The Secret of the Fig Tree

The Secret of the Fig Tree By Steve Eisenhauer, The Exodus Project The story of Jesus and the fig tree is almost universally misunderstood. The standard explanation claims that Jesus cursed the tree as a display of divine power or as a symbolic rebuk...

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Apr 28, 2026
UNIVERSAL TORAH: EMOR

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 EMOR Torah Reading: Parshas EMOR, Leviticus 21:1-24:23 SAY TO THE PRIESTS As...

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Apr 25, 2026
UNIVERSAL TORAH |  ACHAREI MOS

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 ACHAREI MOS Torah Reading: Parshas ACHAREI MOS, Leviticus 16:1-18:30 AFTER T...

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Apr 18, 2026
UNIVERSAL TORAH: TAZRIA

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 TAZRIA Torah Reading: Parshas TAZRIA, Leviticus 12:1-13:59 In last week’s pa...

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Apr 11, 2026
Did Paul Misquote David? Rethinking ‘None Are Righteous

Did Paul Misquote David? Rethinking ‘None Are Righteous By Steve Eisenhauer, The Exodus Project   Paul’s use of “none are righteous, no, not one” (Romans 3:10) is often treated as a definitive, universal statement about the total moral bankruptcy of...

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Apr 05, 2026
Is our world falling apart or actually getting better?

By Rod Reuven Bryant, Dir of Education, NETIV Yeah, I get why it feels like everything’s falling apart—headlines scream disaster every day. But if you step back and look at the actual numbers, the world is measurably better than 50 years ago, or 100....

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Apr 04, 2026