Yom Teruah
Yom Teruah Hello friends, associates, New Zealanders, and everybody else. Today we’re going to learn a little something about Yom Teruah...
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Jason HRM
Sep 28, 201920 min read
Shoftim: Justice, Justice.
Solomon and His Torah Hello Again. We’re going to start this week with my favorite Midrash which is derived from the words of Shoftim....
Jason HRM
Sep 27, 201914 min read
Deuteronomy 28: Don't Reject 'Me'
Deuteronomy 28 - Don’t Reject ‘Me’ This week we’re going to focus purely on Deuteronomy 28 which stipulates the infamous blessings and...
Jason HRM
Jun 22, 201922 min read
Naso: Be A Living Sacrifice
Emor 2019. Focus: Leviticus 21-22 Hello wonderful human. I want to revisit a little something we discussed when we first cracked open the...
Jason HRM
Jun 22, 201913 min read
Parashat Naso: The Adulteress
I couldn’t help myself from taking the easy way out this week. We could start in Numbers 4 and begin with the census of the Levites and...
Jason HRM
May 11, 201922 min read
Leviticus 18
(cheeky, I know) Torah Portion 'Acharei Mot' Leviticus 18. Today, we’re all about incest, homosexuality and beastiality as discussed in...
Jason HRM
Apr 7, 201926 min read
Tazria: Messiah's Eternal Sacrifice
Tazria Leviticus 12 -13 Our portion this week covers two main subjects; Childbirth (and associated uncleanness) Leprosy (heb.Tzara’at) A...
Jason HRM
Mar 30, 201918 min read
Tsav: The Covenant of Fire
Tsav (Leviticus 6 - 8:36) Before we begin in earnest I wanted to consider a point of halachah. Halachah is often translated as ‘Jewish...
Jason HRM
Feb 25, 201920 min read
Ki Tisa: The Only One
Ki Tisa ‘When You Take’ Exodus 30:11-16 The Census. (Mt of Olives) This week, I couldn’t help but fixate upon the first 6 verses of our...
Jason HRM
Feb 8, 201923 min read
The Chronology of Yeshua’s Death & Resurrection
Torah Portion: Bo The Chronology of Yeshua’s Death & Resurrection Exodus 12 really stands out amongst the many chapters of Exodus as it...
Don HRM
Feb 7, 201921 min read
The Covenants
(bethlehem) YHVH’s ETERNAL COVENANTS with His people (Don HRM) A covenant is a binding relationship which our Father will not break. It...
Jason HRM
Jan 28, 201923 min read
Jethro: The Pagan Priest
Yitro Focus on Exodus 18 - 19 To begin our study of the Torah Portion called ‘Yitro’ (Jethro) we must understand where we are exactly...
Deb HRM
Dec 8, 201819 min read
Hanukkah: Festival of Lights
HANUKkAH 2018 – Feast of Dedication; Festival of Lights What do the 8 days of Hanukkah represent? The centrepiece of the Hanukkah...
Jason HRM
Dec 5, 201826 min read
Vayeshev: Joseph
Joseph Our interpretive framework for this week’s Torah Portion is based on the words of Messiah when he told of how the Old Testament...
Neil HRM
Nov 30, 201810 min read
Jacob (Genesis 30 - 32)
This chapter is often used to demonstrate that polygamy doesn’t work. There is intense rivalry between the two sisters over Jacob. We are...
Jason HRM
Oct 2, 201820 min read
V'zot HaBeracha: This Is The Blessing
(Mt Nebo) V’zot Haberecha ‘And this is the blessing’ (Deuteronomy 33 – 34:12) And so we come to the end, not only of our Torah reading...
Don HRM
Sep 19, 201815 min read
Nitzavim (Standing)
Nitzavim (STANDING) Don HRM Deuteronomy 29:9 – 30:20 This Torah portion is the culmination of the past six weeks. I hope you bear with me...
Don HRM
Sep 7, 201814 min read
Ki Tetze: Divorce & Amalek
Ki Tetze Divorce and Amalek {Don HRM} Last shabbat in Re’eh Moses prophetically showed us the significant distinction between the...
Debbie HRM
Jun 20, 20186 min read
The Month of Tammuz
THE 4TH MONTH OF TAMMUZ ** notes from Debbie's talk on the month of Tammuz (hope you like it!) This month is characterised by strict...
Jason HRM
May 21, 201819 min read
Acharei Mot: Your Heart & The Resurrection
** Please make sure you'v read the Torah Portion 'Acharei Mot' (Lev 16 - 18:30) Acharei Mot In this week’s Torah portion we find...
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