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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.

First and foremost, we encourage every visitor and subscriber to listen to The Messianic Torah Observer podcast and read our blog posts. We cover a wide range of topics, issues, and subjects relevant to our Faith-walk. If you have a specific topic or issue you wish to read or hear about, make full use of the Podcast and Blog “Index Page.”

Furthermore, if you are committed to walking in a Yeshua-Focused Torah life, make good use of the Observational Hebrew Calendar (updated monthly) that we provide on this platform. It will keep you up to date on the days that our Heavenly Father has set aside for those who are called by His Name to meet with and worship Him.

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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

 

A SINGLE MOMENT IN KI TAVO’S HAFTARAH

The Haftarah for Parashat Ki Tavo is Isaiah 60:1. There are two Hebrew words in that Haftarah passage that function as a divine alarm in the middle of the traditional month of Elul. “Kumi Ori”:

“Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of Yehovah has risen upon you.”

But before one can arise and before their shining becomes possible, Ki Tavo asks them to do something personal. And that ask is for them to tell their story to creation.

The Ki Tavo verse in question is Deuteronomy 26:5. The Israelite who brings his Firstfruits to the priest does not simply deposit the basket and walk away. Instead, he stands before Yah and speaks to the wandering, the nearly perishing, the slavery, the outstretched arm of Yehovah, the signs and the wonders He wrought during and after their redemption; and of course, speak about the Land beneath his feet at that moment in time.

Arami Oved Avi he is compelled to utter: “A wandering Aramean was my father.”

Not a triumphant confession in the least. Rather, a most truthful one. For it starts in the lowest possible place that Hebrew could start in their rehearsal: a wanderer, a near-perisher, a family that could have disappeared from history without a trace. From there it works its way up to the mercy YHVH displayed in full view of every nation that watched their journey.

That, beloved, is our Firstfruits declaration, even today. That is what this Elul season is asking of God’s people this week.

Not the polished version of our testimony, mind you. But the raw, unfiltered one. The version that starts with the wandering, names the near-perishing, and ends with the outstretched arm of the One who redeemed them from the Kingdom of Darkness and bitter bondage.

And then, once we’ve named where we’ve been, Isaiah says: Now arise. And shine.

Because Kumi Ori is not spoken into a life where that soul has arrived, it is spoken into the darkness of this world. Isaiah 60:2 is explicit: “For behold, darkness shall cover the earth and thick darkness the peoples.” The command to arise and shine is expressed in the middle of thick darkness; not after it lifts. The light is not the absence of darkness, but the very presence of the One who has come.

And who is that One?

Yeshua moves to Capernaum from His hometown of Nazareth; into the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali, what the text explicitly calls “Galilee of the Gentiles.” (Matthew 4:13–24) Capernaum is at the far edge, the overlooked margin, the region that polite Jerusalem society did not consider the center of anything. And Matthew quotes Isaiah 9:1–2 to explain why He went there: “The people dwelling in darkness have seen a great light, and for those dwelling in the region and shadow of death, on them a light has dawned.”

So, our Master went to the margins of Judaea first and brought the light to the people who were told they were too far from the center to matter.

Isaiah 60:3 says: “And nations shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising.”

Never think you are not on the margins of what YHWH is doing. You are in the center of it. Isaiah said so.

Kumi Ori. Arise, shine.

So, let us tell our story; name the wandering we endured; name the mercy Yah rendered unto us; and then stand up in the light that has already come.

This Shabbat, August 29, we read Ki Tavo together. We are just a little over two-weeks away from Yom Teruah — the Day of the Blowing of Trumpets. But for now, the shofar is blowing each morning. And the King is still in the fields bidding us “Come.” May we not miss it. 🕊️

— Rod  |  The Messianic Torah Observer  |  August 27, 2026

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