's complications really all that necessary?Video version: https://youtu.be/zXCF6mg4JqsThe keeper of the prison paid no attention to anything that was in Joseph’s charge, because the LORD was with him. And whatever he did, the LORD made it succeed. (Bereshit/Genesis 39:23)VayeshevFor the week of December 13, 2025 / 23 Kislev 5786Torah: Bereshit/Genesis 37:1-40:23Haftarah: Amos 2:6-3:8Originally posted the week of December 24, 2016 / 24 Kislev 5777 (updated)Text version: https://torahbytes.org/86-09X (Twitter): @TorahBytesSupport TorahBytes: https://torahbytes.org/donations/

Fear can be a handy tool when used properlyVideo version: https://youtu.be/NXbvgI5Epp0And Jacob said, “O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, O Lord who said to me, ‘Return to your country and to your kindred, that I may do you good,’ I am not worthy of the least of all the deeds of steadfast love and all the faithfulness that you have shown to your servant, for with only my staff I crossed this Jordan, and now I have become two camps. Please deliver me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau, for I fear him, that he may come and attack me, the mothers with the children. But you said, ‘I will surely do you good, and make your offspring as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.’” (Bereshit/Genesis 32:10–13; English 32:9–12)VayishlachFor the week of December 6, 2025 / 16 Kislev 5786Torah: Bereshit/Genesis 32:4 – 36:43 (English: 32:3 – 36:43)Haftarah: Hosea 11:7 – 12:12Text version: https://torahbytes.org/86-08X (Twitter): @TorahBytesSupport TorahBytes: https://torahbytes.org/donations/

God's complex love for IsraelVideo version: https://youtu.be/4JcfEM4ya4gI shall ransom them from the power of Sheol; I shall redeem them from Death. (Hoshea/Hosea 13:14)VayetzeiFor the week of November 29, 2025 / 9 Kislev 5786Torah: Bereshit/Genesis 28:10 – 32:3Haftarah: Hoshea/Hosea 12:13 – 14:10 (English: 12:12 – 14:9)Originally posted the week of December 7, 2024 / 6 Kislev 5785 (revised)Text version: https://torahbytes.org/86-07X (Twitter): @TorahBytesSupport TorahBytes: https://torahbytes.org/donations/

Does prayer really make a difference?And Isaac prayed to the LORD for his wife, because she was barren. And the LORD granted his prayer, and Rebekah his wife conceived. (Bereshit/Genesis 25:21)Video version: https://youtu.be/AODGnyX3mScToledotFor the week of November 22, 2025 / 2 Kislev 5786Torah: Bereshit/Genesis 25:19-28:9Haftarah: 1 Samuel 20:18-42Originally posted the week of November 22, 2014 / 29 Heshvan 5775 (updated)Text version: https://torahbytes.org/86-06X (Twitter): @TorahBytesSupport TorahBytes: https://torahbytes.org/donations/

Faith shouldn't be mindlessThen Abraham bowed down before the people of the land. And he said to Ephron in the hearing of the people of the land, “But if you will, hear me: I give the price of the field. Accept it from me, that I may bury my dead there.” (Bereshit/Genesis 23:12-13)Video version: https://youtu.be/l5P1cgshw_YHayyei SarahFor the week of November 15, 2025 / 25 Heshvan 5786Torah: Bereshit/Genesis 23:1 – 25:18Haftarah: 1 Melachim/1 Kings 1:1-31Originally posted the week of November 23, 2019 / 25 Heshvan 5780Text version: https://torahbytes.org/86-05X (Twitter): @TorahBytesSupport TorahBytes: https://torahbytes.org/donations/

Truth is stranger than fictionAnd Abraham said of Sarah his wife, “She is my sister.” And Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah. (Bereshit/Genesis 20:2)Video version: https://youtu.be/XFzijOGCGPQVayeraFor the week of November 8, 2025 / 17 Heshvan 5786Torah: Bereshit/Genesis 18:1 – 22:24Haftarah: 2 Melachim/2 Kings 4:1-37Originally posted the week of November 4, 2017 / 15 Heshvan 5778 (updated)Text version: https://torahbytes.org/86-04X (Twitter): @TorahBytesSupport TorahBytes: https://torahbytes.org/donations/

God watches Israel's backNow the LORD said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show you. And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” (Bereshit/Genesis 12:1–3)Lech LechaFor the week of November 1, 2025 / 10 Heshvan 5786Torah: Bereshit/Genesis 12:1 - 17:27Haftarah: Isaiah 40:27 - 41:16Video version: https://youtu.be/VjLO-DrVw54Text version: https://torahbytes.org/86-03X (Twitter): @TorahBytesSupport TorahBytes: https://torahbytes.org/donations/

For God so loved the cosmos!And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.” (Bereshit/Genesis 9:1)NoachFor the week of October 25, 2025 / 3 Heshvan 5786Torah: Bereshit/Genesis 6:9-11:32Haftarah: Isaiah 54:1 - 55:5Originally posted the week of October 24, 2020 / 6 Heshvan 5781 (updated)Video version: https://youtu.be/WrAjiNnrH4MText version: https://torahbytes.org/86-02X (Twitter): @TorahBytesSupport TorahBytes: https://torahbytes.org/donations/

