Posts with the category “rabbis-reflections”

ShalomPsalm 68:20 Blessed be my Lord! Day by day He bears our burdens—the God of our salvation! SelahLet’s restate the translation emphasizing the Hebrew.  “Bless (Baruch) Adonai (the Hebrew really sa...  Read More

Shalom {{firstName}},PsalmsPsalm 68:19,20(18,19) – Part 12Psalm 68:19 You went up on high. You led captivity captive. You received gifts from humanity, even from the rebellious—so that God might dwell...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 68:18 The chariots of God are thousands and thousands—my Lord is among them as at Sinai, in holiness.The previous verse (17) ends with the profession that “Adonai will dwell there (the Te...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 68:15 When Shaddai scattered kings there, it was snowing on Zalmon. 16 Mount Bashan is a mountain of God. Mount Bashan is a mountain of peaks. 17 Why do you gaze with envy, you mountain p...  Read More

Shavuah Tov,Probably the most well-known illustration of people recognizing, and supporting, one another’s spheres is found in the remarkable disclosure of Paul in Galatians. On the contrary, they saw...  Read More

Shabbat Shalom, This week’s parshah is Vayera. The name comes from Genesis 18:1 Then ADONAI appeared (vayera) to him at Mamre’s large trees while he was sitting in the entrance of his tent during the ...  Read More

(Early) Shabbat,Psalm 68:14 When you lie among the campfires, wings of a dove were covered with silver and her feathers with shimmering gold.This is poetry at its finest.  The images are lying “among ...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 68:12 The Lord gives the word—a great company of women proclaims the good news. 13 “Kings of armies, flee, flee!” She who stays at home divides the spoil.There are only six Hebrew words i...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 68:11 Your community settled in it. In Your goodness, O God, You provided for the poor.In meditating upon the Scriptures one or sometimes a few verses at a time, as we do, it is easy to l...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 68:10 You poured down abundant rain, O God. You sustained Your weary inheritance.There are only four Hebrew words in the first half of verse 10.  The first and last ones are quite familia...  Read More

Shalom {{firstName}},PsalmsPsalm 68:8,9(7,8) – Part 5Psalm 68:8 O God, when You went out before Your people, when You marched through the desert—Selah— 9 the earth shook, the heavens rained at the pre...  Read More

Shavuah Tov,It is written: “Judges and officers you are to appoint within all your gates that Adonai your God is giving you, according to your tribes; and they are to judge the people with righteous j...  Read More

Shabbat Shalom, This week’s Parshah is Lech Lecha. The name comes from Genesis 12:1 Then ADONAI said to Abram, “Get going out (lech lecha) from your land, and from your relatives, and from your father...  Read More

(Early) Shabbat Shalom,Psalm 68:6 A father of orphans, defender of widows, is God in His holy dwelling. 7 God settles the lonely in a home. He leads prisoners out to prosperity. But the rebellious liv...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 68:5 Sing to God, sing praises to His Name. Prepare the road for Him who rides through the deserts, whose Name is Adonai—and rejoice before Him.May I offer you my own amplified version of...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 68:3 As smoke is blown away, may You blow them away. As wax melts before the fire, may the wicked perish before God. 4 But let the righteous be glad. Let them exult before God. Let them r...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 68:1 For the music director, a psalm of David, a song. 2 Let God arise! Let His enemies be scattered! Let those who hate Him flee before Him.My friends, this is so good… my eyes are fille...  Read More

Shalom {{firstName}},PsalmsPsalm 67:6-8(5-7) – Part 4Psalm 67:6 Let the peoples praise You, O God. Let all the peoples praise You. 7 The earth has yielded its harvest—God, our God will bless us. 8 God...  Read More

Shavuah Tov, Luke 18:1-8 is an important teaching about persevering, importunate prayer. Then Yeshua told them a parable to show that they should always pray and not be discouraged, He said, “There wa...  Read More

