Deuteronomy 7:12 – 11:25 Parashat Eikev follows directly upon the covenantal exhortations of Parashat Va’etchanan, but the tone here shifts from recalling Israel’s past failures to showing us the blessings that attend obedience and the dangers that accompany pride or forgetfulness. Our reading is a reminder that the walk of the covenant is not only […]
Commentary on Parashat Vaetchanan
Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11 Parashat Va’etchanan is the second parashah of Sefer Devarim, a book framed as the final testament of Mosheh to the generation born in the wilderness—those who will soon cross the Yarden into the Land of Promise. The portion begins with Mosheh’s earnest supplication to Mar-Yah for permission to enter the land, and proceeds […]
A Prophetic Word for the Appointed Season
Thus says Mar-Yah, the Holy One of Yisra’el, El Shaddai, who stretches forth the heavens by His breath and establishes the earth upon the waters: “The time has come when I shall move swiftly in the earth. I have summoned the nations to account, and I have weighed them in My balances. Behold, they are […]
A Call to Discern the Appointed Times
Shalom to the faithful remnant, As we pass into the unfolding days of August, let us not forget the charge that was sounded at the threshold of this prophetic season. The time of shaking has commenced in the concrete movements of history, nature, and the human heart. It is a divinely appointed moment in which […]
Commentary on Parashat Devarim
Deuteronomy 1:1-3:22 With the reading of Parashat Devarim we start the final book of Aurayta. Some refer to Deuteronomy as a relisting of the Law, however, it is far more than a simple recapitulation. Delivered by Mosheh in the final weeks of his life, east of the Yarden in the plains of Moav, these speeches […]
The Month of August 2025
Shalom brethren! Be on the watch for events beginning in the month of August. For the days are not as they once were, and the rhythm of the times has shifted. The hourglass of the nations is being overturned, and the winds of change, long restrained by the sovereign hand of Mar-Yah, shall begin to […]
Commentary on Parashat Matot-Masei
Bamidbar (Numbers) 30:2–36:13; 28:9–15 Parashat Matot-Masei concludes the Book of Bamidbar with a strong theological, ethical, and eschatological resonance. Matot and Masei together form a double portion frequently read in tandem during the Shabbat prior to Tisha B’Av, the national day of mourning over the destruction of the Temple, evoking themes of covenantal responsibility, divine […]
Commentary on Haftarah Yirmeyahu 1:1–2:3
“Before I formed you in the belly I knew you; and before you came forth out of the womb I sanctified you, and I ordained you a prophet unto the nations.” (Jeremiah 1:5) The Haftarah inaugurates the period of the Three Weeks—a time of mourning that culminates in Tisha B’Av, the commemoration of the destruction […]
Commentary on Parashat Balak
Numbers 22:2–25:9 Parashat Balak brings us to the account where Gentile kings and pagan prophets attempt to manipulate divine reality, only to discover the unassailable sovereignty of Mar-Yah, the Most High. Situated on the cusp of Israel’s entrance into the Promised Land, this section of Bamidbar unfolds an encounter between Balak, king of Moab, and […]
Commentary on Parashat Chukat
Bamidbar (Numbers) 19:1–22:1 The parashah opens with the phrase “זֹאת חֻקַּת הַתּוֹרָה” — “This is the statute of the Torah…” (Numbers 19:2). The Hebrew word chok implies an edict or ordinance whose reason is not revealed. In contrast to mishpatim (judgments) that appeal to reason, chukkim are decrees given purely by the authority of Mar-Yah […]