Psalm 146: 5a Happy is he whose help is the God of Jacob, (www.mechon-mamre.org) The first Hebrew word of this verse is ‘Ashrei’, it is translated into the English as, happy, praiseworthy or praises. When I read this verse the other day, it has been in my thoughts now for days. I knew from …
Tag: Judaism
Baggage
This morning I began the study of a book I was recommended by a friend, ‘The Introduction To The Talmud by Maimondides’ translated by Zvi Lampel. In the translator’s Preface is found a statement that I found myself pondering on all morning, “...by peerless, earnest toil, in an attempt to understand the will of Hashem.” …
Learning or Entertainment
Many of my readers know that I spent 6+ years studying Orthodox Jewish conversion and right at the time I was about to move to a Jewish community, I asked myself that question that everyone going through the proses asks or is asked, “Why are do you want to convert?”. For those wondering I did …
New Vlog
I haven't forgotten my blog, just been going through my own test and growing pains in my own emuna. In the mean time I have been working putting together everything to do a vlog on YouTube as a sister to my blogs. My vlog goes under the same name as Emuna Trek. Below is a …
The Rope
Why ‘emuna’ and not ‘faith’? Early on, when I first became a student of the Hebrew Scriptures, I was blessed to learn what true Torah faith was; it was pure Divine providence. Matter of fact, I was about to enter a very rough period and what I learned would save me from disaster. A few …
To Boldly Go…
Anyone that knows me, knows that I love all things Star Trek, enough so that even the name of my blog site was inspired by it as explained on the ‘About’ page of the site. The other day I was watching one of Rabbi Skobac’s older Youtube videos on the Noahide Laws and he said …
Sheva Mitzvos A Kingdom Mentality
Here I am, away on a personal holiday with my wife. We have taken a small weekend trip to visit one of our favorite destinations, the Golden Isles off the coast of Georgia, Jekyll Island to be exact. It is 5:30 am and I am up, awake and what is on my mind? The Sheva …
I Don’t Seek Heaven – I Seek The Creator
I love our third floor apartment, built on top a large hill, our apartment's view faces east overlooking the foothills of the great Smokey Mountains. The sunrises are awesome and breathtaking. It in this setting that I spend time in reflecting on my studies and personal communication with the amazing Creator of the view I am blessed …
Christianity is not a Jewish Idea Pt 1
In this new series I have partnered up with Jim Busch from the Facebook group Following God out of Christianity. I am researching a series of subjects for him to write on and post in his group. We then will take the info from these blogs and do a series of videos that he will …
Emuna Trek 