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Love and Torah – what’s love got to do with it? This study series is based on the “Two Great Commands” – love Yahweh and love your neighbor.Rabbi Steve Berkson digs deeper into the book of James (Ya’akov), elaborating on Ya’akov’s exhortation to those under his care and guidance in chapters 3 and 4…• Why does Ya’akov say that some should not become teachers?• What does “bridling the body” mean?•...

Please join us for the next installment of Heaven Shaking the Persian Bear, as we discuss "Bear Bones."

Mark Call of Shabbat Shalom Mesa made the decision to treat the last few weeks of regular readings, which included a “double-portion,” separately – because there was so much in there that needed to be given more time. So, this week, we will catch up, at least a bit, with a different combination ‘double parsha,’ and see that the combination also fits.Parsha “Bechukotai,” (Leviticus 26 through the...

David Justice and Mark Call review the major news for the week, from “Tyrants on Parade” and what they are doing, to what we need to know, and do about it.

Not too long ago, host Mark Call made the point, with no shortage of evidence, that NOW was the time to “get OFF the grid,” in every way possible, as a major part of “Come out of her.” Now other people are finally making the same observation — which is a good reason to suspect that “time grows short,” and that competition for some options may be increasing as well.But there are lots of other...

News and commentary for Wednesday, 27 May, 2026.

News and commentary for Tuesday, 26 May, 2026.

Love and Torah – what’s love got to do with it? This study series is based on the “Two Great Commands” – love Yahweh and love your neighbor. Welcome to the Jubilee of Love and Torah.Continuing in the book of James (Ya’akov), Rabbi Steve Berkson unpacks chapter 2…• To whom did James (Ya’akov) write his letter? How do we identify with them today?• How does one exhibit ‘partiality’?• What’s the...

In this next installment of Heaven Shaking the Persian Bear, we'll take a closer look at the Bear kings of the East who were drawn into the Euphrates in the past as a pattern for the future.Please join us.

Parsha “Behar” (Leviticus chapters 25, essentially) is one of the shortest in the annual reading cycle. Certainly one of the most ignored. And, as Mark Call of Shabbat Shalom Mesa fellowship shows pretty clearly, it’s one that we NEVER should have pretended was “done away with.”Yes, verse 10 is in fact inscribed on the Liberty Bell, which only helps make the omission more poignant. And there are...