One of the signs of our times is increasing crime everywhere. In America this has been a problem for quite some time, but today it is also happening in Israel where common forms of crime include drug trafficking, money laundering, burglary, extortion, murder for hire, fraud, car theft, human trafficking, corruption, and black marketeering. – Cocaine and heroin abuse is increasing in Israel, with drugs arriving from Lebanon and Jordan. We read in Israeli news reports about teens accused of raping their younger sisters, and a 64-year-old man stabbing his doctor during the examination in the emergency room. A 10-year-old boy extorted fellow students at an elementary school. The same boy also admitted to stealing computers from the school. A 21-year-old murdered his father, and a mentally disabled woman was gang-raped. The list goes on…. Many of our sages expected the coming of the Mashiach to be preceded [...]
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Weekly Sidra: Chukat (decree) Torah Portion: Bamidbar/ Numbers 19:1-22:1 Maftir: Bamidbar / Numbers 28:9-15 Haftorah: Shofetim / Judges 11:1 – 11:33 Jephthah the Gileadite was an able warrior, who was the son of a prostitute. Jephthah’s father was Gilead; 2 but Gilead also had sons by his wife, and when the wi ...
(Mattityahu/Matthew 28:18-20) “Yeshua came and talked with them. He said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore, go and make all people from all nations into talmidim, and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember! I will be with you always, yes, even until the end of the ag ...
Weekly Sidra: Nitzavim/Vayelech (Standing ones/And He Went) Torah Portion: Devarim / Deuteronomy 29:9-31:30 Haftorah: Yeshayahu / Isaiah 61:10-63:9 The future belongs to us, as well as the past. This Sidrah takes us back to the future when we all stood together as one people, committed to the covenant a new covenant… Devarim ...
Open my heart to Your Torah, that I may hasten to do Your Mitzvot. There are several reasons why the Torah is to be lived. These are not presented in order of importance; they are meant to be considered equally. As we do so, a more complete picture will unfold. Because God Tells Us To! One word frequently used to describe much of the content of the ...
Pirkei Avot (Hebrew: פרקי אבות), which translates to English as Chapters of the Fathers is a compilation of the ethical teachings and maxims of the Rabbis of the Mishnaic period. Because of its contents, it is also called Ethics of the Fathers. The teachings of Pirkei Avot appear in the Mishnaic ...
Weekly Sidra: Beha’alotcha (when you step up) Torah Portion: Bamidbar/ Numbers 8:1-12:16 Haftorah: Zecharyah / Zechariah 2:14-4:7 Bamidbar 13:2 Send for yourself men and they will spy out the Land of Caanan that I am giving to the Children of Israel; one man per their Fathers tribe you shall send all of them leaders. ש ...
(RAMBAM 13 Principals of Faith – Principal Eight, Lesson One Excerpt; Page 18) The Torah: A Form of Instruction Even though the Torah contains vast repositories of wisdom, as the verse states, “It is your wisdom and understanding in the eyes of the nations” (Devarim 4:6), the word “Torah” does not mean “wisdom,&r ...
The Torah is for Everyone – The Problem with the Noahide Movement You stand this day, all of you, before HaShem your God — your tribal heads, your elders and your officials, all the men of Israel, 10 your children, your wives, even the stranger within your camp, from woodchopper to waterdrawer — 11 to enter into the covenant of Ha ...
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