Torah Teaching for Parsha “Nitzavim”

Posted on 21 September, 2025 by mark

Parsha “Nitzavim” (Deuteronomy (29:9-thru chapter 30) is the parsha that Mark Call almost always says is not only a vital, undeniable, and not-yet-fulfilled, prophecy of our future, but contains the most succinct two-word summary of His Torah in the Bible.

And it begins with that enigmatic introduction, “Nitzavim,” or “you are standing” – all of you, THIS DAY, before YHVH your El…

…and here we are now, THIS DAY (ha yom) doing exactly that – again.

The Erev Shabbat reading begins there, and the specifics, to set the stage:

During the Sabbath Day midrash, Mark Call of Shabbat Shalom Mesa begins with a theme that has been on many of our minds this last week or two, and the phrase “doctrines of demons,” from Paul’s first letter to Timothy, 4:1.

It is certainly encouraging that Charlie’s execution/martyrdom has encouraged many people to look at his lifetime body of work, and his testimony for faith in the Living Elohim. No doubt many – particularly young and college-aged people – are considering a ‘turn’ toward the teachings of Scripture.

And yet, Mark suggests, the popular reaction of just “go back to church,” is but a pitiful small step in what might be the right direction. After all, many LEFT ‘the church’ because of it’s demonstrated, Scripturally-condemned, failure to “teach my people the difference,” between the holy and profane, clean and unclean. Simply returning to what already failed, and got us here, is not a real solution.

And yet, Deuteronomy 30 gives us both a clear razor for Truth, and a bold promise of why we MUST turn!

Warning: Some will be offended. YHVH certainly made the reason for His anger, and our continued exile, abundantly clear. But so is the Promise.

Nitzavim: BOTH The Blessing AND the Curse

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

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Torah Teaching for Parsha “Ki Tavo”

Posted on 14 September, 2025 by mark

Parsha “Ki Tavo” (Deuteronomy (26:1-29:8) is almost certainly the most famous, and foreboding, set of blessings and cursings in the Bible. But, notably, it begins with “when you have come into the land,” and a set of instructions, such as the ‘Bikkurim’ or offerings of First Fruits, that are to take place there.

But we remain in exile, have been “shalach”-ed for cause. So what does that mean about those curses?

The Erev Shabbat reading begins there, and the specifics, to set the state:

During the Sabbath Day midrash, Mark Call of Shabbat Shalom Mesa addresses exactly that question. But it begins with an observation:

The plagues are certainly – undeniably – “well deserved,” not just by the US, but the world. And many, at least, already seem to be in progress.

Yet we are told, repeatedly, in Scripture, to “have no fellowship,” with the unfruitful works of darkness. To “flee from idolatry.” And not to ‘keep company’ with, or even eat with, the kind of people who commit the kind of perversions we routinely see promoted on CNN. Or taught in the public ‘schools.’

Mark argues that we have been told to “come out of her,” to not participate with those sins, so as to – hopefully – avoid the promised plagues. The prophet Amos tells us that, unless they are agreed, it’s difficult for two people to “walk together.” And we saw this week there are, unquestionably, a large demonic army of people with whom reasoned dialogue, discourse, debate, and now arguably even peaceful coexistence have been demonstrated to be impossible.

So, do those plagues in Deuteronomy 28 still apply? Or not?

Isn’t it relevant that the FIRST three plagues in Egypt hit everyone? But, during the fourth, of flies, YHVH “put a difference,” made a distinction, between the pagan Egyptians and His people?

The promised plagues are here, and we’re already in exile. So what now?

Ki Tavo: The Plagues are OPTIONAL

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

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Torah Teaching for Parsha “Ki Tetzi”

Posted on 7 September, 2025 by mark

Parsha “Ki Tetzi” (“When you go forth” – to battle) — Deuteronomy 16:18-21:9) begins with another VERY ‘politically IN-correct’ prescription. Which tells us, right up front, why this is one worth paying attention to.

Because we’ve been told it “doesn’t matter” any more, is “done away with,” or worse. Lied to about, in other words.

The Erev Shabbat reading begins there, and includes what amounts to a great summary of just why that is:

During the Sabbath Day midrash, Mark Call of Shabbat Shalom Mesa explains why “miscellaneous mitzvot,” or commandments, are nothing of the sort. They’re certainly not “done away with,” but the fact that so many are SO ‘politically-INcorrect’ speaks volumes about a world jonesin’ fer judgment.

