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This week, we’re pleased to share the infographic for Balak, designed to give you a clear and engaging overview of this Torah portion. It highlights the key events, central themes, important characters, and practical lessons that emerge from the text, making it an excellent companion for your personal study, family discussion, or fellowship group.
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This week’s Torah portion, Korach, reminds us that true authority is not established by popularity or personal ambition, but by the calling and appointment of Yehovah. Korach’s rebellion against Moses and Aaron serves as a powerful warning about the consequences of rejecting the order that God has established. The portion also addresses the support of the Levitical and priestly service, leading naturally into the often-misunderstood subject of tithes and offerings. If you would like to explore what the Scriptures actually teach about biblical tithing, we invite you to read our in-depth study available on the A Rood Awakening website. Join us as we uncover timeless lessons on humility, obedience, leadership, and faithfulness to Yehovah’s instructions.
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This week's Torah portion offers far more than a historical account. It presents timeless lessons about faith, leadership, obedience, and the consequences of allowing fear to overshadow the promises of Yehovah.
To complement your study, we have prepared several related resources, including practical articles that explore how the lessons of this portion apply to everyday life. From the danger of following the crowd instead of the Word of Yehovah, to the wisdom of sharing responsibilities and developing future leaders, these studies are designed to help bridge the gap between the biblical text and our daily walk.
We invite you to take a few moments to explore the infographic, read the accompanying articles, and reflect on how these principles can strengthen your faith and guide your decisions today.
May your study be fruitful and may the lessons of this week's portion encourage you to trust Yehovah's promises above all else.
Shabbat Shalom, 😀 dear A Rood Awakening community.
This week’s Torah portion offers two powerful lessons with direct relevance to our daily walk. The first explores the impact of words that defile, while the second reveals how the presence of Yehovah guides us toward a life of meaning and purpose.
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Are We Acting with Hostility Toward Yehovah?
Have you ever come face to face with a hostile dog? It doesn’t matter whether you approach it with friendliness, fear, or neutrality—it will still bare its teeth, ready to threaten or attack.
Regrettably, we often respond in much the same way toward the Instructions—the Torah—of Yehovah.
To better understand this, consider a couple of definitions:
Hostile: opposed or antagonistic.
Hostility: a provocative, contrary attitude—often without cause—toward another living being. It involves abusive and aggressive behavior that may manifest as emotional or physical harm, whether from an individual, a small group, or a larger collective.
Some dogs are so hostile they even bite the hand of their master.
Leviticus 26:14–41 clearly and thoroughly defines what Yehovah considers hostility toward Him: disobedience to the Torah, rejection and contempt of His statutes, and the breaking of the covenant made with Him.
This is exactly what our forefathers did. As a result, they were exiled by the Assyrians and removed from the land Yehovah had given as an inheritance.
Persistently, they chose to abandon the instruction meant to make them the most blessed nation on earth. They exchanged truth for deception, which led... Continue reading: 👇
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The Choice That Defines Our Outcome
Parashot B'har - B'chukkotai
When Yehovah establishes times of rest, He is not reducing productivity—He is teaching dependence. The cycles of the land, the release of debts, and the blessings tied to obedience remind us that true security does not come from constant striving, but from walking within His order.
Yet there is also a clear warning: ignoring His instructions is never neutral—it carries consequences. The history of Israel makes this undeniable.
Today the question is personal: are we trusting in our own systems, or aligning our lives with Yehovah’s design? Because that choice determines whether we live under blessing… or correction. Find more here: 👇
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Living in the Light of Yehovah’s Appointments
Holiness shapes every area of life, expressed through obedience and honoring Yehovah’s appointed times.
Parashat Emor (Leviticus 21:1–24:23) unveils the blueprint for living in the presence of the Divine. It begins by defining the rigorous standards of holiness for the Kohanim (priests), reminding us that those who draw closest to Yehováh must reflect His sanctity in both their private lives and their public service.
The narrative then shifts from the sanctity of people to the sanctity of time, providing a definitive guide to the Moedim(appointed times). From the weekly rest of the Sabbath to the profound annual cycle of Passover, Shavuot, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and Sukkot, these festivals act as eternal milestones of the covenant. The portion concludes with the perpetual light of the Menorah and a solemn reminder to guard the holiness of the Divine Name, ensuring that the heart of the community remains anchored in the reverence of Yehováh.
