More often than some might suspect, the weekly Torah portion reflects uncannily well the issues and events in the world today. And especially this week, parsha Pinchas (Numbers 25:10-30:1) inspires us to ask the question, “just what does it MEAN to be ‘zealous’ for Yahuah,” and what, then, do we do when the, uh\u2026’stuff hits the fan?’<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Join Mark Call of Shabbat Shalom Mesa fellowship for a two-part study of the Torah portion that some have called one of the most “problematic,” even confusing, in the Book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And, again no small ‘coincidence’<\/em>, the parallels with the ‘prince of peace,’ Who also said He came not to bring “peace, but a sword,” seem to contradict a lot of what we have been told to believe. Scripture notwithstanding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n First, the Erev Shabbat reading and outline of the entire parsha:<\/p>\n\n\n\n