I will be taking an tour to Yisrael with the Hatikva Ministries group. I will be in Yisrael until the 16th of December. Torah Focus classes will be postponed until Thursday December 18th when I will return and give an update on the trips events. There are several things that are of great significance for […]
Britot / בריתות
Brit bein haBaterim - the Covenant between the pieces
What was the great significance in this Covenant the HaShem made with Abraham.
The passage that preludes our verses suggests that Abraham “trusted” HaShem and it was reckoned to him as righteousness. What does this mean? How are these terms related to the covenant. What was […]
Torah Focus Parsha Studies
Parsha Vayera
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Why do we need a Covenant?
This is the second class in our series on Covenants.
We being to explain the functional workings of a covenant based on ancient covenantal models and expose the Torah as a Covenant between G-d and humanity.
We begin to further explain the vocabulary and terminology of the covenant.
Please see the notes to […]
What does Lech Lecha really mean?
In this parsha class we discuss the amswer to this question as a means for understanding whatAbraham experienced and was headed for in his life.
The Apostolic writings of Shaul (Paul) tells us that Abraham had exrordinary Emunah (faith). What was the key to this dunamis (miracle working faith) emunah?
Listen to […]
Check out the Ancient Texts section. I have posted Philo’s allegory on kosher animals. I believe that this is a very insightful lesson in to why we should keep kosher.
Philo and the Kosher Allegory
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This document will be necessary for the 11/06/08 Class
Covenantal Vocabulary
Special thanks to Touvania Tamer for reworking this file for us
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Introduction to the Covenants
We begin our series on the Biblical covenants. We begin with a basic introduction to the Biblical Covenants. We begin by looking at the fundamental models of ancient covenants.
Look at the following pages as a means for following the discussion.
Class Materials Britot
Covenantal Models
Class notes by Touvania Tamer
Listen to this live class.
We hope […]
Parsha Noach
In this class we discuss the parsha from varied sourses. We look at the Targum Yonatan and Onkelos as a means of looking behind the text.
What date did the Ark come to rest?
Where did the olive branch come from?
We discuss this and more in this live interactive class.
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