Category Archives: God

Worthy of a King


The time is drawing close to Pesach, or Passover, the Feast of Unleavened Bread, First Fruits, and the Counting of the Omer. If you are unfamiliar with these, don’t fear, just open your Bible and read the Word of the Holy One!  As we approach these Holy Days we are […]

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In the Presence of Royalty


Being in the Presence of Royalty changes everything about us. The way we think about ourselves and what is going on in the world. It changes the way we spend our time. It changes the tone in which we speak to one another. It changes the subject matter of what […]

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Torah Study Tuesday ~ Shemini


      Torah Study Tuesday is our opportunity to take the title of this week’s portion and see the bigger picture. As we already noticed in Access Granted, the root of Shemini, translated eighth comes from the same word as the word oil, shaman. Eight is a cardinal number, because it is […]

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Peace


“Do not fear a sudden threat, nor the storm of the wicked. They will plot but it will be spoiled; they will plan but it will not come to be; for the Holy One is with us” ~Esther Rabbah 7:17 Very often our problem is that we think too much. […]

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The Straw Man


The Straw Man fallacy is committed when a person simply ignores a person’s actual position and substitutes a distorted, exaggerated or misrepresented version of that position. This sort of “reasoning” has the following pattern: Person A has position X. Person B presents position Y (which is a distorted version of […]

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Happy New Year!


Be Strong, Be Strong, and May you be Strengthened!

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Anoint It All! Pekudei


What does it mean to be “anointed”? Two words in the Hebrew are listed for anointing, cuwk, סוך, (pronounced sook) and mashach, משח, (pronounced maw-shakh). Cuwk relates to “in the toilet” meaning anoint, anoint self, at all. “And, you shall bathe and anoint yourself, and put your garments on and […]

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The Right Clothes Make The Man


Do the right clothes make the man? We’ve all heard the phrase, “Dress for success”.  For the most part I’m all about putting your best foot forward. How do we dress for success for The Holy One Himself?  This week’s Torah portion pekudei, we find the weavers busy creating the […]

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Torah Study Tuesday ~ Pekudei


Intimate accountability!

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Redemption in Pekudei


What does the beginning of “Redemption” look like? Is there a price to pay? Then what? How do we keep from building another “Golden Calf” ? Following Torah, that is the answer my friends! The book of Exodus opens with a Nation, the Children of Israel, the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, […]

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