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Reaching beyond the superficiality of self Video version: https://youtu.be/PqCYcYhMTo8 Shavuot For the week of May 23, 2026 / 7 Sivan 5786 Torah: D’varim/Deuteronomy 14:22 – 16:17 Haftarah: Habakkuk 3:1–19 Originally posted the week of May 30, 2009 / 7 Sivan 5769 (updated) Text version: https://torahbytes.org/86-Shavuot X (Twitter): @TorahBytes Support TorahBytes: https://torahbytes.org/donations/ Scriptures taken from the English Standard Version

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God is not safe Video version: https://youtu.be/KP8tv3eJ4DI But they shall not go in to look on the holy things even for a moment, lest they die. (B’midbar/Numbers 4:20; ESV) B’midbar For the week of May 16, 2026 / 29 Iyar 5786 Torah: B’midbar/Numbers 1:1 - 4:20 Haftarah: 1 Samuel 20:18–42 Originally posted the week of May 24, 2014 / 24 Iyar 5774 (revised) Text version: https://torahbytes.org/86-34 X (Twitter): @TorahBytes Support TorahBytes: https://torahbytes.org/donations/ Scriptures taken from the English Standard Version

Covenantal Foundations

Israel's eternal right of appeal Video version: https://youtu.be/PT9CULgR6Os Whoever blasphemes the name of the LORD shall surely be put to death. All the congregation shall stone him. The sojourner as well as the native, when he blasphemes the Name, shall be put to death. (Vayikra/Leviticus 24:16) Behar & Bechukotai For the week of May 9, 2026 / 22 Iyar 5786 Torah: Vayikra/Leviticus 25:1 – 27:34 Haftarah: Jeremiah 16:19 – 17:14 Originally posted the week of June 4, 2016 / 27 Iyar 5776 (revised) Text version: https://torahbytes.org/86-33 X (Twitter): @TorahBytes Support TorahBytes: https://torahbytes.org/donations/ Scriptures taken from the English Standard Version

Blasphemy

Attempts to manipulate God is extremely dangerous Video version: https://youtu.be/OqZvz56NdMw Whoever blasphemes the name of the LORD shall surely be put to death. All the congregation shall stone him. The sojourner as well as the native, when he blasphemes the Name, shall be put to death. (Vayikra/Leviticus 24:16) Emor For the week of May 2, 2026 / 15 Iyar 5786 Torah: Vayikra/Leviticus 21:1-24:23 Haftarah: Ezekiel 44:15-31 Originally posted the week of May 21, 2016 / 13 Iyar 5776 (revised and expanded) Text version: https://torahbytes.org/86-31 X (Twitter): @TorahBytes Support TorahBytes: https://torahbytes.org/donations/ Scriptures taken from the English Standard Version

Acknowledging Israel

Celebrating the return to Zion Video version: https://youtu.be/c1a_WfZa2Uw I will restore the fortunes of my people Israel, and they shall rebuild the ruined cities and inhabit them; they shall plant vineyards and drink their wine, and they shall make gardens and eat their fruit. I will plant them on their land, and they shall never again be uprooted out of the land that I have given them,” says the LORD your God. (Amos 9:14-15;) Aharei Mot & Kedoshim For the week of April 25, 2026 / 8 Iyar 5786 Torah: Vayikra/Leviticus 16:1 – 20:27 Haftarah: Amos 9:7-15 Originally posted the week of April 29, 2023 / 8 Iyar 5783 (revised) Text version: https://torahbytes.org/86-30 X (Twitter): @TorahBytes Support TorahBytes: https://torahbytes.org/donations/ Scriptures taken from the English Standard Version