Life according to God’s Direction
The presence of God guided the people of Israel while in the desert as a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night. They did not proceed in their wanderings to where or when or how they wanted to, but exclusively according to the direction of God. Every time the people […]
The LORD bless you and keep You
In this week’s Torah portion, the priestly blessing is mentioned, among other things. Yes, God loves to bless His people and His children! His face shining upon us is the greatest blessing that we can ask for. What a grace it is to know that He protects and takes care of us, and grants us […]
You Shall Not Have Idols!
In this week’s Torah portion, it’s written that God desires that the people of Israel whom He had redeemed from slavery in Egypt to freedom, would be His slaves. Likewise, it’s written that they were to remove all the idols from among them. In the same way, God has redeemed us from slavery to sin […]
The New Year or What?
The markets are full of people buying apples, honey, beets, carrots, pomegranates, heads of fish, lamb and all the other ingredients needed to prepare the big feast for Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year. In the Mishna, in the chapter on the New Year, it is mentioned that there are four new years in the […]
Yeshoo or Yeshua?
You are probably looking at this title and thinking, what?! You probably recognize the name Yeshua, but who or what is Yeshoo? When the angel spoke to Joseph in his dream in Matthew 1:21, directing him to take Mary as his wife, he said, “She will give birth to a son, and you are to […]