Kollel Vetchanan

Kollel Vetchanan
Philemon, all
Phm 1:1 Sha’ul, a prisoner of Messiah Yeshua, and Timothy our brother, to Philemon, our beloved fellow worker,
Phm 1:2  to the beloved Apphia, to Archippus, our fellow soldier, and to the assembly in your house:
Phm 1:3  Grace to you and shalom from Elohim our Father and Adonai Yeshua the Messiah.
Phm 1:4  I thank [...]

Epistle Vetchanan

Epistle Vetchanan
John chapter 14
Joh 14:1 “Don’t let your heart be troubled. Believe in Elohim. Believe also in me.
Joh 14:2  In my Father’s house are many homes. If it weren’t so, I would have told you. I am going to prepare a place for you.
Joh 14:3  If I go and prepare a place for you, I [...]

Talmidim Vetchanan

Talmidim Vetchanan
Revelation chapters 1-3
Rev 1:1 This is the Revelation of Yeshua the Messiah, which Elohim gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, Yochanan,
Rev 1:2  who testified to Elohim’s word, and of the testimony of Yeshua the Messiah, [...]

Haftarah Vetchanan

Haftarah Vetchanan
Yeshayahu – Isaiah 40:1-26
Isa 40:1 “Comfort, comfort my people,” says your Elohim.
Isa 40:2  “Speak comfortably to Yerushalayim; and call out to her that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received of YHWH’s hand double for all her sins.”
This will be accomplished with the judgement at Yom Kippur, at [...]

Torah Portion Vetchanan

Torah Portion Vetchanan
Devarim – Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11
Recall, Moses is giving his grand finale speech to the people as they prepare to cross the Jordan river.
Deu 3:23  I begged YHWH at that time, saying,
Deu 3:24  Adonai YHWH, you have begun to show your servant your greatness, and your strong hand: for what “god” is there in [...]

Israel pressing ahead with biometric IDs.

The only real obstacle is apparently religious modesty requirements.
From:
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3752641,00.html
“The biometric database bill, which passed its first Knesset reading in October, suggests the use of smart IDs and passports, based on fingerprints and visual scans in order to prevent forgery of state documents.”
and

“Knesset Member Zevulun Orlev (Habayit Hayehudi) asked the Knesset’s Science and Technology Committee [...]

Rosh Chodesh Av

Rosh Chodesh Av, the eclipse of July 22nd, and the Fast of Tish B’Av
There was an eclipse of the sun yesterday evening (July 22nd) in the Eastern Hemisphere, not visible in Israel, but visible in Pakistan, parts of India, parts of China and other nearby areas.  Prophetically, these places are known to be enemies of [...]

Kollel Devarim

Kollel Devarim
Titus chapter 3
Tit 3:1 Remind them [congregants in Crete and everywhere] to be in subjection to rulers and to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work,
Tit 3:2  to speak evil of no one, not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing all humility toward all men.
We must obey all civil [...]

Epistle Devarim

Epistle Devarim
John 13:1-38
Joh 13:1 Now before the feast of the Pesach, Yeshua, knowing that his time had come that he would depart from this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.
Joh 13:2  And the Seder having become [ready], the devil having already put [...]

Talmidim Devarim

Talmidim Devarim
Acts 27:1-28:31
Act 27:1 When it was determined that we should sail for Italy, they delivered Sha’ul and certain other prisoners to a centurion named Julius, of the Augustan band.
“We” being Luke, Paul and other followers.
Acts, continued:
Act 27:2  Embarking in a ship of Adramyttium, which was about to sail to places on the coast [...]

Haftarah Devarim

Haftarah Devarim
Yeshiyahu – Isaiah 1:1-27
Isa 1:1 The vision of Yeshaiyahu the son of Amotz, which he saw concerning Yehudah and Yerushalayim, in the days of `Uzziyah, Yotam, Achaz, and Chizkiyahu, kings of Yehudah.
This is a prophecy specifically for Jews and the modern State of Israel, the territory formerly known as “Judah” during the time of [...]

Torah Portion Devarim

Torah Portion Devarim
Devarim – Deuteronomy 1:1-3:22
This parashat is basically a short review of the events which have brought them to the border of the promised land since they left Mt. Sinai.
Deu 1:1 These are the words which Moshe spoke to all Yisra’el beyond the Yarden in the wilderness, in the `Aravah over against Suf, [...]

Kollel Masei

Kollel Masei
Titus chapters 1 & 2
We must always remember the warning of Peter when we start a new Pauline epistle – that false teachers distort Shaul’s words to make it appear he was teaching Torahlessness.
2Pe 3:15  Regard the patience of Adonai as salvation; even as our beloved brother Sha’ul also, according to the wisdom [...]

Epistle Masei

Epistle Masei
John 12:26-50
Joh 12:26  If anyone serves me [Yeshua], let him follow me. Where I am, there will my servant also be. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.
Joh 12:27  “Now my soul is troubled. What shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this time?’ But for this cause I came to this [...]

Talmidim Masei

Talmidim Masei
Acts chapters 25 & 26
Act 25:1 Festus therefore, having come into the province, after three days went up to Yerushalayim from Caesarea.
Act 25:2  Then the Kohen Gadol and the principal men of the [unbelieving] Judeans informed him against Sha’ul, and they begged him,
Act 25:3  asking a favor against him, that he would summon him [...]

Haftarah Masei

Haftarah Masei
Jeremiah 2:4-28, plus
Ashkenaz – Jer. 3:4 or
Sephard – Jer. 4:1-2
This reading is very self-explanatory – Israel has put faith in pagan religions and in political alliances, but she should have put her faith in the only one who really cares about her.
Jer 2:4  Hear you the word of YHWH, O house of Ya`akov, and [...]

Torah Portion Masei

Torah Portion Masei
Bemidbar – Numbers 33:1-36:13
Num 33:1 These are the journeys of the children of Yisra’el, when they went forth out of the land of Egypt by their armies under the hand of Moshe and Aharon.
Num 33:2  Moshe wrote their goings out according to their journeys by the mitzvah of YHWH: and these are their [...]

Kollel Matot

Kollel Matot
Second Timothy chapters 3 & 4
Second Tim 3:1 But know this, that in the last days, grievous times will come.
Second Tim 3:2  For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
Second Tim 3:3  without natural affection, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, no lovers of good,
Second [...]

Epistle Matot.

Epistle Matot
John 12:1-25
Joh 12:1 Then six days before the Pesach, Yeshua came to Beit-Anyah, where El’azar was, who had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.
Joh 12:2  So they made him a supper there. Marta served, but El’azar was one of those who sat at the table with him.
Joh 12:3  Miriam, therefore, took a [...]

Talmidim Matot

Talmidim Matot
Acts 23:12-24:27
Paul, as you recall, has been arrested for allegedly bringing an uncircumcized person into the Temple and teaching against Torah.
Acts, continued:
Act 23:12  When it was day, some of the [unbelieving] Judeans banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Sha’ul.
Act [...]