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The Last Three Warnings - April 19, 2024
That’s So Lame - April 12, 2024
Getting Stoned - April 5, 2024
One Size Fits All - March 29, 2024
Violence in Eden - March 22, 2024
The Days of Elijah - March 15, 2024
The Passover Freezer - March 8, 2024
The Plague Lady - February 23, 2024
The Single Pearl and the Jewel Thief - February 16, 2024
Return or Resurrection? - February 9, 2024
A Better Torah Starter - February 2, 2024
The Day of the Lord - January 26, 2024
Double Life - January 19, 2024
Half Life - January 12, 2024
The Two Olive Trees - December 29, 2023
Two Bites - December 22, 2023
Three Wise Men and a Red One - December 15, 2023
Seven Shepherds vs. The Red One - December 1, 2023
The Red One in Winter - November 24, 2023
The Red One - November 17, 2023
The Blood of the Righteous - November 3, 2023
Returning the Gift - October 27, 2023
Prayers for the Dead - October 20, 2023
Heaven and Nature Scream - October 13, 2023
Before the Battle - September 22, 2023
Driving Out Demons - September 15, 2023
This is Truly the Prophet - September 8, 2023
So You Can See - September 1, 2023
Exiting the Sixth Millennium - August 25, 2023
Perfect Attendance at the Greater Exodus - August 18, 2023
The Greater Exodus Part Five: Wars of Kings and the Siege - August 11, 2023
The Greater Exodus Part Five: Wars of Kings - August 6, 2023
Plan Bee - August 4, 2023
The Greater Exodus Part Four: Warriors on the Move - July 28, 2023
Prepping for the Greater Exodus - July 21, 2023
The Greater Exodus: What Will Happen? - July 14, 2023
The Greater Exodus: Footsteps to the Feast - June 23, 2023
After Forty Years… - June 16, 2023
Lying Lions - June 9, 2023
What Have I Done? - June 8, 2023
The Revenge of the Hen - May 19, 2023
No Place for Chickens Part Two - May 12, 2023
No Place for Chickens - May 5, 2023
The Foot Festival of Straying or Sealing - April 28, 2023
Footfalls on Kings - April 21, 2023
Your Slice of Pomegranate and the Seal - April 7, 2023
What You Don't Know - April 1, 2023
Footsteps to Your Rosh HaShanah Account - March 24, 2023
Following the Footsteps in a Holiness Sandwich - March 17, 2023
Burial Plans - March 10, 2023
The Final Step to the Coffin - March 3, 2023
Footsteps to the Coffin Part Five - February 24, 2023
Footsteps to the Coffin Part Four - February 17, 2023
Sukkot 2023 - February 13, 2023
Footsteps to the Coffin Part Three - February 10, 2023
Footsteps to the Coffin Part Two - January 27, 2023
Footsteps to the Coffin Part One - January 20, 2023
Lost and Loving It - January 19, 2023
Crocodiles, Bluebirds, and Toads - January 6, 2023
Twins of a Gazelle - December 30, 2022
Temple Night, Temple Light - December 23, 2022
Seven Footsteps to the Throne Part Two - December 16, 2022
Seven Footsteps to the Throne Part One - December 2, 2022
Is She Your Sister, Mister? - November 26, 2022
But What Does it Mean? - November 18, 2022
The Slaughter of Good Gold - November 11, 2022
Chariots of Fire in the Footsteps of Messiah - November 4, 2022
Time Travelers in the Footsteps of Messiah - October 28, 2022
Rejoicing in the Torah - October 7, 2022
Footsteps of Messiah with Sixty Mighty Warriors - October 1, 2022
Footsteps of Messiah and the Sorcerer’s Tail Part 2 - September 23, 2022
Footsteps of Messiah and the Sorcerer's Tale - September 16, 2022
Shaking Powers and Principalities Part Two - September 9, 2022
Footsteps Shaking Powers and Principal - September 2, 2022
Something New - August 19, 2022
Tracking the Footsteps of Messiah - August 12, 2022
The Straits - July 30, 2022
Footsteps and the Dust of Jacob - July 22, 2022
