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In this week’s second Torah portion, Metzora’ (leper), Yoel explains the nature of biblical leprosy, the social condition of the leper and other realities of leprosy that we find in the Tanakh.
Monthly ArchiveOctober 2018
“As YHWH lives, who has delivered me from all adversity, as I swore to you by YHWH the God of Isra’el, ‘Your son Shlomo will be king after me" 1 Melachim 1:29,30
10
Apr
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“What we are doing is wrong. At a time of good news like this, we shouldn’t keep it to ourselves. If we wait even till morning, we will earn only punishment…”
Our story of four lepers who bring about relief for Israel is prefaced with some background of Arameans and the historical setting of haftarah Metzora’.
Haftarah Metzora’: 2 Kings 7:3-20; 13:23
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7
Apr
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Yoel explains the practical logistics of this component of the feasts and calendar based on the Aviv Search of 2019. This teaching was presented to our Weekly Bible Class group.
5
Apr
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In this week’s Torah portion, Tazria (she conceives), Yoel addresses the odd laws of childbirth and blood flow.
2
Apr
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“He was a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper.”
The God of Israel interacts in a mighty way with the Syrian army leader, Naaman in this week’s haftarah Tazri’a. This recording is an excerpt from our Weekly Bible Class.
Haftarah Tazri’a: 2 Kings 4:42-5:19
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29
Mar
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This week’s Torah portion, Shmini (eighth), contains the dietary laws of God. Listen as Yoel explains about Kosher practices in the home.
27
Mar
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“When they arrived at Nakhon’s threshing-floor, the oxen stumbled; and ‘Uzah put out his hand to steady the ark of God.”
You can be sincere, but you can be sincerely wrong. In contrast to last week’s example of underreaching with Torah, this week we see overreaching and the effects of stepping outside the boundaries of Torah.
Haftarah Shmini: 2 Samuel 6:1-19
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22
Mar
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In this week’s Torah portion, Tzav (command), Yoel examines the merciful concepts contained in the sacrificial system.
20
Mar
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“But they neither listened nor paid attention, but lived according to their own plans, in the stubbornness of their evil hearts, thus going backward and not forward.”
We discuss the repetitive cycle of the erosion of mankind and the lessons to be learned from Yirmeyahu, the kohen who never got to be a kohen, in Haftarah Tzav.
Haftarah Tzav: Jeremiah 7:21 – 8:3
Other Teachings Mentioned in this Podcast
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15
Mar
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In this week’s Torah portion, Vayiqra (and He called), Yoel looks into the structure of Leviticus and the sacrificial system to give an overall description of the main sacrifices and offerings.
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