Scotland’s Scenery, is one of the many Facebook pages I follow. It is a page about people all over Scotland sharing their photos from all over Scotland, many of them are captures of the amazing landscapes of the country. Like many others, I was doing my morning Facebook scroll, when a post from this page …
This following was inspired by a conversation I had with a fellow coworker. I work in the parts department of a Toyota dealership, my particular job is in shipping at our parts warehouse. We wholesale Toyota and Lexus parts locally, throughout the south and internet sales nationwide. The orders we receive from auto body and …
In the mid 1990's I experienced a spiritual tragedy. Being born and raised in the south USA, like most families, we were members of one of the myriads of Christian denominations, actually I was the fourth generation of my family in this particular denomination. Until that fateful day, the day when my wife and I …
"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step" Chinese Proverb My last blog ‘QC’, https://emunatrek.com/2021/01/31/qc/ introduced the topic of mussar. “Mussar is typically defined as ethical teachings. That is, the field of mussar is devoted to character and behavioral improvement.” Rabbi Ephraim D. Becker, Ph.D. This series will be more of a …
It happened late on a Saturday afternoon, I walked into a mighty rushing river of silence and beauty. The silence was so large, so vast, it overpowered my body and soul. Technically, I cannot find any words within my English language to properly describe the experience of that much silence; how do you describe something …
“He who is commanded and does stands higher than he who is not commanded and does.” Avoda Zara 3a There is a hidden danger within the Noahide movement that concerns me so much that the subject is on my radar all the time. Just last night as I pondered aspects of it, another danger came …
Time has come for me to step up and write on the subject of Noahide frustration. That being said, there are several issues that cause a non-Jew seeking the God of Israel to become frustrated in his or her journey. This blog, will be dealing with one of the issues of Noahide frustration, it frustrates …
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 …
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 …
Emuna Trek 