Unquestionably prayer works. No doubt. Absolutely! Well….most of the time. Maybe sometimes it doesn’t. I guess it depends on what you’re praying for. The answer really is: yes, prayer works, but not all the time. I believe that God hears prayers but decides which ones to pay attention to, which
It’s the “Tag Line” of my ministry, it’s the voice in the desert trying to make straight the path men have perverted, and it’s the truth. God gave us the Torah, that is, He gave the Jewish people the Torah but not as their sole property. It was given to
I am sending this request to all who are kind enough to follow this blog. My place of worship, the Zionist Revival Center (zionistrevivalcenter.org) is working with two very honorable Christian organizations, Ezra international and Bridges for Peace, to raise funds to help indigent Jewish people living in the Former
We start with the end of the Second Discourse of Moses when we finish Chapter 26. The First Discourse was a review of the journey, the Second Discourse a review of the laws and codes given by God, and the Third Discourse (beginning with Chapter 27) is the enforcement of
A couple of weeks ago, when we were in the Parashah Shoftim (Judges), my Pastor made a very good argument for voting in the upcoming Presidential election. He pointed out this parashah tells us that we are told to appoint judges, in fact, we are told to appoint righteous judges,
Have you noticed all the Halloween decorations in the department stores? Pretty soon the candy sales will be all over the place, and before the first little kid tries on his costume, they will be putting up Christmas lights along Main Street. Everyone is getting ready for something that is still
We know that this last book of the Torah is a recap of the entire Torah, reaffirming the laws, regulations and commandments that God gave to everyone (Jew and Gentile, alike) through Moses. This parashah covers many of the civil laws, i.e. the way we are to treat each other.
Here’s another “winner” from the annuls of Dear Amy…. the woman writes how she is extremely happy with a husband who cares for her in every way, helps around the house, is loving, compassionate and considerate, EXCEPT (here it comes)- he doesn’t want her parents to pay for a big wedding.
I didn’t have anything this morning. Well, in truth, I did have something- I sat down, looked at my email for a second, logged onto my blog site and POOF! it was gone. Just like that- the “old-man-brain-stalled” syndrome. So, nu? Now what do I do? Well, this site is
“Justice, Justice shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.” These are the words found in this Shabbat Parashah (16:20) and the rest of this parashah discusses how that justice is to be rendered. Not only to men, but to