Halleluyah Psalm 146 This psalm is a song of hope and encouragement for the oppressed. The Psalmist in verse 2 shows us that the Creator endows every person with two gifts. Psalm 146:2"I will Praise Hashem while I live, I will make music to my God while I exist." First, He gives life, the basic …
Ashrei - Praiseworthy Psalm 145 Many of my readers know that I spent 6 + years studying and preparing for Orthodox Jewish Conversion. During that time, this particular psalm became my favorite for many reasons. It is the inspiration of the ‘Blessing before meals’ that I recite in thanking the Creator for His provision of …
A Psalm of Thanksgiving Psalm 100 The introduction to this psalm in the Artscroll Tanach Series Tehillim/Psalms, gives us interesting history and background information. “This psalm was sung in the Temple during the service of the Thanksgiving offering, an offering that one would bring in thanksgiving after having survived great danger.” It is suggested that …
As we begin our journey into the body of the Verses of Praise and Pruning. One or all of these passages can be recited to help aid you in approaching the Creator with the rest of your heart felt prayers. The first set of verses are found in the book of 1 Chronicles. In the …
The section of the Jewish prayer book that this series of blogs will be examining is, Pesukei D’Zimrah. “Pesukei D’Zimrah is translated as ‘Verses of Praise’. However, many commentators relate ‘zimrah’ to the verb ‘tizmor’ - ‘prune’ (Leviticus 25:4). In this view we recite ‘Verses of Pruning’, which are designed ‘to cut away’ the mental …
In the past I have written and done a video on what a Noahide is. I have spoken numerous times on the subject of the Seven Universal Instructions found within the book of Genesis. This blog was inspired by a post on Facebook that a friend shared. It is so simple, I feel most overlook …
It is funny, I set out to write a post in a Facebook group and it turned into a blog. What I am about to write will most likely surprise the majority of you. This past week in an online meeting, the season we are in came up like it does every year. I was …
I dedicate this blog to those who took the courage to step away from Christianity and any other religion, to seek and cling to the Creator - the God of Israel. I am one of those as well, it has been around 10 years for me now. If you are contemplating it or just have …
I just finished watching Mars, a two series docudrama on Netflix. I first started watching it because I love shows about Outer Space, I was unaware at the time that this was a docudrama. After the first coupe of episodes, I found myself drawn in and binged the whole series. For people like me who …
For several weeks now, I have had the subject of this blog bouncing around in my mind. I even discussed it with my teacher Pesach Sherbow, he even gave me a few more passages to examine. Early on I knew what direction I wanted to take, but how I needed to kick start this subject …
Emuna Trek 