eDrashes Archive Index

Acharei Mot

• What 'Holiness' looks like
• A People Set Apart
• Working for Success
• Face to Face
• A Personal Day of Atonement
• Atonement

B'reisheet

• The Life-giving Spirit
• Seven Days and Seven Millenia
• Voice of the Prophets
• The Way
• Where Are You?
• Seed of the Woman

Balak

• Never Argue with a Donkey
• A Talking Donkey!
• Balaam's Evil Plan
• Life's Little Interruptions
• Shout of the King
• Balaam and the LORD
• The Error of Balaam

Bamidbar

• These Things Happened as Examples
• Reverence in the Face of the Sacred
• Journey through the Wilderness
• The World Was Created for Me
• House of the Father
• The Hosts Above and the Hosts Below

Bechukotai

• Study to Learn; Learn to Do
• The Curse of the Torah
• Shalom in the Land
• Sabbath Rest for the Land

Beha'alot'cha

• The Greatness of Moses
• The Shortened Arm
• Nostalgia for the Familiar
• Why Wasn't Aaron Punished?
• Malcontents
• Trumpets and Clouds
• The Punishment of Abundance

Behar

• Study to Learn; Learn to Do
• The Torah that Gives Freedom
• Shalom in the Land
• Sabbath Rest for the Land
• The Jubilee Year
• The Year of Freedom
• Calculating the End

Beshalach

• Nachshon's Leap
• The Great Salvation
• No Shortcuts
• Manna and Materialism
• Messianic and Davidic Dance
• Believe in God, Believe also in Me

Bo

• The Bread of Affliction
• These Signs of Mine
• The Passover Lamb
• Darkness
• No Uncircumcised Person
• A Memorial

Chayei Sarah

• Love and Marriage
• Rebekah's Blessing
• Hidden Person of the Heart
• Good Things of His Master's Hand
• Bashert: The Real Soul Mate
• The Canaanites
• The Desire of the Father

Chukat

• The Purity Paradox
• Aaron the Peacemaker
• Balaam's Evil Plan
• Snake Bite
• Lifted on a Miracle
• Baptized for the Dead
• Parah Adamah: The Red Heifer

Devarim

• These are the Words
• God Hates Me
• The Necessary Death of Moses
• Two Wrongs Don't Make Repentance
• Like the Stars of Heaven
• Expounding the Torah
• Fear Not

Ekev

• Cling to God
• Circumcise Your Hearts
• Forty Years of Preparation
• Blessing God at Meals
• Self-Righteousness
• Bread Alone
• Only What We Ought To Have Done

Emor

• God's Day Planner
• Sanctifying the Name of God
• Count-Off to Pentecost
• Laws for Priests
• The LORD's Appointed Times
• Keeping the Festivals

Ha'azinu

• Watering our Souls
• Shuvah Yisrael
• Spiritually Flabby
• Heaven and Earth; Rain and Dew
• The Song of the Lamb
• Rejecting the Son
• The Song of Moses and of the Lamb

Kedoshim

• What 'Holiness' looks like
• Sanctified by His Commandments
• Working for Success
• Face to Face
• The Holy One of God

Ki Tavo

• Imitating God
• Good Karma
• God's First Fruits
• A Question to Ponder
• End of the Curse
• The Righteous will Live by Faith
• A Heart to Know

Ki Tetze

• Case of the Rebellious Son
• The Least of the Commandments
• Stoning Rebellious Children
• Love and War
• Accursed of God
• A Glutton and a Drunkard
• The Escaped Slave and Philemon

Ki Tisa

• Unchecked Spiritual Impulses
• Oil of Gladness
• The Word Made Stone
• Tabernacle vs. Golden Calf
• A Sign Between Us

Korach

• Guarding the Sanctuary
• How to Split a Congregation
• Who Is the Boss?
• The Two Wives
• Three Offices of Messiah
• The Priest on the Throne
• Korach's Rebellion

Lech Lecha

• The Greatness of the Fathers
• Deeds of the Fathers
• The Fifth Test
• The Famine
• The Quarrel with Lot
• All Things Created for Him

Massei

• Levites for Messiah
• The Land of Israel

Mattot

• The Sin of Triangulation
• Patriarchal Authority

Mattot-Massei

• Blushing Like Fire
• Promise Keepers
• Messiah the Avenger
• First Glimmer of Redemption
• Vows and Oaths

Metzorah

• Baptisma
• The Leper Messiah
• The Haughty Spirit
• A House of Leprosy
• Wellspring of Evil

Miketz

• This too is for the good
• Exaltation of Messiah
• Relinquishing Worries
• Preparing for the Lean Years
• Joseph in Disguise
• Messiah and Israel

Mishpatim

• Righteousness and Justice
• Standard of Righteousness
• Slavery Laws in the Bible
• Tough-Love with Torah
• Grace vs. Law
• The Torah is for the Godless

Nasso

• Confession and Repentance
• Erasing God's Name
• Nazirism and Messiah
• The Priestly Blessing

Nitzavim

• Never Will I Leave You
• Circumcise Your Heart
• United We Stand
• The Greatness of Repentance
• Choose Life
• Circumcision of Messiah
• They Forsook the Torah
• The Secret Things

