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Welcome to The Messianic Torah Observer, a web-based ministry of QFC. Our mission is to inspire and guide you towards Yeshua-focused Torah Living, a path that promises spiritual fulfillment and a deeper connection with the Creator.

What does Yeshua-Focused Torah Living mean? It is rooted in the profound teachings of our Master, who declared:

“Do not think that I have come to loosen Torah or the Prophets. I have not come to loosen but to fulfill. For truly I say to you that until heaven and earth pass away, not one Yodh or one stroke will pass from Torah until everything happens. All who loosen, therefore, from one of these small commandments and teach thus to the sons of man, will be called little in the Kingdom of Heaven, but all who do and teach this will be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven. For I say to you that unless your righteousness exceeds more than that of the scribes and the Pharisees, you will not enter the Kingdom of Heaven.” (Matthew 5:17-20; AENT)

Over the years, denominationalists have misinterpreted this key to the Kingdom, promoting an anti-Jewish and anti-Torah agenda. This has led many faithful individuals to adopt a lawless lifestyle and belief system. Our Catholic counterparts have similarly strayed from the Creator’s prescribed Way of life. On judgment day, Yeshua will say to such individuals:

“I will profess to them that from everlasting, I have NOT known you. Depart from Me, you workers of iniquity” (Matthew 7:23; AENT).

I don’t know about you, beloved, but I certainly want to make it into the Kingdom. I want to hear our Master say:

“Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful…” (Matthew 25:21).

If you share this desire, you must ask yourself: How do we make it into the Kingdom? What must we do today to be called good and faithful servants?

Yeshua-Focused Torah Living holds the key to our entry into the Kingdom of God and to hearing our Messiah declare us as good and faithful servants. This ministry is dedicated to living that exceedingly righteous life that leads us into the Kingdom.

We believe the Hebrew-Messianic-Netzari-Faith to be superior to any Abrahamic Faith in existence today, as it provides truth-seekers with the keys to the Kingdom5. If you’ve been searching for the true path to the Kingdom that Yeshua and His disciples preached and taught, turn your life over to Yehovah today. Believe that Yeshua died for your sins, confess your sins to Yehovah, and ask for His forgiveness. This is a personal journey between you and your Father, with Yeshua interceding on your behalf.

You will need to be water immersed (baptized) soon, but in the meantime, become a disciple of Yeshua Messiah to learn to walk in Yah’s holy and righteous ways. Connect with a local Messianic Congregation that Yehovah directs you to.

Beloved, today is the day of salvation8. Remember, we are always here to assist you. Please don’t hesitate to contact us through the various mediums posted on this site.

 

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Welcome to The Messianic Torah Observer! While our ministry cannot fully replace the set-apart convocation or fellowship that the writer of Hebrews admonished his readers not to forsake (Hebrews 10:25), we offer a valuable resource for any covenant-keeping Kingdom-seekers. Our content is designed to equip any would-be Netzer with a circumcised heart and spiritual eyes to see and ears to hear. So, grab your favorite cup of coffee or tea, maybe a crumpet or two, and settle in for some engaging content that will enhance your walk in Yeshua Messiah. We post new content at least once a week.

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the Netsari-Messianic Calendar Update

WE ARE PRESENTLY IN THE 6TH BIBLICAL MONTH OF YHVH’S SACRED CALENDAR 6026. THE MONTH BEGAN AT SUNDOWN ON FR-DAY, 8/14/2026.

THE RABBINIC CALENDAR CALLS THIS 6TH MONTH ELUL AND IT IS SEEN AS A MONTH OF TESHUVAH FOR OUR JEWISH COUSINS. THERE ARE NO MANDATED FEASTS OR SET APART DAYS IN THE 6TH MONTH. 

(FOR SPECIFICS, SEE OUR CALENDAR FOR THIS MONTH ON THE RESOURCES PAGE.)

THIS COMING SABBATH’S (8/22/2026) READING IS “KI TEITZEI/WHEN YOU GO OUT” AND IT IS CONTAINED IN DEUTERONOMY/DEVARIM 21.10-25.19; ISAIAH 54.1-0; AND GALATIANS 3.11-14. 

