Gentiles and Torah… That’s a topic that is guaranteed to either find your new best friend or start a fight. Are Gentiles obligated to the Torah in the same way as Jews or is there a difference in how we should live out the commandments? Are we only bound to the Noahide Laws or are those even a thing? If you’re curious about these questions and more related to this topic, stick with me for this 5 Minute Torah ..read more

In the book of Genesis, God told Abraham to circumcise all of the males in his household. This is a physical circumcision, a perpetual sign of God’s covenant with the family of Abraham from generation to generation. However, in this week’s Torah portion, God gives us another command regarding a second circumcision. Wait? A double-circumcision? Isn’t this going a little too far, or am I misunderstanding something? Let’s take a look at this together in this week’s 5 Minute Torah ..read more

How would it make you feel if you saw someone leading a blind person off a cliff? What if you watched one of your friends buying a worthless rustbucket of a car for an outlandish price, knowing that the seller was completely ripping him off? It’s one thing for people to make bad decisions. It’s another thing, however, for someone to intentionally use their influence to lead someone into making a poor decision that costs them dearly. But what can you do about it? Is there anything you can do about it? Let’s take a look at this idea together in this week's 5 Minute Torah ..read more

Have you ever lost something important? Maybe a wallet, or a set of keys, or maybe even a wedding ring? Many times you don’t even realize it’s gone until it’s too late. But when you realize it’s missing, your heart sinks and you begin a desperate search to find it. How would you feel if you had just left the grocery store and were about to get into your car when someone shouted at you, “Hey! you dropped your wallet!”? That would be a huge blessing. But did you know that you’ve found something that someone else has lost? And you need to get their attention and let them know they lost it so that ..read more

This week’s Torah portion says that an animal offering with a single blemish is considered an “abomination.” Is the God of the Old Testament so caught up in things being perfect that He can’t accept something simply because it comes from the heart? Why does the Torah seem to be so concerned over these petty matters? If you’d like an honest answer to these questions, then stick around for this week’s 5 Minute Torah ..read more

We’ve all seen televangelists captivate the world with apparently supernatural abilities. Signs & wonders, miraculous healings or physical manifestations that defy human reasoning. Prophetic utterances that come to pass just as they were spoken. Aren’t all of these signs of a true prophet? Maybe… or maybe not. Let’s take a look at this concept together in this week’s 5 Minute Torah ..read more

Righteousness & wickedness: two terms that seem to be cut & dry. But are they really? Is each person held to the exact same standard? Is the standard, “One Law For All?” It would seem that way, but maybe they aren’t as black and white as they appear? Does that sound… blasphemous? Then you might want to hang around and see what’s in store, in this week’s 5 Minute Torah ..read more

Quite often I hear people say, “It’s not about what we do because God looks at the heart.” While this is true to an extent, are our actions somehow separate from our hearts? Or … do they reflect what’s in our hearts? Not sure what I mean? Let’s explore this idea together in this week’s 5 Minute Torah ..read more

Judaism claims to have an oral tradition that dates all the way back to Sinai. It includes teachings, interpretations, & rulings on every aspect of Torah. But did this come from Sinai or is it a much later addition invented by the rabbis after the destruction of the Temple? I’m glad you asked, because this is our topic in this week’s 5 Minute Torah ..read more

The death, burial, and resurrection of Yeshua is central to our faith. His death is seen as the ultimate sacrifice that would forever replace the Levitical sacrificial system of the Temple. But this is a huge problem. According to the passages in the Torah that spell out the parameters of a sacrifice, Yeshua—or any other person for that matter—doesn’t fit the bill. So, if that’s the case how do we benefit from Yeshua’s death? I think we can find the answer in this week’s 5 Minute Torah ..read more