This past week a dear Jewish friend sent me a picture of him during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot. I cherish pictures like this that he sends from time to time, they have a way of capturing my soul - my soul rejoices when I witness a Jew preforming their mitzvot. (Check out the Glossary …
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 …
Isaiah 49:6 I will also give you for a light of the nations, that My salvation may be unto the end of the earth. Understanding how Israel is the light of the nations and through this light the Creator's salvation will be brought to the ends of the earth alludes many. My journey into the …
Being active within several online Noahide groups, one of the current topics is about how and what is the proper way of spreading the message of the Seven Laws to the world. For many of us, evangelism was a big part of our spiritual upbringing. Because of this, it has a tendency of sticking with …
This blog was inspired by something my teacher, Pesach Sherbow taught in class today. It hit the nail on the head describing what many people experience when they move forward in their spiritual or personal life. He taught us from a lesson he learned when he use to help go crabbing. He told us about …
This is one of those blogs that was inspired by something I read. This past week I received in the mail the two volume set commentary on the book of Proverbs I had ordered. It is from the Artscroll Tanach Series, I have been wanting this set for over a year, so I felt it …
In our modern age, simplicity has become confusing to many and not sought after. One of the things I come across a lot, is the confusion many Noahides have over living a Noahide life. It seems that the simplicity confuses them. There are 7 basic instructions to live by; they are categorical, meaning there are …
This is one of those blogs that was instantly inspired from something I read during my studies. This happened when I was going through the meaning of the rainbow in one of my Noahide study books. What comes next is my thoughts on just one of the teachings pertaining to the rainbow. “Anyone who does …
The fruit of my studies and meditations over the past few months has yielded my last couple of blogs. And this blog contains a revelation of my own meditation. I have not seen this taught on (not saying it hasn’t, I just haven’t seen it myself). I have over the past shown in the …
Before I get into the subject of this blog, I feel the need to let my readers know a little more about my self and my connection to the subject of this blog. First of all, I am not anti-Sabbath, for some, I may come across that way. I have a lifetime connection with the …
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