A BLAMELESS MAN
Noah was a righteous man, perfect in his generations (6:9) One of the people I would love to meet and talk with is Noah from the bible, featured in this weeks prescribed Torah portion. Genesis 6:9–11:32 is called Parshah Noach (Noah). It includes the story of the “Great Flood” and the righteous man who preserved humankind. Noah preserved “all […]
WORLD’S FIRST “JEW JOKE”
Dear Jewish Friends and Supporters: GOD IS THE WORLD’S FIRST “COMEDIAN” AND THE FIRST JOKE IS “ON US.” One could say Jewish humor is biblical and that the very first joke is a “Jew Joke” in an ironic way. His name is Isaac, “we laugh.” Genesis 20:5-7 — Abraham was a hundred years old when […]
THERE IS A TIME FOR EVERYTHING
Ecclesiastes 3.8 tells us there is: ” a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.” We are living during one of these times! We always are. Ecclesiastes 3.1 — There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: During […]
Celebrating the Lord’s Guidance and Protection
“How lovely are your tents, O Jacob, your encampments, O Israel!” Numbers 24.5 Numbers 24:3-5 — He uttered his oracle and said: “This is the oracle of Balaam son of Beor, and the oracle of a strong man whose eye has been opened, the oracle of one hearing God’s speech, one seeing Shaddai’s vision, one […]
I AM BEING FOLLOWED
Note: This post will be frequently updated with further revelations about 22. I write to think. Writing is a great way to work out ideas. It helps me organize thoughts and come to conclusions. You might say that writing makes you a clearer thinker and helps with decisions. As I am writing about the bible, […]
HOW BRIGHT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?
Isaiah 2.5 — “O house of Jacob, come and let us go in the light of the Lord.” THROUGHOUT THE BIBLE, LIGHT IS SYNONYMOUS WITH DEVINE PRESENCE In this blog post I mused on the question of the “Brightness” of the Light. Here are a few examples in both the Tenach (Old Testament) and the […]
HOW TO CAST OFF FEAR?
Me by the water on Tashlich 2016. What if you could cast off fear? Imagine how free you would be. It happened for me in 2016, during a Jewish ritual called Tashlich, which takes place over the Days of Awe. I cast off fear. Oxford dictionary definition of “Awe.” “a feeling of reverential respect mixed with fear […]