THE ETERNAL JOURNEY
This blog post is inspired by the powerful relationship between this week’s Torah portion, Parashat Re’eh, and the current events unfolding in Israel today. AS THE IDF DESTROYS HAMAS, WE ARE REMINDED IN THIS WEEKS TORAH PORTION… “For you are to cross over the Jordan to go in to take possession of the land that […]
SONGS OF ASCENT
Introduction Patterns in the Hebrew Scriptures (Tanakh) often reveal deeper meanings that can be missed without attentive, spiritually-minded reading. These patterns may take the form of literary structure, thematic progression, symbolism, repetition, or prophetic foreshadowing. Such a pattern can be seen in The Songs of Ascent. See the Forest for the Trees The Songs of […]
THE ONLY KING
The first and only Jewish king, 3000 years ago, to unite the biblical land of Israel was King David. While Saul was the initial king who brought together the tribes politically, it was David who successfully united all the tribes for a prolonged period, established the capital in Jerusalem, and founded a royal dynasty. David’s […]
Eyes to See and Ears to Hear — Awakening Spiritual Perception
“So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” Romans 10:17 This verse makes perfect since in ancient biblical times very few people could read and even less had access to written scriptures. People would listen to priests, pharisees and rabbis. Those people would speak or read what the prophets […]
GOD SAVES
1 Kings 20: 28-30 — And a man of God came near and said to the king of Israel, “Thus says the Lord, ‘Because the Syrians have said, “The Lord is a god of the hills but he is not a god of the valleys,” therefore I will give all this great multitude into your […]
EYES TO SEE
Deuteronomy 11:26 (ESV) — “See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse. The Hebrew letter Ayin (ע) is the sixteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet with the numerical value of 70. The literal meaning of Ayin is “eye,” symbolizing vision, perception, insight, and the ability to see both physically and spiritually. In Hebrew the letter […]
A GIANT SPIRITUAL MOMENT
On Tisha B’Av, the 9th day on the Hebrew calendar month of Av, I had a spiritual revelation that I wanted to document in order to remember and build on it in future study and meditation. I also want to share it. For me, a spiritual revelation is the culmination of long periods of searching, […]
VIOLENCE HAS TO BE ENDED
Remember the bible story of “David and Goliath.” The ancient enemies of Israel, the Philistines migrated from the area of ancient Greece to the coastal area of Gaza on Israel’s southern coast in roughly the 12th century BC. The inhabitants of Gaza have been enemies ever since. Before King David, Gaza is where the […]