Parsha Acharei Mot – Apostolic Readings, Commentary, and Videos

Readings

• Leviticus 16
  • Matthew 17:1-5
  • Hebrews 9:3-7
  • Hebrews 10
  • Revelation 8:3-5
• Leviticus 17
  • John 6:52-59
  • Acts 15:1-29
  • 1 Corinthians 10:14-22
• Leviticus 18
  • Matthew 14:1-12
  • Mark 6:17-20
  • Romans 1:18-2:11

Additional Reading

• Soil from Stone
• American Torah

Videos Related to Parsha Acharei Mot

• Matthew 9:14-17 and the Three Fasting Parables – What do garments and wineskins have to do with fasting? What did Yeshua mean by these parables? The key to understanding this passage is realizing that it contains no parables at all. The bridegroom, the garment, and the wineskins are analogies, not parables, and it’s important not to take an analogy further than the author intended.
• When the Righteous Hide – Today’s cancel culture is an in-your-face example of Proverbs 28:28. The wicked dominate every institution, every industry, and every branch of government. If you dare to stand up and speak the truths that are glaringly obvious to every rational person, you risk being canceled from everything.
• Four Lessons from Herod and Herodias in Matthew 14:1-12 – Herod had taken his brother’s wife, Herodias, contrary to God’s commandments in Leviticus 18:16 and 20:21. John the Baptist called him out for it, so Herod put him in prison. Herodias then got her daughter to ask Herod to behead John. There are four lessons I’d like to draw from this story…
• The Flesh, the Spirit, and the Ways of God – Romans 8:5-8 – What does it mean to live according to the flesh? To live according to the spirit? How does living according to the flesh lead to death? How does the spirit lead to life? And why are you completely incapable of pleasing God on your own?