Footsteps in the Night are Torahfying - July 15, 2022
Footsteps: Come Back Again - July 9, 2022
How Far Gone is the Night? - June 25, 2022
Footsteps, Pawprints, and Times - June 18, 2022
Footsteps: Poisonous Fruit and Wormwood - June 11, 2022
Footsteps Wherever You Go - June 4, 2022
Footsteps: Sheaves and Flocks of the Night Watches - May 28, 2022
Footsteps: Night Watches - May 20, 2022
Corners of a Stolen Mind - May 14, 2022
Footsteps of Messiah: The Times of the Gentiles - May 6, 2022
Footsteps of Messiah: The Sharp Sickle - April 29, 2022
Messiah's Secret: A Snowstorm from the North - April 8, 2022
The Passover Risk - April 1, 2022
Three Hundred Shofars and Seventy-seven Elders - March 25, 2022
Eat My Flesh and Drink My Blood - March 18, 2022
The In Voice is Due - March 11, 2022
The Anointed One of War - March 4, 2022
Footsteps of Messiah: What We Hear - February 25, 2022
Footsteps of Messiah: The House of Ahab and Jezebel - February 18, 2022
Footsteps of Messiah: Shipwreck - February 11, 2022
The Family Wolf - February 5, 2022
Footsteps of Messiah: The Power of the Sword - January 28, 2022
Footsteps of Messiah: The Feasts, Pharaoh, and the Foxes - January 21, 2022
Footsteps of Messiah: The Child Watchers - January 14, 2022
Footsteps of Messiah: The Good Beast - January 7, 2022
Footsteps of the Four Craftsmen - December 31, 2021
Footsteps in the Coming Famine - December 27, 2021
Tribulation or Footsteps? - December 17, 2021
Footsteps of Messiah - Did Messiah Really Say That? - December 11, 2021
Shine Your Light - December 2, 2021
A Brief History of the Beast - November 26, 2021
Footsteps of Messiah Part Three - November 12, 2021
The Wilderness Separation from Mystery Babylon: Footsteps of Messiah Part Two - November 6, 2021
Knowing the Footsteps of Messiah - November 2, 2021
Hebrew Food - October 22, 2021
Arise! What Abraham Saw Up There - October 15, 2021
The Priestly Blessing and the Wall - October 9, 2021
The Apocalypse of Resurrection in Sukkot - October 3, 2021
ToDays of Messiah Part Two - September 20, 2021
ToDays of Messiah - September 3, 2021
144,000 Harps - August 28, 2021
Heads Will Roll - August 20, 2021
Babylon Burning - August 7, 2021
The Mezuzah Embrace - July 30, 2021
O, Jerusalem - July 24, 2021
A 2 x 4 Generation - July 16, 2021
The Avengers - July 9, 2021
Why They Die - June 21, 2021
Beating a Dead Horse - June 11, 2021
Big Tent ReBible - June 4, 2021
The Windy City - May 21, 2021
The Four Winds in Bewilderness - May 14, 2021
A Naturalized Citizen - May 7, 2021
The Hours - April 30, 2021
Your Own Bull - April 23, 2021
Just a Hair Off - April 16, 2021
Pop the Glory Bubbles - April 9, 2021
What is Benjamin? - March 19, 2021
The Fires of Death and Shabbat - March 12, 2021
The Melted Darlings - March 5, 2021
Blasphemous Names - February 26, 2021
Weave it Running - February 19, 2021
The Serpent’s Kiss - February 12, 2021
On Eagle’s Wings - February 5, 2021
Pharaoh's Big Splash - January 29, 2021
A Dragon Out of Water - January 22, 2021
Bloody, Muddy Puddles - January 15, 2021
The Red Monster Mash - January 8, 2021
Egypt Wailed, and Torah Never Failed - January 1, 2021
A Cup O'Joe, Pharaoh, and the Meal of Leviathan - December 25, 2020
Shabbat on the Road - December 18, 2020
Your Honor - December 11, 2020
Jacob’s Troubles - December 4, 2020
The Flock Clock - November 27, 2020
Crush - November 20, 2020
Bumping into God - November 13, 2020
No Sword in the Stone - November 6, 2020
Here Ur There - October 30, 2020
The Running of the Buls - October 23, 2020
The Kisses of His Mouth - October 16, 2020
