Torah Teaching
Drashot rooted in Torah and Tanakh — grounded in the text, shaped by the return of Judah and Ephraim.
Revelation 5 is often used to argue that the lamb is worshipped alongside G-d. This essay tests that claim from inside the text, beginning with the Torah’s distinction between shachah and avad, then tracing Revelation’s own pattern of praise and worship.
Devarim 29 opens with all Israel assembled — from greatest to least, and those not yet present. "Not with you alone do I make this covenant… but with those who are not here with us this day." The covenant is for you, now.
The golden calf is the foundational act of Ephraimite idolatry. 51 of the 613 commandments address idolatry. Ki Tisa traces the pattern from Sinai through Jeroboam's calves to the present — and asks what our idols look like today.
Va’era opens with the Name — YHWH — given to Moses as the Name not known to the patriarchs. The plagues are not random. Each targets an Egyptian god. And Pharaoh’s hardened heart is the portrait of a man past the threshold of return.
The King is in the field during Elul. This conference teaching covers the ancient Judah-Ephraim relationship, the jealousy that has kept them apart, and the practical work of return for this generation. Delivered at the Second Exodus Conference.
Jacob's answer to Edom is not Shimon and Levi — it is Joseph. The house of Jacob is a fire; the house of Joseph, a flame. Obadiah 1:18 tells you what the spark does. And who needs it.
Caleb — Kal Lev, all heart — walked alone until Joshua stood beside him. Two paths, one mission. The first recorded moment of Judah and Ephraim walking in unity. Zechariah 8:23 shows us where this ends.
Eikev begins with one word: if. The heel. What follows behind. There will come a generation that listens first, then guards, then does — with a willing and loving heart. Are we that generation?
Leviticus is not a book about ritual. It is a call to holiness. Emor confronts the Chillul Hashem — the desecration of G-d's name — that happens when we carry the holy things lightly or bear His name in vain.
Jethro heard the report and came into the wilderness. Moses' testimony turned belief into knowledge. Belief is the starting point — but relationship is the difference between belief and knowledge of G-d.
Terumah answers the question raised in Yitro: if Israel is to worship G-d alone, how does G-d define acceptable worship? The Mishkan is not a building project. It is a blueprint for relationship.
Joseph, sold into slavery, rises to second in all Egypt. How does a man maintain identity and faithfulness when everything in his environment screams to assimilate? A teaching for Ephraim scattered among the nations.
What does the Tabernacle have to do with us? Everything. Matti teaches the pattern of how G-d dwells — not in buildings, but in people who have prepared themselves as acceptable vessels.
The death of Sarah and the finding of Rebecca. Two women, one covenant. The deeds of the mothers are also signs for their descendants. What does Rebecca's teshuvah look like for those who are returning?