Lessons for Humanity from the Weekly Parshah by Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum BEHA’ALOSCHA Torah Reading: Numbers 8:1-12:16 Haftara: Zechariah 2:14-4:7 * * * After the dedication of the Sanctuary — the portable Temple and repository of the Torah — the Chil...

TORAH FOR THE NATIONS The weekly Torah portion and its lessons for all people Naso, Numbers 4:21-7:89 Owning Up by Avraham ben Yaakov A cherished part of American folklore is the story of how as a boy, George Washington, later to become first preside...

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 NASO Torah Reading: Numbers 4:21-7:89 THE LONGEST PARSHAH Parshas NASO, with 176 verses, is...

The Burning Bush and Isaiah 53: Israel Through the Fire By Steve Eisenhauer, The Exodus Project   Isaiah’s portrayal of the servant as “a tender plant” and “a root out of dry ground” belongs to a much older prophetic tradition that begins with Moses’...

TORAH FOR THE NATIONS The weekly Torah portion and its lessons for all people Bamidbar, Numbers 1:1-4:20 The Beauty of Diversity by Avraham ben Yaakov The book of Numbers – fourth of the Five Books of Moses – opens with the people of Israel still enc...

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 BAMIDBAR Torah Reading: Numbers 1:1-4:20 IN THE WILDERNESS It was fitting that the Giving of...

TORAH FOR THE NATIONS The weekly Torah portion and its lessons for all people Behar-Bechukosai Leviticus 25:1-26:2 & 26:3-27:34 The Earth belongs to God by Avraham ben Yaakov The two portions of BEHAR and BECHUKOSAI (which in many years are read...

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 BECHUKOSAI Torah Reading: Parshas BECHUKOSAI, Leviticus 26:3-27:34 IF YOU WI...

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 BEHAR Torah Reading: Parshas BEHAR, Leviticus 25:1-26:2 THE LAND BELONGS TO...

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...