The Two Witnesses to the Two Witnesses - September 25, 2020
Abraham's InTent - September 11, 2020
The International Mezuzah - September 4, 2020
The Seedy Side of Love - August 28, 2020
Billie Idol Went Missing - August 14, 2020
A Second Chance - August 8, 2020
Hopeless Prayer - July 31, 2020
Air Jordan - July 25, 2020
When Spies Babyl On - July 17, 2020
The Fast Prophecy - July 10, 2020
Revelationary War Bugs - July 3, 2020
The Trap is Set - June 26, 2020
Spy Novel - June 19, 2020
The Three Siftings of Satan - June 19, 2020
Just Kill Me - June 12, 2020
I Warned You - June 5, 2020
Too Hot to Carry and Too Young to Die - May 22, 2020
When You Go Home: the Jubilee - May 15, 2020
The Stupid Question of Sorcery - May 8, 2020
The Drill to Your Soul: Denying the Goat Demons - May 1, 2020
Coronavirus Hairdos and Mustache Masks - April 24, 2020
Ezekiel's Slow Boil - April 17, 2020
To Liver Die at Passover - April 10, 2020
It’s Crawling In Your House - March 27, 2020
The White Horse - March 22, 2020
Countdown - March 18, 2020
The Creation of the Tabernacle - March 13, 2020
The Flaming Sword of Eden - March 6, 2020
A Holy Place on the Information Highway - February 29, 2020
The Mountain Over Your Head - February 14, 2020
Chariots of Abaddon - February 7, 2020
The Secret Song of the Frog in the Oven - January 24, 2020
The Sabbath Straw Man - January 17, 2020
The Fourth Creature Within the Wheel - January 10, 2020
Does My Father Love Me - January 3, 2020
When a Nightmare Becomes a Dream - December 27, 2019
Those Mysterious Poles at the Watering Holes - December 13, 2019
When Angels Danced, the House of Joseph Went In - December 6, 2019
Esau's See-Saw - November 29, 2019
Isaac's Hideout: Breaking Curses - November 22, 2019
Empty Altars and the Second Lekh Lekha - November 15, 2019
One Wife - November 8, 2019
A Raven, A Dove, and a Flood - November 1, 2019
Shofar and Shmittah Mysteries - October 4, 2019
Don’t Repent! - September 30, 2019
The First Fruit Recital Prophecies - September 20, 2019
Hatching Eggs - September 13, 2019
The Red Heifer and the Eglah Arufah - September 6, 2019
Image Bearing in a Graphic Age - August 30, 2019
What’s Inside that Box? Deconstructing 666 - August 23, 2019
It Happened Last Shabbat - August 16, 2019
Pin This - Devarim "Words" - August 9, 2019
The Hidden Valley - August 2, 2019
Twenty-four Elders and Twenty-four Thousand Missing Persons - July 26, 2019
The False Messiah, False Moses, and False Abraham - July 19, 2019
Israel's Dirty Little Secret - July 3, 2019
Dogs & Politicians - June 21, 2019
The Song, the Service - June 15, 2019
When Star Wars Start Wars - June 8, 2019
The Shield and the Mashiach - June 1, 2019
The Song of the Shmittah Year - May 30, 2019
Emor: If Leaven is So Bad, Why do We Eat It? - May 18, 2019
Kedoshim: Eating With the Dead | Molekh Part 2 - May 11, 2019
The Cult of Molekh - May 3, 2019
Why Not, Jeremiah? - April 27, 2019
Metzora: The Fourth Leper - April 13, 2019
Tazria: Before You Were Born - April 6, 2019
The Sarx, the Hyrax, and the Lorax - March 28, 2019
The Secret of the Shalshelet and Songs of Deliverance - March 22, 2019
Vayikra: The Tongues of Angels and Two Crowns - March 14, 2019
Biblical Hebrew, Sukkot, and Creation - March 11, 2019
Pekudei: A Hole in the Ground - March 8, 2019
Vayekhel: New Wine and Old Wineskins: a Song of Songs Perspective - March 1, 2019
KiTisa: He Will Not Bow-Not Now, Not Then, Not Ever - February 23, 2019
Tetzaveh; Chain Smoking - February 15, 2019
Building Off the Grid - February 8, 2019
Mishpatim 2019 - February 1, 2019
John’s Final Question - January 25, 2019
Hidden Manna: Beshalach - January 19, 2019
