Torah Teaching for Parsha “Pinchas”

This week’s annual cycle Torah reading is parsha “Pinchas,” Numbers 25:10-30:1) and it contains what is sometimes perhaps one of the most perplexing stories in the Torah, that of the cohen or priest Pinchas, who runs through two open idolators with a spear, and is awarded the eternal “Covenant of Peace (Shalom)” by YHVH Himself for the effort.

The Erev Shabbat reading:

The Sabbath Day midrash is all about the ‘apparent’ contradiction. Actually, contradictions, plural:
How can a man be given that eternal Covenant of Shalom for what some might call “murder”? And, given the context, and history, this is also a man who is often thought to be a “type and shadow” of the then-coming Messiah Himself. Can Pinchas somehow be a role model? And what are the parameters, the indications, for anyone else to do anything of the sort?

No wonder it’s been called “problematic.”

And yet the story is undeniable. The connections to the prophet Eliyahu, or Elijah, who was also notably “zealous” (the Hebrew word is the same, as Mark points out) for YHVH are dramatic, and referenced in both the haftorah selection, and even Paul’s commentary in Romans 11.

And Eliyahu, too, had a hand in the deaths of SO many pagan “priests of Baal.”

How do we connect these dots?

“Pinchas: Yahuah’s Covenant of Peace – at the Point of a Spear”

The combined two-part reading and Sabbath midrash, via Hebrew Nation Radio.

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Torah Teaching for Parsha “Balak”

This week’s annual Torah cycle reading is parsha “Chukat,” (Numbers 22:2-25:9) and represents a unique shift from the story of the mixed multitude “in the wilderness” to that of a pagan king who – much like Pharoah before the Exodus – is afraid of the people now lead by Moses.

And it’s a story that is part comedy, part prophecy, and a large part Today’s Headlines.

The Erev Shabbat reading:

The Sabbath Day midrash begins where the story leaves off. Can a nation once undeniably blessed manage to curse itself?

Balak: “How did an ancient pagan prophet tell us about TODAY’s plague?”

The combined two-part reading and Sabbath midrash.

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Torah Teaching for Parsha “Chukat” from Mark Call of Shabbat Shalom Mesa

The annual cycle Torah reading for this week is parsha “Chukat,” Numbers chapters 19 through 21) and it contains what is sometimes called the most enigmatic “chuq” (or, “do this because He says so”) in the Torah: the Red Heiffer, or parah adumah. Even Solomon is thought to have said he just didn’t quite get it.

The Erev Shabbat reading:

The Sabbath Day midrash tackles that Greatest Mystery head on. But, even more interesting, what might be the SECOND most mysterious ‘chuq’ in the Torah is in this same parsha! The “bronze serpent” (but the Hebrew term is much more alliterative: ‘nachash nachoshet’) – aka the ‘snake on a stick.’

There is a common thread that runs through this entire portion, too. Actually, several, but all evidently related: Death. And some important numbers. And water, in multiple ways, and ‘salvation.’ But still one more that Mark suggests, which may even help explain some of the confusion, is “I blame Moses.”

Chukat: “From the Red Heifer to the Snake-on-a-Stick — I blame Moses”

The combined two-part reading and Sabbath teaching.

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Torah Teaching for Parsha “Korach” from Mark Call of Shabbat Shalom Mesa

Join Mark Call of Shabbat Shalom Mesa Fellowship for a two-part study of the Torah parsha reading for this week, is “Korach,” (Numbers chapters 16 through 18) and the infamous rebellion which bears that name.

The Erev Shabbat reading:

By now, perhaps it should be no surprise that Scripture sets the stage for events in the world. And, “rightly divided,” also reveals when passages have been “twisted,” or even inverted to suit the ‘prince of this world, and his big-brother servants.

The story of Korach is about a rebellion. To Moses, specifically, but certainly to YHVH as well. And the story proves that point conclusively. But, still,
Korach: “This was MOSES, fer cryin’ out loud!”

Aren’t there more subtle issues when the question of ‘rebellion’ isn’t so clear-cut, and when it’s not so blatantly obvious that the rebellion is against His anointed? Israel, after all, has had bad kings, who “did evil in the sight of YHVH.” Yet, most still claim to be doing “God’s work,” but it just may not be obvious which ‘god.’

Is there a way to be sure?

The combined two-part reading and Sabbath midrash.

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Torah Teaching for Parsha “Shalach Lekha”

The Torah parsha reading for this week is “Shalach Lekha,” (Numbers chapters 13 through 15) — “send out men” –8:1-12:16), and it is the infamous story of ‘the spies.’

Mark Call of Shabbat Shalom Mesa fellowship begins with the Erev Shabbat reading:

And once again, and ESPECIALLY now, events in the world again set the stage for the midrash this week. Mark relates that he believes the title was given to him just this morning, in two suggestions:

“Spies Who Lie,”
…”and…Die.”

The ‘twelve spies’ who went into the land in Numbers chapter 13 brought back an ‘evil report,’ and literally all of the congregation of the children of Israel suffered for it. What they really did, says the witness of Scripture, was to “despise” Yahuah Himself.

Today’s spies have the ear of world leaders, including the President of the United States. At least 51 knowingly lied to the American people, participated in an attempted (and at least temporarily successful) coup, and arguably STILL despise the God of the Bible.

And that is the part that remains so clearly evident today as well. The question remains the same , too: Who will we believe?

Shalach Lekha: “Spies Who Lie…and [many] Die,”

The combined two-part reading and Sabbath midrash, via Hebrew Nation Radio.

