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Torah Portion "שלח־לך/Shelach Lecha" which means "Send for Yourself," delivered on June 25, 2022.This week's portion covers Numbers/Bemidbar 13:1-15:41 and begins, "And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying, 'Send men to spy out the land of Kena‛an, which I am giving to the children of Yisra’ĕl. Send one man from each tribe of their fathers, every one a leader among them.'"This week our Haftorah teaching is delivered by Ro'eh Richard from Joshua 2:1-24, and the New Covenant E-drash is delivered by Brother Mark from Hebrews 3:7-19.Please join us each week as we dig deep into scripture to learn more about who our God is, and reveal the Messiah throughout the Old Testament.Ro'eh Richard CortesThe Foundation of The Word Outreach Ministrieswww.thefoundationoftheword.orgAaronic Priestly Blessing performed by Rico Cortes of Wisdom In Torah Ministries https://wisdomintorah.com and used by permission.

Torah Portion "בהעלתך/Beha'alotecha" which means "When you Kindle," delivered on June 18, 2022. This week's portion covers Numbers/Bemidbar 8:1-12:16 and begins, "And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying, 'Speak to Aharon, and say to him, "When you ascend to trim the lamps, let the seven lamps give light in front of the lampstand." ' "In his teaching today, Ro’eh covered a lot of material that was gleaned from just the verses found in Numbers 10:28-30. He revealed similarities between the stories of Yitro (Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law) and Ruth. We also learned the importance of the order and positions of the tribes when moving from one site to the next, and why it is important to stop comparing our present circumstances to our past, and to stop complaining about it. How is complaining like hatred, and what is the opposite of complaining? We also learn the mussar (character trait) that is found in this portion, that of humility (anavah in Hebrew). Scripture says that Moses was the “most humble man on earth.” What does it mean to be humble, and how can we begin to emulate the humility of Moses as well as that of our Messiah, Yeshua?This week Brother Mark delivers our Haftorah teaching from Zechariah 2:10-4:7 and the New Covenant E-drash out of Hebrews 3:1-6 is brought by Ro'eh Richard. We hope and pray that you find blessing in our teachings. We ask that you please join us each week as we dig deep into scripture to learn more about the God of Israel, and reveal the Messiah throughout the Old Testament.Pastor Richard CortesThe Foundation of The Word Outreach Ministrieswww.thefoundationoftheword.orgAaronic Priestly Blessing performed by Rico Cortes of Wisdom In Torah Ministries https://wisdomintorah.com and used by permission.

Chag Shavuot Sameach! Happy Feast of Weeks!Special teaching today for Shavuot (Feast of Weeks) with a reading from the Book of Ruth.Ro'eh Richard discusses the giving of the Torah in Exodus 19 and the connection to the giving of the Holy Spirit found in Acts, as well as the example of Ruth being joined to the nation of Israel first through her mother-in-law Na'omi, and then through marriage to Bo'az.We hope and pray that you find blessing in our teachings. We ask that you please join us each week as we dig deep into scripture to learn more about the God of Israel, and reveal the Messiah throughout the Old Testament.Pastor Richard CortesThe Foundation of The Word Outreach Ministrieswww.thefoundationoftheword.orgAaronic Priestly Blessing performed by Rico Cortes of Wisdom In Torah Ministries https://wisdomintorah.com and used by permission.

Torah Portion "במדבר/Bemidbar” which means “In The Wilderness” delivered on June 4, 2022.This week's portion covers Numbers 1:1-4:20 and begins, "And יהוה spoke to Mosheh in the Wilderness of Sinai, in the Tent of Appointment, on the first day to the second new moon, in the second year after they had come out of the land of Mitsrayim, saying,"What does the Torah mean to you and how does it bring us closer to Hashem? Do we just sit and wait for something to change? Expecting Hashem to come to us while we stand idle in comfort? We think not! How many times have we been told by men to expect life to go smooth and effortless once we submit to God's Word? Is that really what Hashem expects from us? No.Incline your heart to action because as of now we are being called out into our own wilderness, to usher in the Messiah and His kingdom. And, as you move forward, ask yourself, "Is the purpose of understanding Torah about what it means to me, or about what it means to Him?"This week Brother Mark delivers our Haftorah from Hosea 1:10-2:20 and Ro'eh Richard delivers the New Covenant E-drash out of 1 Corinthians 12:27-31.We hope and pray that you find blessing in our teachings. We ask that you please join us each week as we dig deep into scripture to learn more about the God of Israel, and reveal the Messiah throughout the Old Testament.Pastor Richard CortesThe Foundation of The Word Outreach Ministrieswww.thefoundationoftheword.orgAaronic Priestly Blessing performed by Rico Cortes of Wisdom In Torah Ministries https://wisdomintorah.com and used by permission.