Shabbat Shalom,This week’s parshah is Noach. The name comes from Genesis 6:9 These are the genealogies of Noah (Noach).  In parshah Noach, we get God ordering Noah to construct the ark, the gathering ...  Read More

(Early) Shabbat Shalom,Psalm 67:4(3) Let the peoples praise You, O God. Let all the peoples praise You. 5(4) Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for You will judge the peoples fairly, and guide ...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 67:3 so that Your way may be known on earth, and Your salvation among all nations.“So that” connects this verse to the previous one.  In the previous verse, we are asking God for a blessi...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 67:1 For the music director, with stringed instruments, a psalm, a song. 2 May God be gracious to us and bless us. May He cause His face to shine upon us—SelahThis Psalm is relatively sho...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 66:20 Blessed be God, who has not turned away my prayer, nor His lovingkindness from me.While I haven’t checked all 150 Psalms lately, I don’t recall ever seeing one that doesn’t end on a...  Read More

Shavuah Tov,Yeshua taught his disciples to pray, "Our Father... Hallowed be your Name" (Matthew 6:9–10). Often it is taught that these words represent a time of praise, readying us to enter God's pres...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 66:17 I cried out to Him with my mouth, and exaltation was on my tongue. 18 If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened. 19 But surely God has heard. He has ...  Read More

Shabbat Shalom, We are starting our Torah reading schedule once again. Our first portion is B’reisheet – In the Beginning Genesis 1-6:8. The name Genesis comes from the Septuagint, an early Greek tran...  Read More

(Early) Shabbat Shalom,Psalm 66:16 Come and listen, all you who fear God. I will tell what He has done for my soul.Every follower of Yeshua has a story to tell.  Followers of Yeshua are known today in...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 66:13 With burnt offerings I will come to Your House, fulfilling my vows to You 14 that my lips uttered and mouth spoke, when I was in trouble. 15 To You I will present burnt offerings of...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 66:11 You brought us into a net. You laid a burden on our backs. 12 You caused men to ride over our heads. We went through fire and water. Yet You brought us out to superabundance.These t...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 66:10 For You have tested us, O God—You have purified us, as silver is refined.God has placed all of us into a smelting pot, to burn off the impurities and leave us set apart for His use....  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 66:8 Bless our God, O peoples! Let the sound of His praise be heard. 9 Keeping our soul in life, He has not let our foot slip.The invitation continues.  God has done great things to deliv...  Read More

Shavuah Tov, Have you ever wondered what emotions are going on in God that motivate His wrath? They are love and hate. What Yeshua loved and hated was part of what made Him wonderful. Hebrews 1 strong...  Read More

Shabbat Shalom,This week’s Parshah is our final Torah portion for the year and it comesfrom Deuteronomy 33 and 34. The name comes from Deuteronomy 33:1This is the blessing (v’zot ha’berachah) with whi...  Read More

(Early) Shabbat Shalom,Psalm 66:5 Come and see the works of God. How awesome His deeds for the children of Adam! 6 He turned the sea into dry land. They crossed the river on foot. There let us rejoice...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 66:3 Say to God: “How awesome are Your deeds! Because of Your great power, Your enemies cringe before You. 4 All the earth bows down to You, and sings praises to You. All sing praises to ...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 66:1 For the music director, a song, a psalm. Shout joyfully to God, all the earth! 2 Sing the glory of His Name—make His praise glorious.“Lam’na’tze’ach” is Hebrew meaning, “for the musi...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 65:13 Pastures of the wilderness overflow and hills are robed with joy. 14 Meadows are clothed with flocks and valleys are covered with grain—they shout for joy, yes, they sing!What’s thi...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 65:10 You visit the land and make it abundant, greatly enriching it—the stream of God is full of water. You prepare their grain, for so You have prepared the earth. 11 You drench her furr...  Read More

Shavuah Tov, What I see is this: Job's suffering is a picture of God's suffering. Job was happy. Judging by the number of children he had, he was happily married. He was righteous. He provided for the...  Read More