When they were in Hazeroth, Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman he had married: [Bamidbar 12:1] This week’s reading reminds us of the danger in evil speech (Lashon Hara – לשון הרע). Miriam and Aaron both spoke badly against Moses. As a result, Miriam was afflicted with a skin disease (tzara’at, צָּרַעַת) often incorrectly referred to as Leprosy. As a society we seem to be fascinated with gossip. Walk though any supermarket checkout and you’ll see the latest Tabloid tell us who is pregnant, getting a divorce or cheating on their spouse. We have reality shows on Television which peer into the lives of others just so we can sit by the water cooler and share everything with others the next day. The trouble caused by evil speech is that although it may seem harmless it is not. In the book of Romans, Rabbi [...]
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“Take a census of the whole Israelite community by the clans of its ancestral houses, listing the names, every male, head by head. You and Aaron shall record them by their groups, from the age of twenty years up, all those in Israel who are able to bear arms. Associated with you shall be a man from each tribe, each one the head of his ancestr ...
If you follow My laws and faithfully observe My commandments…I will grant peace in the land, and you shall lie down untroubled by anyone; [Vayikra 26:3-6] There was a phenomenon many years ago called “The Secret”. The book sold millions of copies and was featured everywhere from Oprah Winfrey to ABC News. People bought this book o ...
This week’s parashah, Emor, is known as Torat Cohanim, the teaching for / of the Cohanim. Whereas the previous sections of the Torah focused on the holiness code for all the people, this section reads as a manual for the priests, instructing them on attaining holiness through their own set of symbolic obligations, duties, and maintenance. In ...
Weekly Sidra: Vayakhel (and he assembled) Torah Portion: Shemot / Exodus 35:1–38:20 Haftorah: Melechim alef / 1 Kings 7:13–26 Vayakhel, Wayyaqhel, VaYakhel, Va-Yakhel, Vayak’hel, Vayak’heil, or Vayaqhel (וַיַּקְהֵל – Hebrew for "and he asse ...
Yitro, Yithro, or Yisro (יתרו — Hebrew for “Jethro,” the second word and first distinctive word in the parshah) is the seventeenth weekly Torah portion (parshah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the fifth in the book of Exodus. It constitutes Shemot / Exodus 18:1–20:23. Jews in the Dias ...
Benjamin Netanyahu – Speech to the United Nations General Assembly Iraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave a speech in the UN General Assembly. Netanyahu directed his speech to the Holocaust denying Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Netanyahu brandished actual Nazi death camp plans. Prime Minister Netanyahu held up copies of minute ...
We celebrate the Biblical Jewish feasts, which Maran Rabeinu Yeshua HaMashiach celebrated, and will celebrate in the Messianic Kingdom, may it happen soon in our days. We also celebrate Kabbalat Shabbat services, friday nights. Next feast is Chanukah! Fri, 11 December 2009 (25th of Kislev, 5770) Chanukah (Day 1st) Torah Portion: Numbers 7:1 – ...
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