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Torah Teaching for Parsha “Beha’alotecha”

The annual Torah cycle reading for this week is parsha “Beha’alotecha,” (Numbers 8:1-12:16), and it is a true potpourri of events and issues, “from menorah to metzorah.”

Mark Call of Shabbat Shalom Mesa fellowship begins with the Erev Shabbat reading:

As has been so often the case, but ESPECIALLY now, events in the world again set the stage for the midrash this week.

Have you ever noticed that there is a difference in the words used in rendering “do not covet…” your neighbors’ wife, house, and so on between the two repetitions of the “Ten Commandments?” The words used for ‘covet,” or “lust for,” are different (the Hebrew root is ;chamad’the first time, but ‘avah‘ in Deuteronomy 5:21.) And THAT word is used for those who died b’midbar – in the wilderness – as a result of their lusting for ‘meat.’

The connection, as Mark lays out, may well be that so many today are literally “lusting for death.” And it is a ‘temptation’ that YHVH has given us all the information we need to avoid, along with a means to escape.

Beha’alotecha: “From Menorah to Metzorah then – Lusting for DEATH now”

The combined two-part reading and Sabbath midrash:

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Torah Teaching for Parsha “Naso”

Join Mark Call of Shabbat Shalom Mesa fellowship for a two-part look at the second reading from the Book of Bemidbar, or Numbers, parsha “Naso” (Numbers 4:21 through all of chapter 7.)

The Erev Shabbat reading begins with the ‘head count’ of the families which make up the tribe of Levi, through the process for the ‘sota’, or woman who is SUSPECTED of adultery, through the Nazerite vow, and then the longest, and most redundant, and thus ‘perplexing’ chapter in the Torah:

Since Mark has talked about the ‘cup’ placed in the hand of the woman suspected of adultery often, and the connections, from Moses and the Golden Calf to Gethsemane and finally the Whore of Babylon in Revelation, this time the focus of the Sabbath Day midrash is a bit different.

In John chapter 8, while Yahushua is teaching at the temple, a woman is brought before Him — to ‘test him’ the text says — who was allegedly caught in adultery, “the very act.” Whereupon, Mark demonstrates, that most teachings in ‘sun-day skool’ proceed to miss the entire point of the story! And it certainly was NOT that He “did away with the law,” or even “raised the bar,” on His own Word.

There is a larger pattern in evidence here as well.

Naso: “Where is the MAN?”

The combined two-part reading and Sabbath midrash, via Hebrew Nation Radio.

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Torah Teaching for Parsha “Bemidbar”

The Book of Bemidbar, or Numbers, which begins with the reading this week (Numbers 1:1-4:20) is apropos both in English, and in the Hebrew names. It certainly has LOTS of Numbers, and for very good reasons, and it takes place ‘B’midbar,’ or “In the Wilderness.”

Mark Call of Shabbat Shalom Mesa fellowship and the Erev Shabbat reading:

The Sabbath Day midrash is about more than just the significance of the ‘Numbers’ that make up so much of the story. If “faith” was all that matters, why would He spend so much ink on numbers?

And why is there so much information in here that doesn’t really merit much attention from so much of ‘christianity’ anyway? What can we really learn from things that most would evidently prefer to ignore?

Bemidbar: “Pay Attention to Scripture Ignored”

The combined two-part reading and Sabbath midrash, via Hebrew Nation Radio.

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Mark Call – Torah Teaching for Double-Parsha “Behar-Bechukotai”

The Book of Vayikra or Leviticus concludes with the two part torah parsha, “Behar,” and “Bechukotai,” (Leviticus chapters 25 through the end of the Book.) Covered first are the concepts of ‘sabbath for the land,’ and the “Jubilee” year, which Mark Call of Shabbat Shalom Mesa explains might be thought of as a big Reset button that has the effect of precluding a societal meltdown and depression otherwise.

Mark Call of Shabbat Shalom Mesa fellowship and the Erev Shabbat reading:

The Sabbath Day midrash begins with a bit more background on that Scriptural reset, and what happens when it does NOT.

And even though much of the parsha is directed at what happens “in the [promised] land” – and we remain in exile, as also promised – there are indications that we are again on the precipice of the multiplied curses in the latter part of the parsha, that again seem so clearly apropos.

Behar-Bechukotai: “The Big Reset Lever – and What Follows”

The combined two-part reading and Sabbath midrash, via Hebrew Nation Radio.

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Torah Teaching for Double-Parsha “Kedoshim-Emor”

The Erev Shabbat (Friday evening) of two-part Double-parsha “Kedoshim,” then “Emor,” Leviticus chapters 19 through 24, is what Mark Call of Shabbat Shalom Mesa fellowship suggests is an interesting combination, given the number and relationships of the multitude of statutes, judgments, and commandments in this section. Some of it repeats the prohibition of sexual sins and even abominations outlined last week, but this time including penalties, while others literally “cover the map” – from things seem related, to many that don’t — almost like a scatter-gun.

And it certainly makes for some interesting questions!

The Erev Shabbat reading:

The combination of these two paraschot includes what amounts to a ‘tour de force’ of proof texts why so much of the Whore Church has literally turned its back on Scripture. From sexuality, to economics, to the common law and even common decency, the fact that so much of what He says to do “forever,” and even “throughout your generationss,” and “in all your dwelling places,” is not only now ignored, but considered “not PC,” is more than telling.

It’s an indictment.

Kedoship-Emor: “He Should Not Have To Say, ‘No Trans Priests'”

The combined two-part reading and Sabbath midrash, via Hebrew Nation Radio.

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