10 episodes
Torah Portions Unknown
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- Religion & Spirituality
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4.8 • 65 Ratings
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Join Bill Cloud each week for insight into the Torah Portion.
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Torah Portion – Naso (B’midbar 4:21 – 7:89)
This is our d’rash (commentary) on the torah portion, Naso or “take the sum.” In this portion, the text continues to describe the division of the Levitical families and their duties concerning the transport of the Sanctuary. It also introduces us to the Ordeal of Jealousy and the vows of a Nazirite. In these two […]
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Torah Portion: B’midbar (B’midbar 1:1-4:20)
This is our d’rash (commentary) on the torah portion, Bemidbar or “in the wilderness.” In this portion, we see how the tribes were numbered and assigned into four different camps. These camps with their respective standards are seen as the equivalent of the four living creatures who surround the Throne of God. We also how […]
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Torah Portion – Bechukotai (Vayikra 26:3 – 27:34)
This is our d’rash (commentary) on the torah portion, Bechukotai or “in my statutes.” In this portion, the Scripture describes the blessings that come with obedience and details the judgments that come with disobedience. In this sidrah, Israel is warned that blatant disregard for God’s commands have terrible consequences, in fact, five groups of seven […]
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Torah Portion – Behar (Vayikra 25:1 – 26:2)
This is our d’rash (commentary) on the torah portion, Be’har or “on the mount.” In this portion, the Scripture details two other commands of rest – the sh’mittah (sabbatical year) and the yovel (jubilee). One of the prevailing concepts in this sidrah is that the land is God’s and is, therefore, expected to be in […]
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Torah Portion – Emor (Vayikra 21:1 – 24:23)
This is a commentary on the Torah portion Emor – “say.” This torah portion turns its attention back to the priests and their responsibility to maintain higher standards of purity. Though addressing the priests, we who have been called out of darkness into His marvelous light to be a royal priesthood should take note of the […]
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Torah Portion – Kedoshim (Vayikra 19:1 – 20:27)
This is a commentary on the Torah portion Kedoshim – “Holy.” If the previous portion begins what is regarded as lev ha’torah (the heart of the Torah), this portion is the “heart of the heart.” This sidrah defines the call to Israel to be holy “because I the LORD your God am holy.” This portion emphasizes the […]
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On the Sabbath
I very much enjoy your teachings and insights into the Torah. May HaShem continue to bless you. After listening to this teaching, Beshelach, I’d like to comment on the passage you discuss about leaving your home or taking steps that are more than a “Sabbath day’s journey”. I’ve come to understand that because our Master was blameless, if He were to have been in the Synagogue on the Sabbath, He would have been within the vicinity so as not to ‘blemish His record’. On my visit to Israel we resided in Har Bracha, in the West Bank. Six weeks of observing the Shabbat here and shalom was upon this entire community. In the afternoon on the Shabbat you might see a family take a walk together, but there were no cars on the streets. For six days the men of the community would be seen headed to the synagogues, stores were open, it was business as usual....but on the seventh everything came to a halt. There is nothing like truly resting on the Shabbat. For us it is supposed to be a taste of the world to come..24/7 Shabbat! Just wanted to leave my thoughts. Shalom !