But what really stands out in THIS environment, today, is that they are intended for human beings, created in His image. Not corporations, and not “AI,” or any other creation of mere men.

Ki Tetzi: Miscellaneous Mitzvot – Not ‘PC’ – Not ‘done away with’ – but FOR HUMANS

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

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Mark Call – Torah Teaching for Parsha “Shoftim”

Posted on 31 August, 2025 by mark

Parsha “Shoftim” (Deuteronomy 16:18 – 21:9) may be the most utterly “timely” commentary on the World Today, and what is so UTTERLY WRONG — given events of the last week — that we could ask for.

Mark Call of Shabbat Shalom Mesa fellowship contends in this week’s reading and midrash that the totality of the major themes in this one — from ‘REAL judges’ as opposed to ‘black-robed priests of Satan,’ to the plague of liars being “perverted witness” (and lying in oaths), to ‘false prophets’, to what it means to “put away the Evil from among you,” and what happens when society not only FAILS to do so, but promotes that evil.

If there was ever a parsha that helps clarify what it must mean to “come out of her,” and why it is now a matter of life and death – this is it!

The Erev Shabbat reading begins there, and includes what amounts to a great summary of just why that is:

We have seen in the last few portions the more than one admonition against idolatry, including <em>”don’t even bring the idol into your house.”</em>  We have seen why He prescribes a death penalty for idolatry.  And this week, both in the news, and in the Bible, we have seen what happens when that Evil among is is not exterminated, but subsidized, taught, and even mandated in the Whore Church and public cesspools.

There are a myriad of important themes in here.  But, ultimately, they all relate to just one:  ‘They’ HATE YHVH.

WARNING:  This exposition will no doubt offend some.  It should.  But Scripture is very blunt.  And so are the effects – about which we were warned.

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Shoftim:  “REAL Judges, Real Men, Fake gods, and Extermination of the Evil from Among You”</strong>

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

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Torah Teaching for Parsha “Re’eh”

Posted on 24 August, 2025 by mark

Parsha “Re’eh” (for “See!,”Behold!,” or even “Check it out” — Deuteronomy 11:26-16:18) begins with a blessing, and a curse. And, as Mark points out up front, the fact that even the significance of the distinction there is so often missed is a major indicator of why there is “no power in the [modern] ‘church’.”

The Erev Shabbat reading begins there, and includes what amounts to a great summary of just why that is:

Last week, the parsha told us, “Do not even bring an abomination into your house,” lest you be accursed like it.

This week, the admonition is to utterly destroy anything and everything associated with them. And as for false prophets, who try to get us to serve those fakes? Scripture prescribes — in no uncertain terms — a death penalty.

How is it that a ‘church’ which claims to worship ‘him’ has fallen into exactly that trap?

During the Sabbath Day midrash, Mark Call of Shabbat Shalom Mesa answers that question, as He does.

And as for —

Re’eh: “Other gods not known to you? “

…now they’re taught in ‘sun-god day’ school. Even though the idolatry is soft-pedaled.

It is a fact that, once seen, cannot be un-seen. But it certainly must not be ignored.

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

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Torah Teaching for Parsha “Ekev”

Posted on 17 August, 2025 by mark

Parsha “Ekev” (for “Because,” or “it follows,” Deuteronomy 7:11-11:25) is

The Erev Shabbat reading includes that, and more:

During the Sabbath Day midrash, Mark Call of Shabbat Shalom Mesa muses about the ‘giants’ (Rephaim, Anakim, Zamzuzim, et al) that Moses warned the mixed multitude they would deal with in the land. And HOW, since they were promised to prevail.

They were big and scary, but just how intelligent were they? Arguably, perhaps more so than we might think.

The theme again has idolatry at heart, and His hatred of it. “Do not even bring an abomination into your house,” lest you be accursed like it.

Could it be that He is also talking about the newly created AI gods, made of a different form of stone — silicon? But the lesson is the same, although the threat is greater.

Ekev: “Ekev Big Scary Giants – Then and Now…But were they Smart, too?”

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

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Torah Teaching for Parsha “Vaetchanan”

Posted on 10 August, 2025 by mark

Parsha “Vaetchanan” (for “And I pleaded,” Deuteronomy 3:23 – 7:11) is arguably THE portion that contains some of the most important “statutes and commandments” in the Bible. Not only “the Ten,” but also the one known often simply as “The Shema,” for the first word, and the fact that Yahushua called it the Greatest Commandment of all, ‘Hear, O Isreal…YHVH Elohenu, YHVH Echad.” And you shall YHVH with “all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might.”

