As of right now, the last day of November, I have not worked since about the second week of September. I have had a lot of time to spend on thinking and spend time thinking on certain scripture text. Last night was no difference. Those who may have taken time to read my blog describing …
Tag: kindness
Footprints in the sand
Those that know me know that I have not been well; I have been diagnosised with an attack on the lower part of the brain called the Cerebellum. Hopefully, with rehabilitation I can beat this thing. With the Creator’s guidance I have been directed to the right doctor. I have spent a lot of time …
The Pulpit, The Pew And Beyond
Rabbi Brody teaches that one should not be ashamed of their past, it is where you were that got you to where you are at now. Today’s blog is more of an autobiographical, so my readers can know me a bit more. Many of my readers know that one time I was a Christian, what …
This Lesson Is For All Of Us
There was a great man of the Jewish faith, a non-Jewish man approach him and asked him to tell him everything the Jewish Torah said while standing on one foot. The reply of the Jewish man was one as such, “What is harmful to you, do not do to your fellow. The rest is commentary …
Abraham Prays
While reading commentary this week, I learned several things about Abraham I did not know. The more I study Genesis, the more I learn. When doing some studies about Abraham’s prayer over Sodom, 1. Abraham approached God about the righteous of the cities of the plain Sodom, his approach to God could have been like …
Laws of Kindness
This blog was inspired by a conversation I had with my youngest daughter, who in the past few weeks turned 24. She is an amazing young lady, I have said many of times that I love my adult children, having intellectual conversations with them is awesome form a father's point of view. She has one …
Moss & Memories
This past weekend, my wife and I was blessed to be able to fulfill one of our bucket list dreams, to stay at the Jekyll Island Club House. It was built in the 1880s, a playground for the late 19th and early 20th century American wealthy, with the likes of J.P. Morgan, Rockefeller, Vanderbilt …
Nineveh – A Lesson for America
There is a Jewish and a non-Jewish side to the story of Jonah. The story for the most part has been turned into a cute child’s tale about a man and a whale. When in all actuality it is not about a whale for the species of the great fish is not given in the …
Set Yourself Free
The trap of sadness Sadness and despair of our past traps us. When we fail G-d the worst thing we can do is to tear ourselves down. The Yetzer Hara or Evil Inclination comes to us in the time of our fall and begins to work on us to keep us enslaved in our fall …
Chai
Over the past few weeks I catch myself meditating on the Hebrew word, 'chai/life'. It is spelled with the letters, ches yod. As I ponder our sages teachings about how Hashem brought about the creation through chesed/kindness and how this ties to the Hebrew word for life, chai, I become overwhelmed with thoughts of our …
Emuna Trek 