If it were not for the Fall and the banishing of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden, there would have been no need for a way back to God. But there is such a need.

God must be known in the entire earth by His character of holiness and glory, through the witness of His people, considered as such and approached as such. It is our responsibility that this is so.

Pesach is a time of experience with our living God. With the wonderful ordained feast of Pesach in mind we must establish a balance of looking back, living in the present and anticipating the future.

Mankind may fail, but God’s purposes prevail. His Heavenly fire and zeal has not dimmed.

Our portion this week is the beginning of God’s making a way for mankind to be redeemed from the Fall at Eden.

When the people of Israel look back over their history, and consider the best of times, this was it.

the God of Israel has perhaps been misunderstood over many centuries and, for some, even to today.

The tiny nation of Israel was chosen so that all of mankind could learn their need and a way for redemption.

Beginning with the Tabernacle in the wilderness, opportunity was given for God’s people to learn to live with God in their midst.

In studying historical interpretations of Torah, we find it is no small matter to seek out a way of living in obedience to the Commandments of God.