"Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he who observes Torah, happy is he." – Proverbs 29:18 A pastor was visiting a rabbi friend, when the pastor asked, "What do you believe the world to come is like?" The rabbi responded, "Where the righteous dwell for eternity, one may study Torah all day long, without ever having need to stop for sleeping or eating or anything." The pastor then asked, "And what do you believe hell will be like?" The rabbi responded, "The wicked will have to study Torah all day long, without being able to stop to rest or drink or anything." Messiah is the goal of the Torah’s Shabbat (Sabbaths): The goal of the Torah is to show us Maran Yeshua the Messiah — who alone by his example makes us righteous. The emissary Rabbi Shaul / Paul said, "Messiah is the goal of [...]
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"Fortunate is the person whom You, HaShem, afflict; You teach him from Your Torah (laws, instructions)." (Ps. 94:12) What a peculiar statement! Why did King David think that afflictions are such wonderful, providential experiences? And what exactly is this connection between suffering and Torah study? Our Jewish sages discussed the topic ...
Pride is a Sin and an Abomination These first two verses perfectly set the stage for all of us as far as what God Almighty really thinks of this negative spirit and quality that could infect anyone of us at anytime. God is specifically telling us in these two verses that anyone who has become too proud in his own heart is committing a sin and an ab ...
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 ...
This week we read the parasha of Mishpatim. "And these are the mishpatim {judgments} that you shall place before them. [21:1]" Mishpatim (משפטים — Hebrew for “laws”) is the eighteenth weekly Torah portion (parshah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the sixth in the book o ...
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