 

Note: (1) Rosh Chodesh denotes the New Moon or the start of a new Biblical Month on the Hebrew Calendar. (2) All provided dates are derived from the Observational Calendar. We rely upon the sighting of the renewed moon over the Land of Israel to determine the start of new months as well as when Feasts will occur. Thus, the “Projected” in parentheses next to each calendar event denotes the printed date pending the sighting of the renewed moon. (3) For specifics on each month, we encourage you to reference the calendar we post each month under the Essentials of the Faith menu. (4) The parenthetical (Projected) is to alert that the cited dates are wholly dependent on (A) the maturity of the barley crop and (B) the siting of the renewed moon from the land of Yisra’el at the end of the 12th Biblical Month. See our discussion on “Why I Keep the Torah  (Observational) Calendar and not the Other Popular Messianic Calendars.” 

Updated: 8/16/2026

 

THE TITLE OF THIS WEEK'S TORAH READING SOUNDS LIKE SOME KIND OF ARRIVAL

Ki Tavo or “When you come in.” That is, when we finally cross the threshold to the Land of Promise. When the wandering is behind us and the Land is beneath our feet and we are standing at long last where Yehovah always intended us to be.

That which this week’s portion is saying to us is not abstract. It’s actually a declaration of imminent significance. For we are in the middle of the 6th Month of Yah’s biblical calendar Year with roughly twenty days remaining before the shofar sounds signally the arrival of Yom Teruah and the start of the 10-Days of Awe.

The First Thing Ki Tavo Says to us is to Tell our Story

Deuteronomy 26:5 commands our ancient cousins entering Land and to bring the firstfruits of our increase to do something that most of us have never done in a formal, deliberate way. We are to stand before the officiating priest, place our basket of first and best at the altar, and then declare to all creation: Arami Oved Avi — “A wandering Aramean was my father.” And from there the whole testimony pours out: the near-perishing. The slavery. The outstretched arm. The signs and wonders. And here — finally — we receive the Land of promise.

The act of speaking it is as important a part of the ceremony as the Firstfruits itself.

The traditional month of Elul is asking our Jewish cousins the same thing this week. Not to express their gratitude, but to testify to it. To stand before Yehovah and say out loud: here is where I was. Here is what I did. Here is where I am now. Their testimony is their firstfruits basket. And lo tuchal lehit’alem — they are not permitted to remain silent about what He has done.

The Second Thing Ki Tavo Says: The Blessing Is Not Automatic.

Deuteronomy 28:1–2 frames the blessings of Gerizim and Ebal with two carefully placed words: if. And obey. “And if you faithfully obey the voice of Yehovah your Ahlohim, being careful to do all His commandments, then all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you.”

This traditional month of Elul is not about feelings. It’s not a spiritual mood that manifests if one happens to be in the proper frame of mind. Rather, it is a covenant assessment. And Ki Tavo asks the same question the shofar asks every morning of this month: are they walking in the faithfulness that opens the way to blessing, or are they standing at a threshold that they have been meaning to cross for years?

The good news is this: Yeshua absorbed the curse side of this spiritual equation so that the blessing side is available to everyone who walks in Him. Galatians 3:13. The curses of Ebal were answered at the cross. The path of Gerizim is open to all who seeks after the King.

The Third Thing Ki Tavo Says: Arise and Shine

The Haftarah Reading for this week is Isaiah 60:1. Kumi Ori — “Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of Yehovah has risen upon you.” And in Matthew 4:13–24, Yeshua appears in the Galilee of the Nations and begins calling those who were told they were too far from the center to matter.

The Master did not go to His royal palace first. Instead, He went to the margins of Judaea. And from the margins He built the Faith community that is still evolving throughout this dark world.

Ki Tavo invites each of us to tell our own story. To walk in covenant faithfulness or Teshuvah. To arise and shine and give Yah the glory.

Our glorious King Yeshua is in the field for another 2-3/4 weeks. Yom Teruah is on the horizon. And so, this Shabbat, August 29, 2026, we read Ki Tavo together.

May none of us miss that opportunity. 🕊️

— Rod | The Messianic Torah Observer | 13 Elul 5786 | August 25, 2026

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