Torah Portion Study Notes

Torah Portion Week 5 (24-25) Chayei Sarah – “Life of Sarah” – Gen 23:1 – 25:18 Death of Sarah, Purchase of Machpela & Eliezeer sent to get Rebekkah 23) 23:1-2 – The Sarah you never saw: (we read this last week) Jasher 23:1-19 Compassion (tender) – Psalm 145 and...

Torah Portion Week 4 VAYERA – “and he appeared” 18:1-22:24 (24-25) The promise of Isaac, Sodom and Gomorroah, Lot, The Binding of Isaac 18) 1-2 – “Yahuah appeared” (The Word) - Targums  Bowed to the “Angel” Just like Joshua did and was not corrected...

Torah Portion Week 3 (24-25) Lech-Lecha (Go / Leave) Gen 12:1 – 17:27 12 Before reading: Seed of Abraham Seed of Abraham verses (Matt 3:9, John 8 etc…) Enoch 83 – Original ‘seed’ prophecy 12:4 – Read Jasher 12:1-13:5 Would you just get up and go at the command of...

Week 2 – Noach (2024-2025)Genesis 6:8 – 11:32 Noah, his Ark, the Flood, the Covenant, Genealogies, Nimrod, Babel and Abraham Ch 6 – Wickedness of the Earth       (re-read 6:5-7) Wicked generation! 6:8 – Grace in his eyes (even in the...

Torah Portion: Week 1 24-25 Bereshiyth (The Beginning) Creation, First Sabbath, Fall of Man, lineages, Watchers, Giants and more Virtual House Assembly Reading Schedule PSALM 1 This is the heart of Torah (creation, the works of his hands) Ch 1. Creation Story (This is...

Torah Portion – Week 46 (updated 22-23) 7:12 – 11:25 Ch.7 7:12 - “IF” https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=col+1%3A21-23%2C+ps+125%2C+eze+18%3A24%2C+john+15%3A7-16%2C+heb+10%3A26-44%2C&version=KJV 7:12-15:  We have the same promise to come in the...

Torah Portion – Week 45 -22-23 Welcome brothers and sisters to week 45 – “Va’etchanan” I pleaded.  In this portion, we see Moses not being able to enter the land of Israel, a Plea from Moses to Israel to keep the commandments, another brief overview of the cities...

Torah Portion – Week 43  (22-23) Masei – the conclusion of the book of numbers.  Retells the journeys in the wilderness, instructions for taking the land, cities for the levites, cities of refuge and daughters of zelophehad. Why we are doing this- Psalms 119:18...

Torah Portion – Week 42  (22-23) Welcome brothers and sisters to week 42 “Matot”  Or “Tribes” goes over Vows, the war vs. Midian and Moses discussing with the Reubenintes and Gadites about crossing over and finishing the war with the rest of their bretheren....

Torah Portion – Week 41 (2022-23) Welcome brothers and sisters to week 41 – “Pinchas”  or Phineas.  – is about the incident with Phineas and the Israelite man and Moabite woman and how the plague was stopped… The story about the Zelophehad’s daughters and...

Torah Portion – Week 38 -22-23 Welcome brothers and sisters to week 38 – “Korach” or Korah – which is all about the rebellion of Korah and those that joined to him.  It is certainly interesting this rebellion came right after the command for tzitzit was issued…...

Torah Portion – Week 37 (UPDATED 2023) Welcome brothers and sisters to week 37, Shelach, SEND YOU This portion tells the story of the twelve spies sent to assess the promised land, commandments about offerings, the story of the violation of the Sabbath,...

Torah Portion – Week 36 22-23 Numbers 8:1 through 12:16 Beha’alotcha, When you set up. This portion tells of the Menorah in the Tabernacle, the consecration of the Levites, the Second Passover, how a cloud and fire led the Israelites, the silver trumpets, how the...

Torah Portion 35 – Naso “Take Up”  Numbers 4:21 – 7:89 Duties of the priests Purification of the camp Laws of restitution Laws about the accused adulterer Laws for Nazarites Priestly Blessing Begin with a call to re-center and focus on the Word...