The 6th Month on the Biblical Calendar The Month of Elul – A Month of Teshuvah and Return Part of an ongoing series entitled Hidden Sparks Beneath the Surface  By Betty Tabor Givin aka Elisheva Tavor Introduction-Background and Review With each New M...

Lessons for Humanity from the Weekly Parshah by Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum RE’EH Torah Reading: RE-EH, Deuteronomy 11:26-16:17. Haftara: Isaiah 54:11-55:5. AND YOU SHALL CHOOSE LIFE “See: I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse.” (Deut. 11:...

Lessons for Humanity from the Weekly Parshah by Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum EIKEV Torah Reading: EIKEV, Deuteronomy 7:12-11:25. Haftara: Isaiah 49:14-51:3. THE BOOK & THE SWORD; THE LOAF & THE STICK The Midrash on Parshas EIKEV teaches: “The Book...

בס”ד Isaiah 53 – From Exile to Rebirth ©Yosef Feigenbaum 2026 Chapter Divisions The chapter divisions found in our modern Bibles are a relatively recent invention. They were introduced by Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury, in the early thirte...

Lessons for Humanity from the Weekly Parshah by Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum VO-ESCHANAN Torah Reading: VO-ESCHANAN, Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11. Haftara: Isaiah 40:1-26. “AND I TRIED TO INGRATIATE MYSELF.” In the opening word of our PARSHAH of VO-ESCHANAN, Mos...

Lessons for Humanity from the Weekly Parshah by Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum DEVARIM Torah Reading: DEVARIM, Deuteronomy 1:1-3:22 Isaiah 1:1-27. THE BOTTOM LINE As always, we commence the reading of the book of DEVARIM (Deuteronomy), the last of the Five...

UNIVERSAL TORAH Lessons for Humanity from the Weekly Parshah by Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum • To subscribe to the UNIVERSAL TORAH weekly email click here • Back to Parshah Index MATOS-MAS’EI Torah Reading: MATOS: Numbers 30:2-32:42; MAS’EI: Numbers 33:1-...

The Four Battles Within the Human Heart By M. Simpson Reflections on Pirkei Avot 5:10 One of the great gifts of Pirkei Avot is that it refuses to let us reduce righteousness to theology alone. Belief matters, but character determines whether those be...

UNIVERSAL TORAH Lessons for Humanity from the Weekly Parshah by Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum • To subscribe to the UNIVERSAL TORAH weekly email click here • Back to Parshah Index PINCHAS Torah Reading PINCHAS, Numbers 25:10-30:1 PINCHAS, PRINCE OF PEACE “...

The Man Caring for Israel’s Red Heifers: Why Ancient Shiloh Matters More Than Ever By Rod Bryant, NETIV “Ideas are meeting reality.” Those were the words Larry Borntrager repeated throughout our conversation, and they perfectly capture what is happen...