The Erev Shabbat reading includes that, and more:

During the Sabbath Day midrash, Mark Call of Shabbat Shalom Mesa fellowship suggests that there are several elements in the ‘theme’ of this parsha that are not only central to our understanding, but also must serve as a basis for some of the most important questions – and the tests that will answer them! – that explain what has gone wrong with a nation, and a world, that has not only forgotten Him – but apparently HATES Him.

And they are fundamental to what we must ‘come out of,’ and thus Who we serve.

This portion is, at least in part, about idolatry, and certainly obedience to His “statues, judgments, and commandments.” And He says THREE TIMES, in this parsha alone, that He is the ‘Jealous God,’ literally, “El Kana.” There is an important connection in that theme.

And Mark suggest that He has told us EXACTLY what we need to know in order to “rightly divide the Word,” and discern the difference between the fake and the Real. Both “adding to,” and “subtracting from” His Word, as Written, are flashing red warning signs that there is Major Deception Afoot. And Exile was, and remains, the result.

Vaetchanan: “A Jealous El Kana – don’t Add To, or Subtract From”

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

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Torah Teaching for combined Parsha “Masei – Debarim”

Posted on 3 August, 2025 by mark

This week, Mark Call of Shabbat Shalom Mesa fellowship does a somewhat different combination of the recent ‘double-parsha,’ and combines the end of the Book of Numbers (Masei, Numbers 33 through the end of the Book) with the first parsha, Debarim (Deuteronomy/Debarim 1 through 3:22) in the final Book of the Torah, of that same name. Both have to do with a bit of a recap, as the children of Israel begin to – finally – complete their 40 years b’midbar – in the wilderness – and prepare to enter the land.

And Debarim is vital, and different in many ways, from the rest of the Torah. In large measure, it is not only the last chapter of Moses’ life, but his ‘farewell address.’ And, as Mark never misses pointing out, it is THE most quoted Book by the American Founders during the entire Revolutionary Era. And fundamental to the ‘English – and then American – Common Law.’

The Erev Shabbat summary and reading of the text:

Why does Moses’ recap take the form it does, and why is it so relevant today?

It begins with a poignant reminder: “It is [only!] eleven days journey,” from where they started, to where they were. But it took forty years, and every male, save the two, of fighting age died along the way.

Moses knows he is about to die, and he knows what is coming for the sons of Israel: War. They must take the land.

But other major change is at hand as well. They sandals didn’t wear out – year after year. They didn’t have to plant or harvest food; manna was there for them without fail. All of that will soon be over.

And the ‘giants’ that so terrified their fathers? They were there, and YHVH led them to battle, and those “mighty men” fell before them.

We, too, are facing what look like major, perhaps earth-shattering, change. And giants? They’re still out there, and those who fail to “Trust in YHVH,” have more reason to be terrified than ever.
Masei-Debarim: “Moshe’s Recap – Major Changes, and Giants – Then, and Now”

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

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Torah Teaching for Parsha “Matot”

Posted on 27 July, 2025 by mark

This week’s annual cycle Torah reading is parsha “Pinchas,” Numbers 30:2 through chapter 32) and – in part at least – it wraps up one of the mysteries in the Torah, how can a people so blessed of YHVH fall so quickly into idolatry, and beset by ‘plague?’

But there is far more, and the issue of “vows” literally envelops the narrative.

As it still does today.

The Erev Shabbat reading:

The Sabbath Day midrash is at attempt to connect a collection of dots that range from broken vows and lying prophets to bioweaponry and ELE asteroid impacts.

The prophet Bilaam really wanted to curse the mixed multitude of Israel, but was explicitly forbidden to do so, on pain of death – as he learned “the hard way.” Only “the word that Elohim puts in my mouth, that I shall speak.” And yet, like so many ancient popes and modern traitors in politics, he thought he was smarter than God Himself, and could find a “workaround.” It cost him.

Today we don’t have a Moses to “hang ’em high,” or a Pinchas to literally run them through, ‘en flagrante delecto,’ with a spear.

Which only makes the potential consequences all the more deadly. And imminent.

“Matot: From Vows and Oaths to Lying Prophets and then Treason – to Plagues and Planet X”

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

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Torah Teaching for Parsha “Pinchas”

Posted on 20 July, 2025 by mark

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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