Torah Portion "בחקתי/Bechukotai" which means "In My Statutes," delivered on May 28, 2022.This week's portion covers Leviticus 26:3-27:34, and begins, "‘If you walk in My laws and guard My commands, and shall do them,'"Why does it seem as if the whole world is cursed? This week’s Torah portion is relevant to the current times and may hold some answers. To the degree we continue to act contrary to the Torah (His ways), He will act with hostility toward us and deliver us into the hands of our enemies. What can we, as Torah observant believers in Yeshua, do to mitigate the curses destined for the whole world? Why is dissatisfaction a curse? What does faith look like when we are experiencing drought and famine? Our attitude should be submission to His statutes with a humble heart and obedient spirit to bring the favor of Hashem. What does it mean, “ten women will bake your bread in one oven?” How is attitude related to mental health? Is there hope for the faithful followers of Hashem who live amongst the nations of the world? Ro'eh Richard answers these questions and more in our Torah Portion Bechukotai.This week our Haftorah teaching is delivered by Pastor Richard from Jeremiah 16:19-17:14, and the New Covenant E-drash is delivered by Brother Mark from John 14:15-21.We hope and pray that you find blessing in our teachings. We ask that you please join us each week as we dig deep into scripture to learn more about the God of Israel, and reveal the Messiah throughout the Old Testament.Pastor Richard CortesThe Foundation of The Word Outreach Ministrieswww.thefoundationoftheword.orgAaronic Priestly Blessing performed by Rico Cortes of Wisdom In Torah Ministries https://wisdomintorah.com and used by permission.

To make a donation towards our Building Completion costs, please CLICK HERE: https://rb.gy/xhzhsdTorah Portion "בהר/Behar" which means "In the Mountain," delivered on May 21, 2022.This week's portion covers Leviticus 25:1-26:2, and our passage begins, "And יהוה spoke to Mosheh on Mount Sinai, saying,"Ro'eh's teaching this week from the portion covers the Shmitah and Yovel (Jubilee) Years. How do we obey the commandments to keep these years as shabbats? Are they a burden or liberty? Every week, we observe the weekly Shabbat - but what is the daily rest? How does the Shabbat help us to reduce anxiety and depression? Why didn’t Israel observe these commandments after coming into the land? What happens when we fail to observe the Shmitah and the Yovel? Who is responsible for telling us when they are? Does it apply to our gardens? What are the laws of Redemption? Ro'eh Richard brings answers to all of these questions and more, while also addressing an important mussar (character): Bitachon (persistent trust in Hashem).This week our Haftorah teaching is delivered by Brother Mark from Jeremiah 32:6-27 and the New Covenant E-drash is delivered by Ro'eh Richard from Luke 4:16-21.We hope and pray that you find blessing in our teachings. We ask that you please join us each week as we dig deep into scripture to learn more about the God of Israel, and reveal the Messiah throughout the Old Testament.Pastor Richard CortesThe Foundation of The Word Outreach Ministrieswww.thefoundationoftheword.orgAaronic Priestly Blessing performed by Rico Cortes of Wisdom In Torah Ministries https://wisdomintorah.com and used by permission.

To make a donation towards our Building Completion costs, please CLICK HERE: https://rb.gy/xhzhsdTorah Portion "אמר/Emor” which means “Say” delivered on May 14, 2022.This week's portion covers Leviticus 21:1-24:23 and begins, "And יהוה said to Mosheh, 'Speak to the priests, the sons of Aharon, and say to them: "No one is to be defiled for the dead among his people," ' "In this weeks Parasha, Ro'eh Richard brings an interesting concept on why and who is not to defile himself with the dead. The Hebrew word for "dead" is revealed to mean something deeper and greater than the simple surface definition and Ro'eh makes a connection to a statement that Yeshua makes when he says “the dead are to bury their own dead." Ro'eh Richard also makes a connection to the previous parasha when it says in Leviticus 20:27 that a spiritist or medium is to be put to death. Ro'eh also poses the questions, "Why is a leader worthy of double honor? And why are we to submit to the leaders that Hashem puts in our lives?" These questions are answered by Ro'eh Richard in a very enlightening way. Also in this parasha, it says a daughter of a priest is to be burned if she commits adultery. Why the burning and not the typical prescribed manner of punishment of death by stoning? We'll see the importance and the distinction between a daughter of Am Yisrael and a daughter of a priest. This week our Haftorah teaching is delivered by Ro'eh Richard from Ezekiel 44:15-31 and the New Covenant E-drash is delivered by Brother Mark from Matthew 5:38-42.We hope and pray that you find blessing in our teachings. We ask that you please join us each week as we dig deep into scripture to learn more about the God of Israel, and reveal the Messiah throughout the Old Testament.Pastor Richard CortesThe Foundation of The Word Outreach Ministrieswww.thefoundationoftheword.orgAaronic Priestly Blessing performed by Rico Cortes of Wisdom In Torah Ministries https://wisdomintorah.com and used by permission.

