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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

 

SOMETHING IS BEING RETURNED TO ITS OWNER THIS WEEK.

Maybe it is a relationship we let wander off two years ago and told ourselves we would rectify someday. Possibly it’s a financial obligation we owe to someone that keeps sliding to the bottom of our list. Or conceivably it is a part of our being—our attention; obedience; primary devotion — that we’ve given over to something else some time ago and we’ve been meaning to reclaim it.

Parashat Ki Teitzei is the Torah portion we are reading this Shabbat. It contains more commandments than any other single Reading in the entire Torah. Seventy-four mitzvot across five chapters of Deuteronomy/Devarim we have before us this Shabbat. And woven through the middle of all of them is a commandment that most of us will no doubt read over and not give it the consideration it deserves. But the commandment is critically fundamental at its core:

 

“You shall not see your brother’s ox or his sheep going astray and ignore them. You shall take them back to your brother… you may not ignore it.” (Deuteronomy 22:1–3)

 

The Hebrew of this verse is explicit: lo tuchal lehit’alem, or we are not permitted to hide ourselves. We are not permitted to look away or pretend we did not see it.

And the kicker is that we are reading this text in the middle of the traditional Jewish month of Elul.

Here is what we need to understand about the traditional season we are in. We are seven-days into the 6th Biblical Month that the Rabbis call Elul. Elul, according to tradition, is a 29-day biblical season of teshuvah that leads to Yom Teruah (aka the Day of Trumpets), on or about September 13, 2026. Forty days before Yom HaKippurim (aka the Day of Atonement), which is the most solemn day of our entire biblical calendar year.

The Elul tradition carries this image: during this month, the King leaves His palace and walks among His people in the field. In so doing, He is making Himself accessible to them. He is near. And He is paying attention to their behavior. Are they loyal and responsive to Covenant and the rules of the Kingdom?

Teshuvah is not a feeling or a spiritual mood that descends on us if we are in the right headspace for this season. Teshuvah is a specific, concrete act of return. We return what was lost; restore what was broken. Teshuvah demands that the covenanted one go back for the relationship, the obligation, the first devotion, and the thing he/she has walked past and told themselves that they did not see.

Ki Teitzei says: you saw it. And lo tuchal lehit’alem, you are not permitted to look away.

This week at The Messianic Torah Observer, we have been walking through what the King is examining in each of our lives during this traditional season of Elul: the lost things we have been pretending not to see; the workers counting on a wage we intentionally delayed; the corners of our harvest we stripped clean when they belong to the least among us.

We have roughly twenty-three days remaining before Yom Teruah sounds and the 10-days of awe-filled days begin.

Beloved, the window is open and our King is in the field.

So, what are we going to return before it closes?

Let’s hearken to the message of this week’s Parsha Ki Teitzei and carry one question with us into this Shabbat: What has Yehovah been watching us walk past?

Shabbat Ki Teitzei Shalom. 🕊️

— Rod | The Messianic Torah Observer | 8 Elul 5786 | August 21, 2026

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