The Ba-manna Split and the Hidden Manna - January 19, 2019
How Pharaoh Got a Black Eye: Bo - January 12, 2019
The Frogs Went WHERE? Vaera - January 4, 2019
A Snake and an Adulterous Woman: Shemot - December 29, 2018
The Plagues of the Former Informer: Shemot - December 29, 2018
I See Dead People Part 2 - December 22, 2018
Vayechi: I See Dead People - December 22, 2018
Fools’ Names and Monkeys’ Faces - December 1, 2018
If I Should Die Before I Wake - November 30, 2018
The Blessing of Itchy Feet - November 23, 2018
Vayishlach: Make Peace, Make Prayer, Make War - November 23, 2018
Crossing the Great Gulf Between Us - November 16, 2018
Alibis: Lekh Lekha - November 13, 2018
Toldot: Abraham's Bosom and the Souls Under the Altar - November 13, 2018
Chayei Sarah: A Wrinkle in Time - November 2, 2018
Vayera: There Will Be Life - October 26, 2018
Noach - October 12, 2018
The Mystical Rivers of Eden - October 5, 2018
A Pebble in My Shoe - September 14, 2018
Part 2: Firstfruits, Figs, and the Great Trump - September 9, 2018
Nitzavim: Ill-Logic - September 7, 2018
Ki Tavo: Firstfruits, Figs, and the Great Trump - September 1, 2018
Sukkot, Orphan, and Widow - August 26, 2018
You're Being Stalked: Ke Teitze - August 24, 2018
The Little Scroll: Shoftim - August 17, 2018
Destroy, You Shall Destroy: Re'eh - August 11, 2018
The Fifth Trumpet and the Fifth Angel: Ekev - August 2, 2018
Toronto Visit - August 2, 2018
Vaetchanan - July 28, 2018
Giants are a Huge Problem: Devarim Part 2 - July 22, 2018
Flaky Faith: Devarim - July 20, 2018
Mattot: Hot Air - July 13, 2018
Pinchas: Bad Words - July 6, 2018
Balak, Beauty and the Beast - June 30, 2018
Passover in Israel 2019 - June 24, 2018
The Beast, the Dragon, and Resurrection: Korah - June 16, 2018
Shelach: Breaking News - June 8, 2018
Beha'alotkha - June 3, 2018
Naso - May 25, 2018
Bamidbar - May 19, 2018
Shavuot - May 18, 2017
Behar and Bechukotai - May 11, 2018
Emor1 - May 5, 2018
Acharei Mot/Kedoshim - April 27, 2018
Sacred Rituals in Life and Death Two - April 20, 2018
Shmini and Sacred Rituals in Life and Death One - April 13, 2018
Resurrection Part Two - March 29, 2018
Vayikra, Tzav, and The Resurrection Part One - March 23, 2018
Vayikra1 - March 16, 2018
Vayekhel - March 9, 2018
Ki Tisa - March 3, 2018
Tetzaveh - February 23, 2018
Terumah - February 16, 2018
Mishpatim2 - February 8, 2018
Yitro2 - February 2, 2018
Beshalach - January 26, 2018
Bo - January 19, 2018
Vaera - January 13, 2018
Shemot - January 5, 2018
Vayigash and Vayechi - December 29, 2017
Vayigash - December 22, 2017
Miketz - December 14, 2017
Vayeshev - December 8, 2017
Vayishlach - December 1, 2017
Toldot - November 17, 2017
The Life of Sarah - November 10, 2017
Covered Way of the Sabbath - November 4, 2017
Do You Not Know that Egypt Is Destroyed - November 3, 2017
Do We Work on Serve on Shabbat? - October 29, 2017
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Sukkot - October 20, 2017
Bereishit: the Rivers of Eden - October 4, 2017
ShabbatShabbat - October 3, 2017
ShowersofBlessing - September 29, 2017
Haazinu: Are You Wet Behind the Ears? - September 22, 2017
Torah Tip Sheet - September 21, 2017
Nitzavim - September 15, 2017
Torah Tip Sheet Garden of Eatin' - September 15, 2017
Torah Tip Sheet Recipe for a Shabbastic Shabbat - September 9, 2017
Ki Tavo Beatitude or Battitude - September 8, 2017
Ki Tetzei - September 1, 2017
Shoftim - August 25, 2017
Re'eh - August 18, 2017
Ekev: Hot Rocks or Cold Stones - August 11, 2017
Mark of the Beast or Seal of the Feasts - August 4, 2017
Devarim - July 28, 2017
Mattot and Masei - July 22, 2017