God's blessings are expressions of his creative powerVideo version: https://youtu.be/dk6ggDJjpFkAnd God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” (Bereshit/Genesis 1:28)BereshitFor the week of October 18, 2025 / 26 Tishrie 5786Torah: Bereshit/Genesis 1:1 - 6:8Haftarah: Isaiah 42:5-43:11Originally posted the week of October 2, 2021 / 26 Tishrie 5782NET Bible: https://netbible.org/Text version: https://torahbytes.org/86-sukkotX (Twitter): @TorahBytesSupport TorahBytes: https://torahbytes.org/donations/

We have unfettered access to GodMoses said, “Please show me your glory.” (Shemot/Exodus 33:18)SukkotFor the week of October 11, 2025 / 19 Tishrei 5786Torah: Shemot/Exodus 33:12 - 34:26; B’midbar/Numbers 29:23-31Haftarah: Ezekiel 38:18 - 39:16Video version: https://youtu.be/LSLjyf9Xu-gText version: https://torahbytes.org/86-sukkotX (Twitter): @TorahBytesSupport TorahBytes: https://torahbytes.org/donations/

What if the God of the Bible were truly your father?Do you thus repay the Lord, you foolish and senseless people? Is not he your father, who created you, who made you and established you? (D’varim/Deuteronomy 32:6)Ha’azinuFor the week of October 4, 2025 / 12 Tishri 5786Torah: D’varim/Deuteronomy 32:1-52Haftarah: 2 Samuel 22:1-51Originally posted the week of September 18, 2021 / 12 Tishri 5782 (updated)Video version: https://youtu.be/6n6aA28y_4oText version: https://torahbytes.org/86-53X (Twitter): @TorahBytesSupport TorahBytes: https://torahbytes.org/donations/

Don't you recognize your reflection?And I will surely hide my face in that day because of all the evil that they have done, because they have turned to other gods. (D’varim / Deuteronomy 31:18)Vayeilech (Shabbat Shuva)For the week of September 27, 2025 / 5 Tishri 5786Torah: D’varim/Deuteronomy 31:1-30Haftarah: Hosea 14:2-10 (English: 14:1-9); Micah 7:18-20; Joel 2:15-17Originally posted the week of September 22, 2012 / 6 Tishri 5773 (updated)Video version: https://youtu.be/n3ywjqCgRqgText version: https://torahbytes.org/86-52X (Twitter): @TorahBytesSupport TorahBytes: https://torahbytes.org/donations/

"Feelings of peace on their own indicate nothing."Beware lest there be among you a man or woman or clan or tribe whose heart is turning away today from the LORD our God to go and serve the gods of those nations. Beware lest there be among you a root bearing poisonous and bitter fruit, one who, when he hears the words of this sworn covenant, blesses himself in his heart, saying, “I shall be safe, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart.” (D’varim/Deuteronomy 29:17-18; English: 29:18-19)NitzavimFor the week of September 20, 2025 / 27 Elul 5785Torah: D’varim/Deuteronomy 29:9 - 30:20 (English: 29:10 - 30:20)Haftarah: Isaiah 61:10 – 63:9Originally posted the week of September 8, 2018 / 28 Elul 5778 (updated)Video version: https://youtu.be/_1C_kvOenJoText version: https://torahbytes.org/85-51X (Twitter): @TorahBytesSupport TorahBytes: https://torahbytes.org/donations/

Why can’t people see that God’s promises of restoration (to Israel) only make sense if they are spoken to the very people who are under the threat of judgment?"Foreigners will rebuild your walls, and their kings will serve you. Though in anger I struck you, in favor I will show you compassion." (Isaiah 60:10)Ki TavoFor the week of September 13, 2025 / 20 Elul 5785Torah: D’varim/Deuteronomy 26:1 - 29:8Haftarah: Isaiah 60:1-22Video version: https://youtu.be/AOqxioDo8N0Text version: https://torahbytes.org/85-50X (Twitter): @TorahBytesSupport TorahBytes: https://torahbytes.org/donations/

An example of a radical Torah principle (both then & now!)When you make your neighbor a loan of any sort, you shall not go into his house to collect his pledge. You shall stand outside, and the man to whom you make the loan shall bring the pledge out to you. (D’varim/Deuteronomy 24:10–11)Ki TeitzeiFor the week of September 6, 2025 / 13 Elul 5785Torah: D'varim/Deuteronomy 21:10 - 25:19Haftarah: Isaiah 54:1-10Video version: https://youtu.be/MIrKw2Z5yxMText version: https://torahbytes.org/85-49X (Twitter): @TorahBytesSupport TorahBytes: https://torahbytes.org/donations/

