Weekly Parshah

Parashah # 31: Emor (Speak) Vayikra (Leviticus) 21:1-24:23

Beth Elohim Messianic Synagogue Parshah #31: Emor (Speak) Vayikra (Leviticus) 21:1-24:23 Haftarah: Yechezk’el (Ezekiel) 44:15-31 B’rit Chadashah: Mattityahu (Matthew) 5:38-42 Today I am going to start my commentary with the second to the last paragraph of this parashah (vv.17-22). The instructions generally referred to as “an eye for an eye” are highly debated with a… Read more »

Parashah #27: Tazria (She conceives) Vayikra (Leviticus) 12:1-13:59

Beth Elohim Messianic Synagogue Parashah #27: Tazria (She conceives) Vayikra (Leviticus) 12:1-13:59 Haftarah: M’lakhim Bet (2 Kings) 4:42-5:19 Brit Chadashah: Luke 2:22-4; 5:12-16 In regular years this parashah is read with #28 This week we are going to focus on the first two paragraphs of this parashah in depth, then discuss tzara’at which can imply… Read more »

Parashah #26: Sh’mini (Eighth) Vayikra (Leviticus) 9:1-11:47

Beth Elohim Messianic Synagogue Parashah #26: Sh’emini (Eighth) Vayikra (Leviticus) 9:1-11:47 Haftarah: Sh’muel Bet (2 Samuel) 6:1-19 B’rit Chadashah: 2 Corinthians 6:14-7:1 Today I am going to address two subjects, one of which is more frequently addressed in commentaries than the other but both of which are significant to our spiritual growth and our desire… Read more »

Parashah #25: Tzav (Give an Order) Vayikra (Leviticus) 6:1-8:36

Beth Elohim Messianic Synagogue Parashah #25: Tzav ( Give an order) Vayikra (Leviticus) 6:1-8:36 Haftarah: Yirmeyahu (Jeremiah) 7:21-8:3; 9:22(23); 23(4) B’rit Chadashah: 1 Corinthians 10:14-23 I want to introduce a general comment on the book of Leviticus that we must understand as applicable to all mankind throughout all generations and not just “Jews.” Many clergy… Read more »

Parashah #24: Vayikra (He called) Vayikra (Leviticus)1:1-5:26

Beth Elohim Messianic Synagogue Parashah #24: Vayikra (He called) Vayikra (Leviticus) 1:1-5:26 (6:7) Haftarah: Yesha’yahu (Isaiah) 43:21-44:23 B’rit Chadashah: Hebrews 10:1-14 Before my commentary on today’s specific parashah, just a comment about the Book of Leviticus where we now enter in the cycle of Torah study, specifically Leviticus 1:11. When we consider the cultural and… Read more »

Parashot #22-23 Vayak’hel and P’kudei Sh’mot (Exodus) 35:1-38 and 38:21-40:38

Beth Elohim Messianic Synagogue Parashah #22-3: Vayak’hel (He assembled) and P’kudei (Accounts) Sh’mot (Exodus) 35:1-38:20 and 38:21-40:38 Haftarah Vayak’hel: M’lakhim Alef (1 Kings) 7:13-26 P’kudei: M’lakhim Alef (1 Kings) 7:40-50 B’rit Chadashah: Vayak’hel: Revelation 11:1-13 P’kudei: Revelation 15:5-8 These parashot are read together in regular years of which this year qualifies, so teachings from these… Read more »

Parashah #21: Ki Tissa (When you take) Sh’mot (Exodus) 30:11-34:35

Beth Elohim Messianic Synagogue Parashah#21: Ki Tissa (When you take) Sh’mot (Exodus) 30:11-34:35 Haftarah :M’lakhim Alef (1 Kings)18:20-39 B’rit Chadashah: Luke 11:14-20 The first thing I want to address in this parashah is Chapter 32 verse 14: “ Adonai then changed his mind about the disaster he had planned for his people.” This comment was… Read more »

Parashah 320: Tetzaveh (You are to order0 Sh’mot (Exodus) 27:20-30:10

Beth Elohim Messianic Synagogue Parashah #20: Tetzaveh (You are to order) Sh’mot (Exodus) 27:20-30:10 Haftarah: Yechezk’el (Ezekiel) 43:10-27 B’rit Chadashah: Philippians 4:10-20 The term Levitical priesthood is not found in the Tanakh, but it is found in the B’rit Chadashah, although only once in Hebrews 7:11. This term refers only to the high priest, Aharon,… Read more »

Parashah #19: T’rumah (Contributions) Sh’mot (Exodus) 25:1-27:19

Beth Elohim Messianic Synagogue Parashah #19: T’rumah (Contributions) Sh’mot (Exodus 25:1-27:19) Haftarah: M’lakhim Alef (1 Kings) 5:26-6;13 B’rit Chadashah: Hebrews 8:1-6; 9:23-4; 10:1 In this week’s parashah G-d describes how the Tabernacle is to be built in great detail with the voluntary contributions of the people. Note that He does not ask for anything other… Read more »