Noach

• The Righteous Cannibal
• Fixing a Broken World
• Noah and Messiah
• One Language
• The Righteous Man
• Left Behind

Passover

• Nachshon's Leap
• Spiritual Matzah
• Shabbat Chol haMo'ed Pesach
• Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread
• Blood on the Doorposts
• A Memorial
• Slaves No More

Pekudei

• The 'Church' at Mount Sinai
• The Glory and the Tabernacle
• Torah with an Occupation
• The Lost Ark

Pinchas

• Who Needs Religious Fundamentalists?
• The Man over the Congregation
• Moses' Uncertainty
• The Man for the Job
• Shabbat: The Sabbath
• Appointed Times

Re'eh

• Invest in Heaven
• The Blessed Life
• Tithing
• Invitation to God’s House
• Leaving Egypt in Haste
• The Mitzvah of Charity
• Is Jesus A False Prophet?

Rosh Hashanah

• Head of the Year
• Rosh Hashanah
• At the Appointed Time

Shavuot

• Redemption and Torah
• The Giving of the Torah

Shelach

• Even if I am being poured out...
• The Complainer and the Atheist
• A Different Spirit
• The Law and the Gentiles
• Thread of Blue
• The Sabbath, the Land and the World to Come
• A Sabbath Rest for God’s People

Shemini

• Straining Gnats and Swallowing Camels
• Seek, Seek—Darosh, Darash
• Aaron's Grief
• Clean and Unclean Animals
• Spiritual Fire
• Biblical Dietary Laws

Shemot

• The Good Shepherd
• The Redeemer
• The Death of a Dream
• The Golden Handcuffs
• Ordinary Life
• God of the Fathers

Shoftim

• Testing for a False Prophet
• Clear Boundaries
• Prophets
• The Mysterious Prophet
• King of the Jews
• The Prophet Like Moses
• The King's Copy and the Rule of Law

Sukkot

• A Tabernacle of Glory over Jerusalem
• Grace Negotiations
• Tribute to King Messiah
• Sukkot: Camping Out with God

Tazria

• Baptisma
• Leprosy in the Gospels
• The Haughty Spirit
• A House of Leprosy
• The Sin of Childbirth
• Clean and Unclean

Terumah

• Inside the Ark
• The Twelve Loaves
• The Little Sanctuary
• The Cheerful Giver
• The Veil
• The Tabernacle of Yeshua

Tetzaveh

• The Daily Continual Burnt Offering
• To Whom Shall We Go?
• Garments for Honor
• Kohens
• A Story from the Talmud (b.Shabbat 31a)
• The Plate and Turban

Toldot

• Red, Red Stuff
• Tithing Straw
• Philistine Apologies
• Abraham's Wells
• Abraham's Torah
• Isaac Prays for Rebekah

Tzav

• The Imperishable
• Fire on the Altar
• Peace with God
• In Jars of Clay
• Keep the Fire Burning
• The Thanksgiving Offering

Va'era

• Pharaoh the Strong Man
• A Matter of Reputation
• What's His Name?
• Don't Get Your Hopes Up
• Deliverance from Bondage

Va'etchanan

• The Greatest Commandment
• Honor Your Father and Mother
• He who Seeks Finds
• Answer to Prayer
• Upon Your Heart
• The Commandment of Loving God
• Tefillin

Va'yelech

• Never Will I Leave You
• Circumcise Your Heart
• United We Stand
• Moses and Gethsemane

Vayakhel

• The 'Church' at Mount Sinai
• And Moses Assembled
• Torah with an Occupation
• The Lost Ark
• Making the Tabernacle

Vayechi

• Waiting for Salvation
• The Lion
• Like Ephraim and Manasseh
• Preparing for Life After Death
• Resurrection in the Torah
• Messiah's Donkey

Vayera

• Abraham's Great Test
• The Outcry Against Sodom
• Remember Lot's Wife
• Hungry Angels
• Abraham's Prayer
• Son of the Free Woman

Vayeshev

• Joseph and Messiah
• Signet, Cord and Staff
• Perez and Zerah
• A Successful Man
• The Temptation of Joseph
• Leaping Joseph

Vayetze

• The Dispersion and Return
• The Sun Had Set
• Rachel and Leah
• Anointing from Heaven
• What You See Is What You Are
• The Ideal Family

Vayigash

• Man of Sorrows
• Preserving the Remnant
• Jacob's Hardships
• The Revelation of Joseph
• What Pharaoh Heard
• Life's Hardships

Vayikra

• Messiah and the Sacrifices
• Sacrifices are Pure
• A Soothing Aroma
• Sacrificing the Self
• Obedience and Sacrifice
• Salt of the Covenant

Vayishlach

• A Life-Changing Encounter
• The Overcomers
• Birth Pains of Messiah
• Jacob the Wrestler
• Dinah's Folly

Vezot ha'Bracha

• Simchat Torah
• The Alef and the Tav
• The End of the Torah

Yitro

• The Wedding Gift from God
• Friend of the Bridegroom
• The Impassioned God
• Fundamentals of Faith
• The Special Treasure
• The Signs of Pentecost

Yom Kippur

• Holiest Day of the Year
• "Fall Cleaning"