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Coming to my Substack soon: - Kol HaTor: My Sword and My Bow

What does it mean to be Jewish in an age of doubt, distortion, and distance from our own story?

In My Sword and My Bow, a deeply personal and unapologetically bold reflection on Jewish identity, Torah, Micha, the Sahib of TTC, weaves history, mysticism, and memory into a singular tapestry.

With one foot in ancient texts and the other in the chaos of the modern world, this book is both a rallying cry and a quiet meditation—a call to return not only to our Source, but to ourselves.

From the celestial geometry of the Magen David to the grounded breath of waving a Lulav, from the seventh direction that lives within us to the eternal tension between exile and return, this book explores what it means to live a life rooted in meaning.

Drawing on Torah, Midrash, Ramban, Rashi, the Or HaChaim, the mystics of Tzfat, and the raw realities of Jewish life in our times, Micha builds a case for Jewish strength—not the strength of armies, but of memory, mitzvot, and the mysterious breath of the neshama yesera that returns each Shabbat.

This is not a political polemic. Nor is it a dry treatise. It’s a sword drawn in words, and a bow strung with kavana.

A defense of the Jewish soul against both external assault and internal erosion. A meditation on sacred land, sacred texts, and sacred time.

From a California surf punk bar mitzvah drop-out to a student of Jerusalem’s deepest texts, Turtletaub brings a voice that is passionate, poetic, and fearless.

In these pages, you'll find reflections on exile and redemption, Sabbath and sovereignty, mysticism and martial arts, victimhood and vision. You’ll meet a nation that refuses to vanish, a God who rests not in abstraction but in relationship, and a tradition that sees prayer not as piety, but as revolution.

This book is for the seeker, the skeptic, the scholar, and the fighter.

It is for those who long to understand their inheritance—not just the land, but the way to hold it.

With wisdom and prayer, sword and bow. 

Copyright © 2015
  • Home
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    • Breishit/Introduction >
      • Breishis 1: Adam vs HaAdam
      • Breishis 2: The Sneaky Snake
      • Noach
      • Lech Lecha
      • Vayera
      • Chayei Sarah
      • Toldos
      • Vayetze >
        • Vayetze 2 - Gap Year(s)
      • Vayishlach
      • Vayeshev
      • Vayigash
      • Mikeitz
      • Vayechi
    • Shemot/Introduction >
      • Shemos
      • Bo
      • Va'eira
      • Beshalach
      • Yisro
      • Mishpatim
      • Terumah
      • Tetzaveh
      • Ki Tisa
      • Vayakhel
      • Pekudei
    • Vayikra/Introduction >
      • Vayikra
      • Tzav
      • Shemini
      • Tazria
      • Metzora
      • Achrei Mot
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      • Emor
      • Behar
      • Bechukosai
    • Bamidbar/Introduction >
      • Bamidbar
      • Nasso
      • Beha'aloscha
      • Shelach Lecha
      • Korach
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      • Balak 1: Bila'am Character >
        • Balak 2: Holiness Begins at Home
        • Balak 3 Be Here Now
      • Pinchas 1: The 17th of Tammuz >
        • Pinchas 2 Bnot Tslafchad
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      • Masei
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      • Va'eschanan
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      • Netzavim 1: Roots >
        • Netzavim 2:
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      • Ha'azinu
      • V'zos Haberachah
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    • Pesach >
      • Intro to the Haggada
      • The Magid Magi
      • 10 Minute Haggadah
      • Operation: Freedom! Pt 1
      • Operation: Freedom! Pt 2
      • Just Say "Know"
      • Matza vs Chometz
    • Lag B'Omer
    • Shavuos
    • Tisha B'Av
    • Elul
    • Rosh HaShana >
      • Experience of God vs Belief
      • Enjoying the Days of Awe
      • What it Means to be Good
      • Three Books Are Opened
      • Independent Thought and Freewill
      • Malchios, Zichronos, Shofaros
      • In the Image of God
      • Rosh Hashana on Shabbos
      • R.H./Y.K. = Your Annual Strategic Plan
    • Yom Kippur >
      • Permission to Cry
      • About Face - Teshuva and Viduy
      • About Face Pt 2
      • About Face Pt 3
      • The Power of Prayer
    • Sukkos >
      • Sukkot and Chuppah
      • Shemini Atzeret - Wholly Love
    • Chanukah
    • Purim >
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      • Shekalim
      • Parshat Zachor
      • Parshat HaChodesh
      • Parshas Parah
  • Videos
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    • Torah and Self-help >
      • My Sword and My Bow (Kol HaTor)
      • The Secret To Flying
    • Other Books >
      • 60 Letters To Jeremy (1993) >
        • 60 Letters to Jeremy: Dedication
      • Poetry >
        • Poetry: Dedication
      • Zelig the Uncomfortable Messiah >
        • Zelig The Uncomfortable Messiah: Dedication
      • The Wildlight Keepers (ages 12-14) >
        • The Wildlight Keepers: Dedication
      • Nancy's Pancakes and Other Floppy Deals (ages 9-12)) >
        • Nancy's Pancakes and Other Floppy Deals: Dedication
    • Short Stories
  • Music
    • Baked Turtle on the 1/2 Shell >
      • Sudden Love in Netanya
      • Let the Fear Go
      • Mizmor Shir L'Yom HaShabbos
      • Wide Open Spaces
      • Kol HaOlam Kulo
      • End The Exile
      • Shabbos Blessing
      • Melech Elyon
      • Standing in Sunlight
      • Al Naharos Bavel
      • Acheinu (Free Gilad)
      • Mizmor L'David
      • Vayomer David el Gad
    • String Theories >
      • Jake
      • Good Is Life
      • ETA
      • Wilmer and Taff
      • The One Who Loves You
      • Barney Pivnick
      • Phillip Nurit and Maya
      • Open the Door Jerome
      • Even S. Is an Angle
    • Blue Turtle >
      • Soul Thestral
      • Could I be Your Man
      • Door To My Heart
      • Holding on to You
      • You Walk This Way Anyway
      • Down Cycle
      • We All Fall Down
      • Voice Inside My Head
      • The Life We're Given
    • Turtle and Friends >
      • Dirty Saturday Night
      • Leaving Early Morning
      • Lamb's Tale
      • Send Us Awakened
      • Walking Eons
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