To make a donation towards our Building Completion costs, please CLICK HERE: https://rb.gy/xhzhsdTorah Portion "קדשים - Kedoshim” which means “Holy Ones” delivered on May 7, 2022.This week's portion covers Leviticus 19:1-20:27 and begins, "And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying, 'Speak to all the congregation of the children of Yisra’ĕl, and say to them, "Be set-apart, for I יהוה your Elohim am set-apart." ' "What is the Torah’s greatest commandment? Is it in how we tie our tzitziot? Is it based on whether or not a man wears a kippah? Or is it founded on how we view our neighbor and his life compared to ours? Many will argue that it's the small things that mean the most to Hashem but should that really be our primary focus? If we look so closely at the splinter in our brother's eye who is failing in these small matters, we fail to recognize the plank in our own and lose sight of the big picture. Thus possibly pushing others away from the Light of the Torah, our path, and the saving grace of others in this world. We invite you to join us in this week’s Parasha of Kedoshim, and implore you to sit and ponder the question, "What is the Torah's greatest commandment?"This week Ro'eh Richard concludes the days teachings with the Haftorah from Ezekiel 20:2-20 and the New Covenant E-drash from Matthew 5:43-48.We hope and pray that you find blessing in our teachings. We ask that you please join us each week as we dig deep into scripture to learn more about the God of Israel, and reveal the Messiah throughout the Old Testament.Ro'eh Richard CortesThe Foundation of The Word Outreach Ministrieswww.thefoundationoftheword.orgAaronic Priestly Blessing performed by Rico Cortes of Wisdom In Torah Ministries https://wisdomintorah.com and used with permission.

To make a donation towards our Building Completion costs, please CLICK HERE: https://rb.gy/xhzhsdTorah Portion "אחרי מות - Acharei Mot” which means “After Death” delivered on April 30, 2022.This week's portion covers Leviticus 16:1-18:30 and begins, "And יהוה spoke to Mosheh after the death of the two sons of Aharon, as they drew near before יהוה, and died."“After death” - These words were given after the death of Aaron’s son’s. After the death of ourselves when we stop saying “I have the right, I am entitled” and we realize that we have no rights as we serve HaShem in holiness versus (Lev 18:3) “You shall not do what is done in the land of Egypt where you lived nor are you to do what is done in the land of Canaan where I am bringing you. You shall not walk in their statutes.”Canaanites and others promoted temple prostitution in their fertility worship. Israel was to be different and Holy. The Chumash states that culture is an accumulation of practices where many of which are not in the least logical. The Torah cautions us to avoid falling into habit-forming, mind-molding traps of imitating the practices of alien societies. We are to submit and surrender our social & moral life to HaShem, which is not religion but a way of life EVERYDAY.Pastor concluded with the Mussar connection regarding “responsibility” which is the hidden root of Acharei. We are accountable to one another and we ARE our brother’s keeper. He also tied this to the scapegoat ritual: one man is atoning for Israel with a live goat. He lays the sins on the head of the goat and sends it away to the wilderness. This requires the entire community to seek each individual’s releasefrom a state of transgression.This week Ro'eh Richard concludes the days teachings with the Haftorah from Ezekiel 22:1-19 and the New Covenant E-drash from Romans 2:17-29.We hope and pray that you find blessing in our teachings. We ask that you please join us each week as we dig deep into scripture to learn more about the God of Israel, and reveal the Messiah throughout the Old Testament.Ro'eh Richard CortesThe Foundation of The Word Outreach Ministrieswww.thefoundationoftheword.orgAaronic Priestly Blessing performed by Rico Cortes of Wisdom In Torah Ministries https://wisdomintorah.com and used with permission