The Kotel - July 20, 2017
Balak and Pinchas - July 13, 2017
Chukkat - July 1, 2017
Feeling a Kor-achey? - June 23, 2017
Shlach Kekha - June 16, 2017
Behaalotkha: The Shadows Know - June 9, 2017
Naso: You Know How I Roll - June 2, 2017
Bamidbar: Under the Covers - May 26, 2017
Emor: Feeling Crummy? Try Feeling Crumby - May 12, 2017
Acharei Mot: How To Lose Weight Fast - May 5, 2017
Metzorah: The Big House - April 28, 2017
The Seal of Passover - April 14, 2017
Vayikra and Passover Goodies - April 7, 2017
Hebrew Payer and Worship Traditions - April 4, 2017
The Seven Shepherds - March 31, 2017
Ki Tisa: Altered Altars - March 17, 2017
Preparing for Passover in Love - March 10, 2017
Mishpatim: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness - February 24, 2017
Yitro: More Good Better - February 17, 2017
Hidden Manna - February 10, 2017
A Shabbastic Cake - February 3, 2017
The Circumcision Circumvention Circumvision - January 27, 2017
Shemot: the Parable of the Holy Spirit - January 20, 2017
Vayechi: the Strong-boned Ass - January 13, 2017
Vayigash: Deep Six - January 6, 2017
Miketz: Donkeys, Dreams, and Crack Cream - December 30, 2016
To Hanukkah or Not to Hanukkah? - December 23, 2016
Vayishlach2 - December 16, 2016
How Far Can You See in the Dark - December 9, 2016
Toldot: Jacob's Temple or Edom's Freedom - December 2, 2016
The Very Appearance of Evil an excerpt from Truth, Tradition, or Tare - November 18, 2016
Truth, Tradition or Tare - November 11, 2016
Noach (Comfort) Flood of Fire - November 4, 2016
Lemalah Childrens Center - October 28, 2016
Sukkot Water-pouring Ceremony and Month Names - October 21, 2016
Ha'azinu "Hear!" The Song of Moses in Revelation - October 14, 2016
Happy Halloween? - October 7, 2016
The Great Trump - September 30, 2016
Ki Tavo: The Guard-en Precepts - September 23, 2016
Sneak Preview: Truth, Tradition or Tare? - September 16, 2016
Shoftim: Amorite, Amour-ite - September 9, 2016
Carnivorous Controversies - September 2, 2016
Ekev: The Well-Healed Israelite - August 26, 2016
Vaetchanan: Observable Testimony...Properly Aimed - August 19, 2016
Tisha B'Av - August 12, 2016
Testing Truth, Tradition, and Tare - August 5, 2016
Pinchas: JUST COOL YOUR HEELS - July 29, 2016
A Mark of the Beast - July 22, 2016
Messianic Shabbat Service - July 15, 2016
BEKY Bonanza - July 12, 2016
Vayikra: We Ran - July 8, 2016
Shlach Lekha: WHEREVER THE BODY IS, THERE THE EAGLES WITH GATHER - July 1, 2016
LaMalah Update - June 27, 2016
Behaalotkha: The Sole Man - June 24, 2016
Who's Gonna Fix Your Wagon? (Naso- "Life up") - June 17, 2016
Bechukotai: CrosSwords - No Puzzle - June 3, 2016
Behar: Having a Gut Reaction? - May 27, 2016
God is Not Confusion - May 20, 2016
Dry Sticks and Lunatics - May 13, 2016
Acharei Mot: Too Close to Strange Fire - May 6, 2016
Passover and Large, Blue Icees - April 24, 2016
Metzorah: Forgive Your Way to Freedom - April 15, 2016
Tazria: Heavenly Girls and Bearded Ladies - April 8, 2016
Finding a Torah Teacher - March 31, 2016
Tzav: The Priest's Drors - March 25, 2016
The Sweet Singer of Israel - March 18, 2016
Three Things About Shabbat - March 11, 2016
Messianic Pattern of Worship - March 4, 2016
Bling Bling and the Moedim - February 26, 2016
Babylon - February 19, 2016
Isn't the Torah Only for Jews? - February 12, 2016
Shabbat Wedding Garments - February 5, 2016
Do Not Kindle a Fire - January 29, 2016
Beshalach: Hey, Hey, They're the Monkeys - January 22, 2016
Bo: The Old Lady Who Swallowed the Fly...or was it the Old Man? - January 15, 2016
Authority Problems - January 8, 2016
The Shem Contranym - January 1, 2016