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Blog Vayera Cheshvan 18 5780 בלוג וַיֵּרָא, י”ח חשון תש”פ Several words are repeated over and over in this portion Vayera – appear, see, look, to emphasize a principle for us from our Creator. Sometimes things happen to us that get us to open our eyes. Blind faith is not what the Bore Olam wants […]
Blog Lech Lecha Cheshvan 11 5780 בלוג לֶךְ-לְךָ, י”א חשון תש”פ The motto of this community is כִּי בֵיתִי בֵּית-תְּפִלָּה יִקָּרֵא לְכָל-הָעַמִּים “…for My house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples” Isaiah 56:7b. We are comprised of many nations here and each of us brings experiences from our past. We each […]
Blog Noe le 2 novembre 2019, Chesvan 11 5780בלוג נֹחַ, י”א חשון תש”פ Noé a été appelé un homme juste dans une génération remplie de mal. Nos sages disent que s’il était né à l’époque d’Avraham Avinou, il ne pourrait pas être comparé à lui. Je considère que les Écritures nous donnent une direction et […]
Blog Noach Cheshvan 11 5780בלוג נֹחַ, י”א חשון תש”פ Noah was called a righteous man in a generation that was filled with evil. Our sages say that if he had been born at the time of Avraham Avinu, he could not be compared with him. I look at the Scriptures as giving us direction and […]
Blog Ha’azinu 13 Tishrei 5777 בלוג הַאֲזִינוּ, י”ג תשרי תשע”ז The Creator appears to be conditional meaning if we don’t obey Him then we will be punished. Most people see Him as a God who constantly points a finger at us waiting to punish us the minute we fail. There are other people who say […]
Blog Vayelech 6 Tishrei 5777 The Creator has given each of us “bechira chofshi” free will. This means that we are responsible for our own actions. Today however in this world, we have eliminated the idea of “sin” and replaced it with the notion of “crime”. This causes our society to be secular, devoid of […]
This is first blog in the Jewish New Year 5777. The High Holidays are always very spiritually charged both positively and negatively for our people. There is a heaviness that we feel as we do our personal checks and balances for the past year in the same way that we do in our businesses to […]
Blog Ki Tavo 21 Elul 5776 בלוג כִּי-תָבוֹא, כ”א אלול תשע”ו I have often been asked by Jews and non-Jews “Who are we?” I have battled with this from the first moment I understood that Yeshua was the Messiah. Every religion that descends from the Torah carries within it their own ideas about who their […]
Blog Ki Tetse 14 Elul 5776 בלוג כִּי-תֵצֵא, י”ד אלול, תשע”ו As I watch the progress of madness on this planet and wonder how we can ever fix things, I begin to understand how frantic Moshe must have felt as he was telling his people as much as he could before leaving them. Our Creator […]
Blog Shoftim 7 Elul 5776 שֹׁפְטִים, ז” אלול, תשע”ו Are we responsible for our actions? The prophet Isaiah tells us that one day Israel will return and settle in the Promised Land and peace will come to the entire world. Whenever Israel is at peace, the world is at peace; whereas when Israel is at […]