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Choose Life: Standing Before God — Nitzavim–Vayeilech
Join us for this week's Shabbat service as we study the powerful double Torah portion Nitzavim–Vayeilech, as Moses brings Israel to a defining moment before entering the Promised Land.
Read morePassing on Leadership
When a king dies, his power ends but when a prophet dies, his influence begins.
Read moreNaso on Sotah
One of the laws discussed in Parshas Naso is known as the Law of the “sotah,” which describes how a Hebrew court is meant to deal with a woman accused of being adulterous. (Numbers 5:12-31) If we could hold a contest to determine the most misunderstood commandment in the Torah, then the Law of the “sotah” would have to be declared the absolute winner.
Read moreWhere the Seed is Sown
The Torah commands that the “first fruits” be brought to Jerusalem. * This provides for religious expression of thankfulness to Elokim. Those that do this are able to “experience” what it means to be grateful. Thus, the “Garden” is where seed is sown and also where produce is harvested. For the “joy” of your own soul, ponder this concept. “ For all those that have willing hearts;” ( a portion of what is given to Bet Ami is sent to the Land to fulfill this first fruits concept. ) Look...
Read moreUnderstand Yourself
When an evil man repents of the sins that led to his evil and turns to G‑d, then the energy that he put into his sins becomes converted into wholeness. The darkness of his past deeds becomes a great light to those who can learn from him.
Read moreSilver and Gold
“Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. And the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts. But who can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner's fire and like fullers' soap. He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver. The...
Read moreMarrcion’s Error
Marrcion’s Belief System is nothing more than a belief system, developed and based upon hatred for God's People, that ultimately led to replacement theology.
Read moreKorach
Korach or Korah (Hebrew: קֹרַח Qoraḥ — the name "Korah," which in turn means baldness, ice, hail, or frost, the second word, and the first distinctive word, in the parashah) is the 38th weekly Torah portion (פָּרָשָׁה, parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the fifth in the Book of Numbers.
Read moreIntrospection
Dealing with the narcissist beast that lives within. Look and Learn: level 1 This is at this time of year that I get into introspection so that my heart might be prepared for the coming of the High Holy Days and possibly, our Messiah. This is when I do some "ponderous" thinking. I put myself, on trial to see if there are some things that I do not know about myself that would bring harm to the person I am and to any others around me. "I am created in the image of YHVH and thus, I am not...
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