All your children shall be taught by the LORD, and great shall be the peace of your children. (Isaiah 54:13)Shof’timFor the week of August 30, 2025 / 6 Elul 5785Torah: D’varim/Deuteronomy 16:18 – 21:9Haftarah: Isaiah 51:12 – 52:12 Originally posted the week of August 18, 2018 / 7 Elul 5778Video version: https://youtu.be/sBZbBTnNh9cText version: https://torahbytes.org/85-48X (Twitter): @TorahBytesSupport TorahBytes: https://torahbytes.org/donations/

All your children shall be taught by the LORD, and great shall be the peace of your children. (Isaiah 54:13)Re'ehFor the week of August 23, 2025 / 29 Av 5785Torah: Devarim/Deuteronomy 11:26 - 16:17Haftarah: Isaiah 54:11 - 55:5 & 1 Samuel 20:18–42Originally posted the week of August 19, 2017 / 27 Av 5777Text version: https://torahbytes.org/85-47X (Twitter): @TorahBytesSupport TorahBytes: https://torahbytes.org/donations/

God's love for Israel is forever etched in his handsEkevFor the week of August 16, 2025 / 22 Av 5785Torah: D’varim/Deuteronomy 7:12 - 11:25Haftarah: Isaiah 49:14 - 51:3Text version: https://torahbytes.org/85-46X (Twitter): @TorahBytesSupport TorahBytes: https://torahbytes.org/donations/

The key to truth is asking the right questionsVa-etchannan/NachamuFor the week of August 9, 2025 / 15 Av 5785Torah D’varim/Deuteronomy 3:23 - 7:11Haftarah: Isaiah 40:1-26Text version: https://torahbytes.org/85-45/X (Twitter): @TorahBytesSupport TorahBytes: https://torahbytes.org/donations/

When critique is confused with condemnationD’varim/Shabbat ChazonFor the week of August 2, 2025 / 8 Av 5785Torah: D’varim/Deuteronomy 1:1 - 3:22Haftarah: Isaiah 1:1-27Text version: https://torahbytes.org/85-44/X (Twitter): @TorahBytesSupport TorahBytes: https://torahbytes.org/donations/

An essential requirement in being what God wants us to bePinchasFor the week of July 19, 2025 / 23 Tammuz 5785Torah: B’midbar/ Number 25:10 – 30:1(English: 25:10 – 29:40)Haftarah: Jeremiah 1:1 – 2:3Originally posted the week of July 7, 2018 / 24 Tammuz 5778Text version: https://torahbytes.org/85-41/X (Twitter): @TorahBytesSupport TorahBytes: https://torahbytes.org/donations/

Baseless curses have no power...Or do they?BalakFor the week of July 12, 2025 / 16 Tammuz 5785Torah: B’midbar/Numbers 22:2 - 25:9Haftarah: Micah 5:6 - 6:8 (English 5:7 - 6:8)Originally posted the week of July 20, 2019 / 17 Tammuz 5779Text version: https://torahbytes.org/85-40/X (Twitter): @TorahBytesSupport TorahBytes: https://torahbytes.org/donations/

Are you superstitious and don't know it?ChukatFor the week of July 5, 2025 / 9 Tammuz 5785Torah: B’midbar/Numbers 19:1 - 22:1Haftarah: Shoftim/Judges 11:1-33Originally posted the July 13, 2019 / 10 Tammuz 5779Text version: https://torahbytes.org/85-39/X (Twitter): @TorahBytesSupport TorahBytes: https://torahbytes.org/donations/

Moses' guide to problem solvingKorachFor the week of June 28, 2025 / 2 Tammuz 5785Torah: B’midbar/Numbers 16:1 - 18:32Haftarah: 1 Samuel 11:14 - 12:22Updated version of “Go to God” from the week of June 23, 2001Text version: https://torahbytes.org/85-38/X (Twitter): @TorahBytesSupport TorahBytes: https://torahbytes.org/donations/

Knowing God doesn't put us in a comfort bubbleSh’lach L’khaFor the week of June 21, 2025 / 25 Sivan 5785Torah: B’midbar/Numbers 13:1 - 15:41Haftarah: Joshua 2:1-24Text version: https://torahbytes.org/85-37/X (Twitter): @TorahBytesSupport TorahBytes: https://torahbytes.org/donations/

God wants us to tell it like it isBeha’alotchaTorah: B’midbar/Numbers 8:1 – 12:16Haftarah: Zechariah 2:14 – 4:7 (English 2:10 – 4:7)For the week of June 14, 2025 / 18 Sivan 5785Text version: https://torahbytes.org/85-36/X (Twitter): @TorahBytesSupport TorahBytes: https://torahbytes.org/donations/

God speaks your languageNaso - For the week of June 7, 2025 / 11 Sivan 5785Torah: B’midbar/Numbers 4:21 - 7:89Haftarah: Shoftim/Judges 13:2-25Text version: https://torahbytes.org/85-35/X (Twitter): @TorahBytesSupport TorahBytes: https://torahbytes.org/donations/

God's commitment to you is dependent on his commitment to IsraelText version: https://torahbytes.org/85-34/X (Twitter): @TorahBytesSupport TorahBytes: https://torahbytes.org/donations/