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CLEANSE TO BE SET APART
Leviticus 16:1 - 20:27
Parashot Acharei Mot - Kedoshim
Precise instructions are established for sacred service after the death of Aaron’s sons, emphasizing that one cannot enter Yehovah’s presence just any way. The high priest had to follow a strict order on the Day of Atonement, including the use of two goats: one sacrificed and the other sent into the wilderness, symbolically carrying the people’s sin.
Then the focus shifts to daily life: pagan practices are forbidden, relationships are regulated, and justice, honesty, and love for one’s neighbor are required. Holiness is no longer just ritual—it becomes a way of life. The call is clear: the people must reflect the character of Yehovah in everything.
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EXALE INJUSTICE, INHALE FORGIVENESS
When Yehovah created us, we were endowed with a conscience. This serves as a judge, originally equipped to point us toward what is right or wrong according to the eternal Torah, which reflects the righteous character of the Creator and by which He governs all His Creation.
However, as we grow and begin to walk through this world, that conscience is influenced, educated, altered, and even contaminated. We can reach a point where we totally lose our sense of justice—as seen in many who do not hesitate to harm others to achieve their personal goals. It is then that we say of them: “They have no conscience!”
But when we have a real and transforming encounter with Yeshua, something supernatural happens: that conscience is restored and renewed to align once again with the Torah of Yehovah. A new beginning emerges, a new life, just as Shaúl (Paul) describes:
Therefore, if anyone is a new creation in the Messiah, the old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.
2 Corinthians 5:17
At that moment, the potential to continue acting uprightly and justly is reactivated. Nevertheless, we often slip back into old ways, primarily due to the force of habit. We run the risk of returning to old paths, ignoring or disregarding our conscience, which is now alerted by the Spirit of Yehovahdwelling within us.
How to Face These Struggles?
In those moments, we must seize the resource provided by our Father to be restored in our walk: Confession.
I am not speaking of going before another man to give an account of what we have done. I am speaking of conversing with God, with Yehovah, to come into agreement with Him regarding what He defines as injustice. It is about accepting that He is right and acknowledging that what we have done is evil or incorrect. Then, by faith, we appropriate the forgiveness already granted to us through Yeshua the Messiah and move forward, perfecting our walk.
As the Psalmist wrote:
I acknowledged my sin to You, and my iniquity I did not hide; I said, ‘I will confess my transgressions to Yehovah,’ and You forgave the guilt of my sin.
Psalm 32:5
Reconciling with Others
You might ask: “What if I have acted unjustly toward someone else?” There will always be situations where we must go to the person we have wronged to acknowledge our error. This is also confession; in other words, it is coming into agreement with that person that I did them wrong. In this case, I must ask for forgiveness for such behavior. We should not demand it—saying “Forgive me for that…” as an order—but rather give them the option to make the decision to grant that forgiveness.
The Appointed Time of Restoration
Yehovah provides us with a special day during the Fall Feasts: Yom Kippurim, the Day of Atonement, or the day of release from the guilt we have carried throughout the year (or life). The tenth day of the seventh month of the Calendar of Yehovah is set apart for us to perform a self-audit. On this day, we are commanded to humble ourselves before Yehovah (which, in biblical language, signifies fasting). This day is considered a Shabbat in which no work is to be done; instead, we must withdraw into silence and stillness to settle our accounts with our Father.
To do this effectively, we need to prepare during the preceding days, engaging in introspection with our Father’s help to bring to mind those intentions, attitudes, and behaviors that need correction or repair. The first step to achieving this is Confession, as we have considered it.
A Daily Rhythm
In truth, we should not wait until the arrival of Yom Kippurimeach year to mend our relationships with our Father and others. This is something we need to do day by day, just as we do with our physical bodies through breathing: we exhale toxins and inhale fresh, pure air. In the same way, let us exhale our injustices through confession and inhale the forgiveness and righteousness that comes from Yehovah through Yeshua, our Lord and Messiah.
“If we confess (recognize) our sins, then, since He is trustworthy and righteous, He will forgive our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.” — 1 Yochanan (John) 1:9