{"id":2986,"date":"2026-07-11T17:59:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T23:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/?p=2986"},"modified":"2026-07-11T17:59:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T23:59:01","slug":"torah-teaching-for-double-parsha-matot-masei","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/?p=2986","title":{"rendered":"Torah Teaching for double-parsha \u201dMatot-Masei\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Parsha &#8216;Matot&#8217; (Numbers 30:2 through chapter 32) is one of those that Mark Call of Shabbat Shalom Mesa fellowship thinks, because of the &#8220;not-politically-correct&#8221; and thus too often utterly neglected chapter 30, deserves much more attention that it gets, particularly for reasons he tries to make clear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Erev Shabbat reading is certainly an introduction:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/hebrewnationonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/SSM-7-10-26-Matot-teaching-podcast-xxx.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Sabbath day midrash begins by making clear, at least in part, why Mark is not a fan of combining Numbers chapter 30 into a double-portion. BUT, at least there are certainly consistent threads that link them, and demonstrate WHY honoring our word is so vital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The &#8216;rest of the story&#8217; is why civilization collapses without it. And we&#8217;re there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And Numbers chapter 30 is at the heart of most of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8220;Matot [and Masei]: Real MEN MUST ALWAYS Be Bound By their Word&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/hebrewnationonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WT-CooH-7-11-26-Matot-Only-Real-MEN-can-be-BOUND-by-their-Word-podcast-xxx.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Service information:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shabbat Shalom Mesa fellowship worship services and teachings are broadcast live every Sabbath, via Paltalk. (www.paltalk.com has both the link, and the app.) The &#8220;room name&#8221; is &#8220;Walking Torah with Shabbat Shalom Mesa,&#8221; and can be found via the paltalk search, then bookmarked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Erev Shabbat services begin at 7:00 PM Mountain Time Friday evenings (9 PM Eastern, 8 PM Central)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Live Sabbath teachings begin shortly after 11 AM Mountain time on Sabbath day (Saturday).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>email: mark@markniwot.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The combined two-part reading and Sabbath <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/hebrewnationonline.com\/mark-call-torah-teaching-for-double-parsha-matot-masei\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/hebrewnationonline.com\/mark-call-torah-teaching-for-double-parsha-matot-masei\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">midrash<\/a><\/strong>, via Hebrew Nation Radio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parsha &#8216;Matot&#8217; (Numbers 30:2 through chapter 32) is one of those that Mark Call of Shabbat Shalom Mesa fellowship thinks, because of the &#8220;not-politically-correct&#8221; and thus too often utterly neglected chapter 30, deserves much more attention that it gets, particularly &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/?p=2986\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,1742,4,11,1698,1739,12],"tags":[2373,2372,88,2369,2370,63,1135,104,208,112,263,2365,110,2367,290,2366,2368,212,318,101],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2986"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2986"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2986\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2987,"href":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2986\/revisions\/2987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}