Parsha "Ekev" (for "Because," or "it follows," Deuteronomy 7:11-11:25) is

The Erev Shabbat reading includes that, and more:

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During the Sabbath Day midrash, Mark Call of Shabbat Shalom Mesa muses about the 'giants' (Rephaim, Anakim, Zamzuzim, et al) that Moses warned the mixed multitude they would deal with in the land. And HOW, since they were promised to prevail.

They were big and scary, but just how intelligent were they? Arguably, perhaps more so than we might think.

The theme again has idolatry at heart, and His hatred of it. "Do not even bring an abomination into your house," lest you be accursed like it.

Could it be that He is also talking about the newly created AI gods, made of a different form of stone -- silicon? But the lesson is the same, although the threat is greater.

Ekev: "Ekev Big Scary Giants - Then and Now...But were they Smart, too?"

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The combined two-part reading and Sabbath midrash:

News, commentary, and an extended summary from host Mark Call of some of most important events for the week ending 16 August, 2025.

Host Mark Call reviews the news surrounding some of most important events for the week ending 9 August, 2025, with commentary about what it means, that you certainly will NOT hear from the Lyin' Waste-Stream Fake News Media.

Host Mark Call takes a look back at some of the most important events for the week ending 2 August, 2025, from earthquakes and tsunamis to the real ground-shaking events like Treason.

Mark Call takes a look at one what may be one of the most important weeks of real news the nation's history, ending Saturday, 26 July, 2025.

Host Mark Call takes a look back at some of the major events and incredible acts of self-immolation during still another
of the most explosive weeks of the new administration, ending Saturday, 19 July, 2025.

And still no real sign of the truly different kinds of 180's necessary to "repair the breach."

Join the Torah Teachers, Ray Harrison, Pete Rambo, and Mark Call as they complete the study of the 'most twisted Book in the Bible,' the apostle Paul's letter to the Galatians, and chapter 6.

And one of the most twisted, and even divisive, topics, too: circumcision.

Host Mark Call takes a look back at some of the major events and incredible whoppers unleashed during one of the most explosive weeks of the new administration, ending Saturday, 12 July, 2025.

And unless they start making different kinds of 180's - that may not be all that ends.