Tehillim / Psalms 80, Part 2, The concept of the Lord’s...
In this week’s study from Tehillim / Psalms 80:1-19, the psalm opens saying, א לַמְנַצֵּחַ אֶל-שׁשַׁנִּים עֵדוּת לְאָסָף מִזְמוֹר: ב רֹעֵה יִשְֹרָאֵל |...
Bits of Torah Truths, Parashat Vayishlach, To Walk in the...
This week’s Torah Portion is from Parashat Vayishlach (Shemot / Genesis 32:3-36:43), we learn that Jacob sent messengers before him to spy out his...
Tehillim / Psalms 80, Part 1, The concept of the Lord’s...
In this week’s study from Tehillim / Psalms 80:1-19, the psalm opens saying, א לַמְנַצֵּחַ אֶל-שׁשַׁנִּים עֵדוּת לְאָסָף מִזְמוֹר: ב רֹעֵה יִשְֹרָאֵל | הַאֲזִינָה...
Bits of Torah Truths, Parashat Vayetze, The Manner in which God’s...
In this week’s reading from Parashat Vayetze (Shemot / Genesis 28:10-32:2) Jacob flees, on the advice of his mother, from his brother Esau. There...
Tehillim / Psalms 79, Part 2, More about the Testimony, the...
In this week’s study from Tehillim / Psalms 79:1-13, the psalm opens saying, א מִזְמוֹר לְאָסָף אֱלֹהִים בָּאוּ גוֹיִם | בְּנַחֲלָתֶךָ טִמְּאוּ אֶת-הֵיכַל קָדְשֶׁךָ...
Bits of Torah Truths, Parashat Toldot, What was it about...
In this week’s Torah Portion from Parashat Toldot (Shemot / Genesis 25:19-28:9), we are told that there are twins in Rebecca’s womb who are...
Tehillim / Psalms 79, Part 1, More about the Testimony, the...
In this week’s study from Tehillim / Psalms 79:1-13, the psalm opens saying, א מִזְמוֹר לְאָסָף אֱלֹהִים בָּאוּ גוֹיִם | בְּנַחֲלָתֶךָ טִמְּאוּ אֶת-הֵיכַל קָדְשֶׁךָ...
Bits of Torah Truths, Parashat Chayei Sarah, The way we...
This week’s reading from Parashat Chayei Sarah (Shemot / Genesis 23:1-25:18) speaks about Abraham’s wife Sarah dying (23:1-3) and opens with Abraham bargaining for...
Tehillim / Psalms 78, Part 2, Mashiach and the Torah
In this week’s study from Tehillim / Psalms 78:1-72, the psalm opens saying, א מַשְֹכִּיל לְאָסָף הַאֲזִינָה עַמִּי תּוֹרָתִי הַטּוּ אָזְנְכֶם לְאִמְרֵי-פִי: A...
Bits of Torah Truths, Parashat Vayera, The Riches of His Mercy...
This week’s reading from Parashat Vayera (Shemot / Genesis 18:1-22:24) opens saying, וַיֵּרָא אֵלָיו יְהֹוָה בְּאֵלֹנֵי מַמְרֵא “the Lord appeared to him by the...
Tehillim / Psalms 78, Part 1B, Mashiach and the Torah
In this week’s study from Tehillim / Psalms 78:1-72, Asaph says the testimony is something that will cause their faith to increase. He says,...
Bits of Torah Truths, Parashat Lech Lecha, What Kind of Person...
This week’s reading is from Parashat Lech Lecha (Shemot / Genesis 12:1-17:27). In this week’s Torah portion, the narrative shifts to one man, Abram,...
Tehillim / Psalms 78, Part 1A, Mashiach and the Torah
In this week’s study from Tehillim / Psalms 77:1-72, the psalm opens saying, א מַשְֹכִּיל לְאָסָף הַאֲזִינָה עַמִּי תּוֹרָתִי הַטּוּ אָזְנְכֶם לְאִמְרֵי-פִי: A Maskil...
Bits of Torah Truths, Parashat Noach, Are you a Raven or...
This week’s reading is from Parashat Noach (Bereshit / Genesis 6:9-11:32), we are told of the wickedness of mankind on the face of the...
Tehillim / Psalms 77, Part 2, Remembering and the future expectation...
In this week’s study from Tehillim / Psalms 77:1-21, the psalm opens saying, א לַמְנַצֵּחַ עַל-יְדיּתוּן לְאָסָף מִזְמוֹר: ב קוֹלִי אֶל-אֱלֹהִים וְאֶצְעָקָה קוֹלִי...
Bits of Torah Truths, Parashat Bereshit, The Beginning of God’s...
This week’s reading from Parashat Bereshit (Bereshit / Genesis 1:1-6:8) contains some of the most significant actions of God, which set the stage for all...
Tehillim / Psalms 77, Part 1, Remembering and the Future Expectation...
In this week’s study from Tehillim / Psalms 77:1-21, the psalm opens saying, א לַמְנַצֵּחַ עַל-יְדיּתוּן לְאָסָף מִזְמוֹר: ב קוֹלִי אֶל-אֱלֹהִים וְאֶצְעָקָה קוֹלִי...
Bits of Torah Truths, Chol HaMo’ed Sukkot, Our Tent, Our...
This week’s reading is for Chol HaMo’ed Sukkot (Shemot / Exodus 33:12-34:26) and is taken from the end of Parashat Ki Tisa. In this...
Tehillim / Psalms 76, Part 2, Great is His Name to...
In this week’s study from Tehillim / Psalms 76:1-12, the psalm opens א לַמְנַצֵּחַ בִּנְגִינֹת מִזְמוֹר לְאָסָף שִׁיר: For the choir director;...
Random Thoughts on Antinomianism and the grace of God…
The past several decades, we have seen a dramatic decline in doctrinal and biblical preaching, and most significantly there has been an increase in...
