Torah Teaching for Parsha “Vayetzi”

Posted on 29 November, 2025 by mark

Join Mark Call of Shabbat Shalom Mesa fellowship for a two-part look at parsha “Vayetzi,” Genesis 28:10-32:3) the story of Yakov/Jacob as he journeys to the land of his father’s family, is told first-hand of his birthright and the promises, and acquires his own wives and family.

The Erev Shabbat reading:

Mark’s Sabbath Day midrash probably raises more questions than it answers. Most of which are, at best, ambiguous from what we are told in the story. But these are human beings, of course — flawed people, who make mistakes — and thus more interesting and even relevant to where we find ourselves today. Yakov married daughters of Laban. While certainly not Canaanites, Laban himself is hardly a saint. And why did Raqel/Rachel steal his teraphim, fake gods?

There is a lot of setup here: The man who is forced to leave home to escape his own brother’s wrath soon comes to a place he’s almost certainly HEARD about, but suddenly – He sees first hand and KNOWS about those promises. What was hypothetical is Real. And yet there are still struggles ahead, and the man who asked for, and received, the place of the firstborn is deceived himself, because “it is not done so here,” to put the younger in place of the first-born.

Ultimately, Laban seems to take advantage of his son-in-law. There is animosity. He is, after all is said and done, still a pagan.

And that, too, is just as relevant now as ever.

Vayetzi: ‘Flawed people and Hard Questions: Do you Love Messiah more than Bacon?’

The combined two-part reading and Sabbath midrash, via Hebrew Nation Radio.

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Torah Teaching for Parsha “Toldot”

Posted on 23 November, 2025 by mark

Join Mark Call of Shabbat Shalom Mesa fellowship for a two-part look at parsha “Toldot,” Genesis 25:19-28:9)…

The Erev Shabbat reading – and thus the title of the parsha – begins with “These are to ‘toldot’, or generations, of Isaac…”
…but it is really the beginning of the story of Yakov, or Jacob, and the father of the nations, Israel:

Mark’s Sabbath Day midrash is a deeper look at what has been called “enigmatic.” There are certainly elements, of this story in particular, that have been regarded as “problematic,” even, in terms of things done by characters we might be inclined to emulate. For example, why does Rivkah (Rebeccah) decide to deceive her husband? Why does Yiztak/Isaac apparently FALL for it? Or even merit possibly BEING deceived? And, why is Yakov accused to being a ‘supplanter,’ or even “stealing” the birthright?

Some of those questions are certainly easier with the benefit of hindsight.

But there are others that, even in being asked, give us a greater insight into what is REALLY happening than we might otherwise imagine.

“Toldot: What’s With Isaac?

The combined two-part reading and Sabbath midrash, via Hebrew Nation Radio.

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Torah Teaching for Parsha “Chayei Sarah”

Posted on 16 November, 2025 by mark

Join Mark Call of Shabbat Shalom Mesa fellowship for a two-part look at parsha “Chayei Sarah,” Genesis 23:1-25:18)…

The Erev Shabbat parsha reading begins with two of the most important precedent stories of original principles that form the very backbone of English Common Law. First, Abraham buys the first plot of land recorded for all time in human history, and outlines the elements of ‘Contract.’ And immediately after that, Scripture show not only what “agency” is, or what it really means to “come in the Name of” a Master, but even what a “good and faithful servant” looks like:

Mark takes a different approach to the Sabbath Day midrash this time. Since the principles are literally ancient, and so clearly formed the basis for the Common Law in England, and then were understood, likewise, by the Founders in the united States as the basis for the most fundamental elements of the Constitution — why are they no longer even taught? Why do the lawyers liars in the DC Swamp evidently disregard their contracts, their duties as supposed servants of THEIR masters, the American people, and even their oaths?

And that lack of trust – based on failure – now pervades virtually every institution.

We see where it has led.

But there is more to this story, in particular. Abraham, while he was literally blessed in “all things,” and live a long life, ‘full of days,’ and is literally regarded as the Father of our Faith, did not see the fulfillment of the primary promises YHVH gave him. He was told they would spend time in ‘bondage,’ but did not see them multiply as the stars in the heavens. And the only land he actually owned during his own life was that burial ground. And yet he KNEW, and saw – just as clearly as he saw the Son of Promise – that those promises would come to pass.

So do we. But from a different perspective, that of knowing all of this has been reserved, put in place, and, yes, done, for us.

Which gives us an obligation. Because ALL of these fundamental principles that underlie ALL of society, are based on Trust. In ourselves, to obey, in others, to do as they agree, and in Yahuah, to carry out His will, “on earth, as it is in heaven.”

As a world which has failed to honor that promise falls apart, the Remnant MUST keep it.

“Chayei Sarah: It’s ALL about Trust”

The combined two-part reading and Sabbath midrash, via Hebrew Nation Radio.