To make a donation towards our Building Completion costs, please CLICK HERE: https://rb.gy/xhzhsdSpecial Portion "שמיני של פסח - Shemini Shel Pesach" which means "Eighth (day) of Passover," delivered on April 23, 2022.This week's portion covers Deuteronomy 14:22-16:17 and begins, "You shall tithe without fail all the yield of your grain that the field brings forth year by year."Ro’eh Richard teaches the difference between the Passover Lamb and the Korban Pesach (Passover Sacrifice.) He also explains why the Omer does NOT represent the Messiah. Also covered is the corrected Counting of the Omer. The 50 days between salvation and accepting of the Covenant at Mount Sinai represent the time it took us to transform our “animal soul” in order that we would be able to receive the Covenant (Torah) and become a Bride for Hashem. The Torah without the Ruach HaChodesh is simply legalistic, likewise, the Ruach HaChodesh is incomplete without the Torah.This week our Haftorah teaching is delivered by Ro'eh Richard from Isaiah 10:32-12:6, and the New Covenant E-drash is delivered by Brother Mark from John 20:15-20.We hope and pray that you find blessing in our teachings. We ask that you please join us each week as we dig deep into scripture to learn more about the God of Israel, and reveal the Messiah throughout the Old Testament.Ro'eh Richard CortesThe Foundation of The Word Outreach Ministrieswww.thefoundationoftheword.org

To make a donation towards our Building Completion costs, please CLICK HERE: https://rb.gy/xhzhsdSpecial Portion "מצות/Matzot” which means “Unleavened Bread” delivered on April 22, 2022.This week's portion covers Exodus 13:17-15:26 and begins, "And it came to be, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that Elohim did not lead them by way of the land of the Philistines, though that was nearer, for Elohim said, 'Lest the people regret when they see fighting, and return to Mitsrayim.' ”In the teaching today, Ro’eh Richard teaches that our mussar (character trait) is “Bitachon” (absolute trust and reassurance). The teaching focuses on Exodus 15:22-26, with specificity to the Hebrew word “nisy“ which means “plucked out, pull out, and to break up from an encampment.” The Israelites were camped at the bitter waters of Marah and many people died there as a result of their own bitterness. Before they moved on from there, Hashem gave them statutes and rules. The great sage Rambam said that these rules were given in order that the Jewish people learn to pray for their needs without grumbling and to get along with each other during their journey through the wilderness. Hashem’s people need to be One as a nation in order to bring His light to the rest of the world.We hope and pray that you find blessing in our teachings. We ask that you please join us each week as we dig deep into scripture to learn more about the God of Israel, and reveal the Messiah throughout the Old Testament.Ro'eh Richard CortesThe Foundation of The Word Outreach Ministrieswww.thefoundationoftheword.org

To make a donation towards our Building Completion costs, please CLICK HERE: https://rb.gy/xhzhsdTorah Portion "פסח/Pesach” which means “Passover” delivered on April 16, 2022.This week's portion covers Exodus 12:21-51 and begins, "And Mosheh called for all the elders of Yisra’ĕl and said to them, 'Go out and take lambs for yourselves according to your clans, and slay the Pĕsaḥ.' "This is the chapter that Rabbi’s have chosen for the first day of Pesach. Pastor Richard shows the connection of Yeshua with the Exodus out of Egypt. It is said that Moshe will be the first and last Redeemer … Not literally himself, but that the last redeemer will have the virtues of Moshe, the Law of God.In Exodus 12:38, where the scripture reveals that Israel was “driven” out of Egypt, we see the Hebrew word for "driven" has to do with “divorced,” so in the future the ruler of this world will “divorce” us.After 430 years to the day the payment for transgressions was complete and then DELIVERANCE. Pastor Richard shows how Chazal (sages) teach that until that particular hour (debt paid} they were not worthy and we see this concept also in Matthew 24: 22 "And except those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened." (Was and will time be manipulated?) In HaShem’s loving kindness he is looking for ways to redeem us from our present exile.On the 6th day of creation Adam broke covenant and in 6000 years that debt will also be complete and again there will be DELIVERANCE.Watch to see all of this teaching with the exciting conclusion of the future FINAL Redemption and how the difference of being driven to the wilderness (from Egypt) and how we will be allured to the wilderness where there will be HIS provision for us and the judgment to purge the rebels. This week our Haftorah teaching is delivered by Brother Mark from Joshua 5:2-6:1, and the New Covenant E-drash is delivered by Ro'eh Richard from John 19:31-20:1.We hope and pray that you find blessing in our teachings. We ask that you please join us each week as we dig deep into scripture to learn more about the God of Israel, and reveal the Messiah throughout the Old Testament.Pastor Richard CortesThe Foundation of The Word Outreach Ministrieswww.thefoundationoftheword.org