We all know what it is like, dealing with our past mistakes. Our sins and bad decisions leave broken relationships and emotional messes behind us. We run from the problem and hope it will go away. As they say, “time heals all wounds”. Sometimes time only aggravates old […]
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He dreamed: All of a sudden, there was a stairway set up on the earth and its top reaching to the heavens—and behold, angels of God going up and down on it!(Genesis 28:12) That night, Jacob slept on the ground and used a stone for a pillow. On that night […]
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“Jacob departed from Beer-sheba and went toward Haran.” (Genesis 28:10) Fleeing to Haran did not seem like progress to Jacob. Jacob’s flight from Canaan to Haran seemed like two steps backward in the plan of the Holy One. On the contrary, the Holy One would use Jacob’s years in exile […]
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This week we study the portion of Torah titled Ha’azinu (Deuteronomy 32) meaning, “Give ear”. Moses, after around 37 days of this great oratory he is giving to the nations, decides to sing a song ~The Song of Moses. He begins his song by calling heaven and earth as his […]
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Afflicting a person with tzara’at and placing them in isolation might just be the Holy One’s way of giving His children a “time out”.
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If we are to be the “dwelling place” of G-d then we should be separated from “worldly ideas” and know that our purpose is to serve Our Father with total devotion.
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“If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.” -John 14:15.
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Redemption, the dictionary defines redemption as the act of purchasing back something that was previously sold or the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil. As we enter in to this week’s portion Terumah we see that Moses and the Children of Israel have been redeemed by the […]
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For those who may believe in replacement theology, also known as supersessionalism, an idea that the church has replaced Israel in G-d’s plan, please consider the dynamic picture of Messiah in Moses. And Israel saw the great work which the L~RD did upon the Egyptians, and the people feared the […]
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Chayei Sarah, “The life of Sarah”, does not give a bibliography of Sarah’s life, it begins in Genesis 23:1 with “Sarah’s lifetime was one hundred years, and twenty years, and seven years.” Rashi explains that her life is divided up into three periods, each of which has its own uniqueness. At […]
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