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Torah Teaching for Parsha “Vayera”

Posted on 9 November, 2025 by mark

Join Mark Call of Shabbat Shalom Mesa fellowship for a two-part look at parsha “Vayera,” Genesis chapters 18 through 22) and the central part of the story of the first Patriarch, Abraham, from his storied ‘dickering’ with YHVH Himself concerning the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, to the ‘binding of Isaac,’ known as ‘the Akieda,’ that prefigures another parallel act on that very same spot, many centuries later.

It is perhaps THE “Biblical-level” Act of Faith.

First, the Erev Shabbat reading:

The Sabbath Day Midrash is about not only that “Act of Faith,” but what it says to BOTH of those two houses, still in exile, who each believe the story prophecies the Messiah Himself, but can’t seem to recognize His character in the process!

“Vayera: ‘Your son, your only son…Who?”

The combined two-part reading and Sabbath midrash, via Hebrew Nation Radio.

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Torah Teaching for Parsha “Lech Lecha”

Posted on 2 November, 2025 by mark

Join Mark Call of Shabbat Shalom Mesa fellowship for a two-part look at parsha “Lech Lecha,” Genesis 12:1-`7:27) — which might be considered the original “come out” teaching in Scripture — where the first Patriarch, Abram (later Abraham) is told to “get thee OUT” of your country, leave what you have known, and “go to the land that I will show you.”

It’s a historic, literally “Biblical-level” Act of Faith.

But that is where the story of the life of one of the most important men in Scripture, and the ‘Father of our Faith,” only begins. Here’s the Erev Shabbat reading:

This parsha lays out several truly ‘fundamental’ elements. One, referenced often in the Apostolic Writings (aka ‘Old’ Testament) is that the man re-named Abraham in this story “believed YHVH,” and his actions repeatedly made that clear, and He “counted it to him for righteousness.” (Genesis 15:6, referenced by Paul/Shaul in Romans 4.)

Mark begins the Sabbath midrash with what some might consider a surprising understanding, given that is counter to what many may have heard, as he notes, “twisted,” and it lies at the heart of this story:

Galatians has been taught “backwards.” What does Hagar, ‘the Egyptian,’ represent? And if Paul, as he said, wrote to the former pagans in Galatia that he was worried that they were already “turning away” from that faith demonstrated by Abraham to the “weak and beggarly elements” from which they had been delivered, what does that mean?

And, ultimately, just who is the ‘son of the bondwoman’?

Once you see through the lies we have been fed – “inherited from our fathers” (some more literally than others) – it will be unseen.

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“Lech Lecha: Twistings – from THAT ‘sign’ to the Real ‘Son of the Bondwoman'”

The combined two-part reading and Sabbath midrash, via Hebrew Nation Radio.

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Mark Call – Torah Teaching for Parsha “Noach”

Posted on 26 October, 2025 by mark

Parsha “Noach” (Genesis 6:9-11:32) is actually the second, and concluding part of the story of the “days of Noah,” and is the reading that contains the most well-known (and also sometimes LEAST known!) elements of the story of The Flood. But there’s more, too, because it also includes the “Tower of Babel,” and the intro to the first of the Patriarchs.

Mark begins the Sabbath midrash with the observation that the ‘days of Noah’ spanned not only the time prior to the Flood when “the thoughts of men’s hearts was only evil continually,” but also many years thereafter, and certainly through the time of Nimrod, and up to the story of Babel.

And that is particularly key when it comes to understanding the somewhat enigmatic story of His ‘confounding the language’ to deliberately ensure that mankind is NOT “one people,” and NOT able to ‘work together for the common good.’ The fact that so much of today’s ‘One World’ propaganda pushes exactly that goal should be concerning, at minimum, given that YHVH explained His concern by saying the reason for His actions was that once they learned to work together, and seemingly plot to thwart His potential plans, “THIS is what they begin to do.“

“Noach: Maybe ‘coexist’ is NOT the best motto – then or now”

The combined two-part reading and Sabbath midrash, via Hebrew Nation Radio.

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Mark Call – Torah Teaching for Parsha “Bereshiet (conclusion)”

Posted on 19 October, 2025 by mark

Parsha “Bereshiet” (Genesis 1, through 6:8) is the first reading in the new cycle of the Torah, from “in the Beginning” to the first part of the “days of Noah.”

And as Mark Call, of Shabbat Shalom Mesa fellowship, noted last week, it’s just too much to try and cover responsibly in just one week. And since the interesting of reading from the last parsha, at the end of Deuteronomy straight through into the first Book, since we never really finish our study of His Instruction, means we read and studied into the first few chapters of Genesis/Bereshiet last week, Mark did exactly that, and spent some time on the first three chapters then.

So, this week, after a brief recap of the story of the ‘nacash’ and Eve/Chava’s deception in chapter 3, and the “first two lies”, the Erev Shabbat story and reading picks up there:

Even beyond the First Two Lies, is the one that actually is NOT in Scripture, but does permeate the Whore Church: That “jesus did away with the Law,” “nailed it to the cross,” and somehow did what the Real Messiah promised repeated He would NOT.

