In this week's Torah passage, we read about the many sacrifices that Adonai required from the Israelites. Hebrews 9:13-14 says "For if sprinkling ceremonially unclean persons with the blood of bulls and goats and the ashes of a heifer restores their outward purity;...
If you read this week’s Torah Portion, you are familiar with the story of the rebellion against Moshe and Aharon, and you read about G-d’s demonstration in their defense and G-d’s outline of the expectations for the Levites and the priesthood. What I want to...
Fear of Freedom? The episode of the ten spies was one of the most tragic in the entire Torah. In this week’s Parsha, an entire generation was deprived of the chance to enter the Promised Land. The entry itself was delayed by forty years. In Numbers 13:28, Moses told...
One day I was listening to Surrounded by Michael W. Smith. "It may look like I'm surrounded, but I'm surrounded by You." As I was thinking about that line, and Adonai Himself creating a boundary around me, I started thinking about other boundaries. In Psalms 16:6 we...
Numbers 5:6-7 5 Adonai said to Moshe, 6 “Tell the people of Isra’el, ‘When a man or woman commits any kind of sin against another person and thus breaks faith with Adonai, he incurs guilt. 7 He must confess the sin which he has committed Confession is good for the...
Thursday night this week started the festival of Shavu’ot. It was originally a 1-day feast, which would have been celebrated from Thursday night to Friday night this week, but, later, an extra day was added (today) to encompass those of us who are far from...
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