Author: Dr. Adrian Ze’ev Bernal
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Terumah 5770
Adrian’s Midrash (A-Drash) This Week’s Torah Portion: Terumah “Heave Offering” Exodus 25:1-27:19 Prophets: 1 Kings 5:26-6:13 Gospel: Mark 10-11 “YHWH said to Moses, ‘Speak to the people of Israel that they take for me a contribution. From every man whose heart moves him you shall receive the contribution for me’” (emphasis mine,…
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Sukkot (Tabernacles)
Adrian’s Midrash (A-Drash This Week’s Torah Portion: Sukkot "Tabernacles" Torah: Leviticus 22:26-23:44 Prophets: Zechariah 14:1-21 Sukkot, or Tabernacles is the last of the Fall biblical Feasts. Listed in Leviticus 23 we see eight festivals or mo’edim (appointed times). It’s interesting that many just see seven; however, I assure you there are eight, with…
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Ha’azinu
Torah: Deuteronomy 32:1-32:52 Prophets: 2 Samuel 22:1-51 Gospel: Acts 24-26 The third verse in this week’s Torah portion states, "Ki shem YHWH ‘ekra’ havu godel le’loheynu." Which translated means: I will proclaim the name YHWH; ascribe greatness unto our God. The four most used translations (KJV, NIV, NLT, and RSV) of Christendom reads LORD,…
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True Religion
Adrian’s Midrash (A-Drash This Week’s Torah Portion: Nitzavim Vayelech “Standing/He Went” Deuteronomy 29:9(10)-31:30 Prophets: Isaiah 55:6-56:8 Gospel: Acts 19-23 It has been quite a long time since you’ve last received an A-Drash from me. However, I hope you find this one timely since we are back to full-swing with school and all. I thought…
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Korach
Adrian’s Midrash (A-Drash This Week’s Torah Portion: Korach “Korah” Numbers 16:1-18:32 Prophets: 1 Samuel 11:14-12:22 Gospel: John 9-10 It’s been a few weeks since my last A-drash; however, because of the summer months and the added day-time hours, I thought it would be best to send them out periodically over the summer. Once school…
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Yeshua in the Passover, Part III
Adrian’s Midrash (A-Drash) This Week’s Torah Portion: Emor “Say” Leviticus 21:1-24:23 Prophets: Jeremiah Ezekiel 44:15-31 Gospel: Luke 18-20 As I was studying this weeks portion, I was trying to contemplate whether to minister out of the Torah itself, or out of the Apostolic Writings (Luke). Hmm! What shall I do? There were a lot…
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Yeshua in Passover, Part II
Adrian’s Midrash (A-Drash) This Week’s Torah Portion: Tazria/Metzora “She will conceive/Leper” Leviticus 12:1-15:33 Prophets: Jeremiah Isaiah 66:1-24 Gospel: Luke 10-13 Part 2: Last week we took a close look at the passage found in Deuteronomy 18 regarding the prophet, and how Yeshua fulfills this messianic prophecy (MP). To better understand Passover, we’ll have to…
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Yeshua in Passover, Part 1
Adrian’s Midrash (A-Drash) This Week’s Torah Portion: Sh’mini “Eighth” Leviticus 9:1-11:47 Prophets: Jeremiah 2 Samuel 6:1-7:17 Gospel: Luke 7-9 First, let me apologize for not sending out an A-Drash last week. The demands of my schedule got the best of me; however, all of you were in my thoughts. Second, Passover (Pesach) and…
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Tzav
Adrian’s Midrash (A-Drash) This Week’s Torah Portion: Tzav “Command” Leviticus 6:1-8:36 Prophets: Jeremiah 7:21-8:3, 9:22-23 Gospel: Luke 4-6 This week I was hoping to focus on the first part of the passage in the Brit Chadashah (NT, which I prefer calling it the Apostolic Scriptures, because the New (renewed) Covenant is actually found in…
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Vayyikra
Adrian’s Midrash (A-Drash) This Week’s Torah Portion: Vayyikra “He Called” Leviticus 1:1-5:26 Prophets: Isaiah 43:21-44:23 Gospel: Luke 1-3 Leviticus chapter one, verse one, starts off with these words, “Vayyikra el-Mosheh (Moses) vaydaber YHWH ‘elayv me’ohel mo’ed le’mor:” Which many Bibles translate, “The LORD called unto Moses from the tabernacle and said unto him:” Depending…
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