The Sabbath Day midrash is all about the EFFECTS of those “Big Lies,” especially in the presence of the level of Evil seen then – “as it was in the Days of Noach” – and again, now.

Are we there yet? What can we now begin to see that looks like? And the repeated and urgent message is “see that you are not deceived!” Mark takes another look at the progression, the prophecy of Matthew 24, and where the Big Lies may lead next. It’s time to not only ‘connect some dots,’ but even extrapolate a bit.

The combined two-part reading and Sabbath midrash, via Hebrew Nation Radio.

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V’zot HaBerakhah

Posted on 12 October, 2025 by mark

Parsha “V’zot HaBerakhah” (Deuteronomy (chapter 33 through the End of the Book, and the entire Torah) is the final reading in this cycle, and the life of Moses.

The Erev Shabbat reading begins there:

This Sabbath Day midrash comes during the week of Sukkot, or the Feast of Tabernacles — not only the actual time of the birth of the Messiah, but the heart of the yet-to-be-fulfilled prophecies of the Greater Exodus, the Revelation, and the Wedding Feast. It’s also when the annual Torah cycle readings conclude, and begin again.

V’zot HaBerakhah: This is the Blessing – the Cycle Begins Anew

The combined two-part reading and Sabbath midrash, via Hebrew Nation Radio.

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Torah Teaching for Parsha “Ha’azinu”

Posted on 5 October, 2025 by mark

Parsha “Ha’azinu” (Deuteronomy (chapter 32) is the second-to-last reading in the Torah, and the life of Moses. It is, specifically, the second “Song of Moses,” that he sings, as a “witness against” them, and us, immediately prior to his death.

It’s also a warning that hits as close to home now as it ever has.

The Erev Shabbat reading begins there:

This Sabbath Day midrash comes just after the ‘most holy’ day of the year, Yom Kippur, and right before the final, climactic week of the Fall Feasts, the time of Sukkot, aka the Feast of Tabernacles, or booths, or even ‘mangers.’ Mark Call of Shabbat Shalom Mesa notes that the confluence of this reading, and the Song of Moses, at this time at the heart of the Fall Feasts should suggest two major admonitions from Scripture: “Know the times and the seasons,” and that, furthermore, “NOW is the time!”

Sukkot is almost certainly the time when the Messiah, Yahushuah, was actually born. But how many of us have heard, “I don’t care – I love Xmas anyway,” and similar excuses for accepting what we “know or should know” is a lie. Is this the year to stand on Truth?

We also know, or should, that the word “jesus” never even existed until about 16 centuries as the Messiah walked the earth after that birth. No one EVER, not once, called Him by that name. And it thus cannot be (Acts 4) the “only name” by which we can be saved. Does that matter? Most of us have again heard, “I don’t care,” or “what difference does it really make?”

So, if His birthday doesn’t really matter, nor does His real Name, what about His Doctrine? Did He “do away with the law,” or is that – as Mark strongly suggests – perhaps the Biggest Lie in all of human history?

Does His Doctrine matter? Did He change it? Did He really change His Instruction about His moedim [appointed times], His Sabbaths, food, money, marriage – and just about anything else men decided they didn’t like from His Word?

Ha’azinu: When Does it Finally START to Matter?

The combined two-part reading and Sabbath midrash, via Hebrew Nation Radio.

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Torah Teaching for Parsha “Vayelekh”

Posted on 28 September, 2025 by mark

Parsha “Vayelekh” (Deuteronomy (chapter 31) is one of the final chapters in the Torah, and the life of Moses. It includes the ‘charge’ given to Yoshua/Joshua as he prepares to take over leadership of the mixed multitude, to “Kazakh!” – or, “Be strong, and of good courage.”

It’s also a poignant warning about the “End of Days” – arguably, now.

The Erev Shabbat reading begins there, and also sets the stage for the final “Song of Moses”:

During the Sabbath Day midrash, Mark Call of Shabbat Shalom Mesa focuses on a prophecy that now seems to be at minimum, ‘in-progress’: “You will do evil in the sight of YHVH, and provoke Him through the work of your hands.”

But it is no coincidence that this portion is read during the time of His Fall Feasts, and we are now – or should be – preparing for the singular moed of His Appointed Times about which He warns so clearly, do it – or else!

Warning: Some will again be offended. They will say His Feasts are ‘old’, and “done away with.” As if He preferred the pagan replacements, and couldn’t manage to say so. YHVH certainly made the reason for His anger, and our continued exile, abundantly clear. And in this case, the warning and importance could not be clearer. Even if we have been lied to about it!

Vayelekh: This is the Year to Make SURE you ‘Know the Season’

The combined two-part reading and Sabbath midrash, via Hebrew Nation Radio.

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